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Application deadline 2025-06-04

  • Type of employment Temporary position
  • Extent 100%
  • Department Department of Odontology
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Description of work About the position Eligibility requirements Other qualifications Application A complete application must include: 1. A cover letter summarizing your qualifications, scientific interests and motives for applying (max two pages) 2. CV 3. Diplomas of bachelor and Master level degrees 4. Bachelor/Master theses work/other relevant publications 5. Other merits of relevance for the position 6. Contact information to two reference persons   Read more

  • Type of employment Temporary position
  • Extent 100%
  • Department Department of Ecology and Environmental Science
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We are announcing a postdoctoral position in tropical carbon cycling and modelling. The employment is full time for two years and the position is expected to start in September 2025, or according to agreement. Last application date is June 6th, 2025. We welcome your application! Research description The postdoc position is supported by a wider project, which is monitoring ecosystem functioning in tropical montane cloud forests (TMCF). The core study site is in a Peruvian TMCF, where several... Read more

Postdoctoral position in experimental ovarian cancer research

Application deadline 2025-06-10

  • Type of employment Temporary position
  • Extent 100%
  • Department Institutionen för diagnostik och intervention
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We are currently looking for a postdoctoral fellow in experimental ovarian cancer research for a period of three years starting October 2025 or as agreed. The project is conducted at the Department of Diagnostics and Intervention at Umeå University. Description of the project The goal of the project is to determine the genetic basis of treatment resistance in ovarian carcinoma. Ovarian carcinoma is one of the most lethal cancers; approximately half of patients die within five years after... Read more

  • Type of employment Permanent position
  • Extent 100%
  • Department Várdduo – Centre for Sámi Research
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Description of the unit Várdduo – Centre for Sámi research is a unit at Umeå University that coordinates and initiates research in and about Sápmi, with a focus on Sámi and other Indigenous cultures, societies, histories and languages. It is a meeting place for researchers and PhD students from various disciplines, with research interests connected to Sámi or other Indigenous issues. Várdduo provides an inspiring research environment and constitutes a valuable platform for creative exchanges... Read more

  • Type of employment Temporary position
  • Extent 100%
  • Department Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics
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The Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics at Umeå University, Sweden, invites applicants for a two-year Postdoctoral position in plant ecophysiology. The position is expected to start August 1, 2025, or according to agreement. Application deadline is June 15, 2025.   Description of the project How plants will respond to increasing CO2 and climatic change is a large uncertainty for ecosystems, crop productivity and climate predictions. To tackle this uncertainty, we combine: growth... Read more

  • Type of employment Temporary position
  • Extent 100%
  • Department Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics
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The Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics at Umeå University, Sweden, invites applicants for a two-year Postdoctoral position in NMR spectroscopy. The position is expected to start 250801 or according to agreement. Application deadline is June 15, 2025.    Description of the project How plants respond to increasing CO2 and climatic change is a large uncertainty for ecosystems, crop productivity and climate predictions. To tackle this uncertainty, we combine: growth chamber... Read more

Staff scientist in bacterial infections and epitranscriptome

Application deadline 2025-06-16

  • Type of employment Special fixed-term employment
  • Extent 100%
  • Department Department of Molecularbiology
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The Department of Molecular Biology at Umeå University, Sweden, invites applicants for a position as Staff Scientist in a project aimed at studying the role of epitranscriptomics in bacterial infection. The position is temporary for 12 months on full time and is expected to start in September 2025 or according to agreement.  Project description and work tasks The research team investigates the impact of RNA modification, specifically N6-methyladenosine (m6a), on the cellular invasion and... Read more

PhD position in plant science with a focus on cell adhesion

Application deadline 2025-06-26

  • Type of employment Temporary position
  • Extent 100 %
  • Department Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC)
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PhD position in plant science with a focus on cell adhesion The Department of Plant Physiology (Umeå University, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Sweden) invites applicants for a PhD position in plant science. The expected starting date is fall 2025 or according to agreement. Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC) is one of the strongest research environments for basic plant research in Europe. Research at UPSC covers a wide range of disciplines in plant biology including ecology, computational biology,... Read more

  • Type of employment Temporary position
  • Extent 100 %
  • Department Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC)
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PhD position in plant science with focus on photosynthetic water oxidation The Department of Plant Physiology (Umeå University, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Sweden) invites applicants for a PhD position in plant science with focus on photosynthetic water oxidation. The expected starting date is October 1, 2025 or according to agreement. Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC) is one of the strongest research environments for basic plant research in Europe. Research at UPSC covers a wide range of... Read more

  • Type of employment Temporary position
  • Extent 100%
  • Department Department of Computing Science
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The Department of Computing Science seeks a postdoctoral researcher who will work on Compilers for Linear Algebra Expressions. The employment is full-time and for three years, starting on a mutually convenient date. The deadline for applications is August 1, 2025. Department of Computing science Our institution, characterized by world-leading research and many internationally highly-ranked educational programs, is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to work on a compiler for linear algebra... Read more

  • Type of employment Temporary position
  • Extent 100%
  • Department Department of Computing Science
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Department of Computing Science The Department of Computing Science, characterized by world-leading research in several scientific fields and a multitude of educations ranked highly in international comparisons, is looking for a doctoral student to work on a compiler for linear algebra expressions. The Department of Computing Science has been growing rapidly in recent years where focus on an inclusive and bottom-up driven environment are key elements in our sustainable growth. The 60 doctoral... Read more

  • Type of employment Permanent position
  • Extent 100%
  • Department Section of Economics
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Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics is looking for associate professors (senior lecturers) in economics. Work description The work includes teaching and supervising students in economics at undergraduate and advanced levels, as well as course planning, course development and course administration. The position also includes competence development time which can be used to do research, and we encourage you to apply for external funding to extend the possibilities to conduct... Read more

  • Type of employment Temporary position
  • Extent 100%
  • Department Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics
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Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics at Umeå University is looking for a PhD candidate in Business Administration, in the context of a research project on cryptocurrencies in entrepreneurship. Welcome with your application no later than 2025-08-15. Description You will work at the Department of Business Administration, Entrepreneurship section, at Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics with Prof. Norbert Steigenberger as your main supervisor. With this PhD project,... Read more

Professor of Philosophy

Application deadline 2025-08-29

  • Type of employment Permanent position
  • Extent 100%
  • Department Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies
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The Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies belongs to Umeå University's Faculty of Arts and Humanities and has about 110 employees. The department gathers researchers, teachers, and students in the fields of Archaeology, Environmental Archaeology, Philosophy, History, History and Education, History of Science and Ideas, Religious Studies, and Theology under the same roof.  The department has 18 permanent teachers  in philosophy and it offers courses and awards degrees i... Read more