Department of Business Studies
Scholarship no.: 544-0119
The Department of Business Studies at Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus, is advertising a PhD Scholarship in Finance available from 1st September 2008 or later. The research fields of the Fi-nance Research Group focus on financial markets, financial institutions, and related areas with the aim to ana-lyse how these markets work. The main areas of research comprise asset pricing, corporate finance and money & banking.
Scholarship no.: 544-0120
The Department of Business Studies at Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus, is advertising a PhD scholarship in Logistics/SCM available from 1st September or later. The Logistics/SCM research group is organized in CORAL – Centre for Operations Research Applications in Logistics. The Centre fo-cuses on the effective and efficient flow of goods and services, and the related flows of information and cash, where SCM adds a process-oriented and cross-company perspective. The research methodology in Logis-tics/SCM at the department is based on Management Science/Operations Research.
Conditions of employment
- PhD students in Denmark work under very favourable terms. They are employed on a full-time basis for three years and receive a salary in the entire period in the amount of app. EUR 3,350 per month. The salary is enough to cover all necessary accommodation and living costs and for leading an active life. A PhD student do not pay tuition fee.
- PhD students at Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus (ASB), work under almost the same terms as other research staff, i.e. they have their own office space with a computer, incl. Internet access, email, phone etc., as well as access to secretarial assistance and the ASB Library. Moreover, expenses in connection with the scientific work are covered, e.g. participation in research courses and academic conferences in Den-mark and abroad.
- A PhD student in Denmark must complete an individually planned PhD course program (equivalent to 30 ECTS) within the relevant research area and conduct a research project under the supervision of experienced senior researchers. The PhD student is also expected, as part of the programme, to spend some time (up to 1 year), with coverage of travel and accommodation expenses, at another – often foreign – research institution. During the programme, the PhD student is further expected to gain teaching experience within the subject area as well as experience with other forms of dissemination of research results. ASB also finances participa-tion in relevant PhD courses and scientific conferences. In addition, it is expected that PhD students partici-pate in and contribute to the other activities of the department.
- The employment is covered by a national collective agreement.
For detailed information about the scholarship, please go to: www.asb.dk/research/phd.aspx
For the full details of the job announcement and applications requirements please go to: www.asb.dk/about/available
Deadline for application is Friday 1st August 2008 at 12:00 noon
Department of Business Studies: http://www.asb.dk/about/departments/bs.aspx
The Finance Research Group: www.asb.dk/about/departments/bs/research/frg.aspx
The CORAL Centre: www.asb.dk/research/centresteams/centres/coral.aspx
Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus is a university school which contributes added value to society through research, education and dialogue on the creation and development of com-panies and organisations.
Aarhus School of Business has a distinctive international profile and is among the largest interna-tionally accredited business schools in Europe with 7,200 full and part time students, 530 employ-ees of which half are researchers
The University of Aarhus has 35,000 students, 8,500 members of staff and a turnover of DKK 4.8 billion in 2008.
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