Doctoral Student in Informatics

The University of Borås offers more than just a job – here, you can have an influence and change things. Your well-being and work-life balance are important to us. That's why we offer generous conditions and benefits such as flexible working hours, generous holiday leave, parent-friendly conditions, and research time for teaching staff. Our academic career paths provide opportunities for development and advancement. If you wish, there are also opportunities for international collaboration, studies, and internships abroad. Our central location in the city of Borås, Sweden provides proximity to everything you need as well as good commuting connections. 

Explore digital innovation with us. We are now strengthening the research environment at the Department of Information Technology and looking for more doctoral students. We look forward to receiving your application! 

Department of Information Technology (please note that the page is available only in Swedish)

As a doctoral student at the University of Borås, you will primarily focus on your own research education, with the goal of obtaining a doctoral degree at the Department of Information Technology (IIT for its Swedish name, Institutionen för informationsteknologi). IIT offers a flexible environment where staff members support you as co-researchers and/or supervisors. You will work in one of our established research environments: InnovationLab and/or CSLABS. Your main task will be to devote yourself to research and doctoral studies in the subject of informatics. 

As the doctoral position is geared towards digital innovation, IIT hopes that during your studies you will develop some type of model, method, IT system, or other IT artefact that contributes to new knowledge as well as to the benefit of business and/or the public sector. You are also expected to contribute to the innovation processes carried out within the framework of Tech Borås, which may also constitute a central empirical object of your studies. 

techboras.se  

The direction of the research can consist of different types of study subjects that correlate to IIT's research such as: 

• Use of digital technologies with a particular focus on artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on individual, organisational, and/or societal contexts. 

• Tech-oriented innovation platforms. 

• Robotic process automation. 

• Digitalisation of activities such as healthcare and/or healthcare services. 

• Digital decision support that combines artificial intelligence (AI) and human intelligence. 

• Digital transformation of HR work. 

• Projects in the field of Data Science. 

At IIT, Design Science Research (DSR) is highlighted as a profile focus in research and in our collaboration with companies and organisations in the surrounding society. DSR is a cross-cutting perspective that is part of all research and education offered at IIT. The doctoral student's focus and research question are discussed in collaboration with the doctoral student, supervisor, and the department's research supervisor. 

Life as a doctoral student at the University of Borås  

Employment takes place under the condition that the applicant fulfils the requirements and is accepted as a doctoral student. Doctoral education is carried out according to the current general study plan at the university where the doctoral student is accepted. Admission takes place at one of our partner universities. 

We are looking for those who have: 

• A Master’s degree in informatics or equivalent scientific competence in a field relevant to the subject matter and duties of the post (e.g. computer science).

• Knowledge of English equivalent to English 6.

Merits: 

• Previously published research articles and reports. 

• Experience of relevant practice within system and business development and/or innovation management. 

• Documented experience and good ability to collaborate with business and/or public administration. 

• Good and documented knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written. 

Doctoral studentship normally refers to a position corresponding to four years of full-time study leading to a doctoral degree. The scope of this position can be between 50% and 100% as agreed between you and the employer. In full-time studies, 80% of the time is devoted to personal research studies and 20% to departmental duties (e.g. teaching), giving a total of five years of full-time employment. In the case of part-time studies, the period of employment is extended accordingly. 

A person may be employed as a doctoral student for a maximum total of eight years. However, the total period of employment may not exceed the equivalent of four years of full-time doctoral education. 

A new appointment as a doctoral student is valid for a maximum of one year, after which the appointment may be renewed for a maximum of two years at a time. Provisions regarding employment as a doctoral student can be found in the Higher Education Ordinance (1993:100), Chapter 5, Sections 1-7. 

Start: September 2025 or as agreed upon. Location: Borås, Sweden.  

Please submit your complete application including registration number and attachments via our recruitment system by 7 May.  

The application must contain: 

• Detailed curriculum vitae (CV) with at least two references named. 

• Description (max. 4 pages excl. bibliography) of one or more possible research questions that the applicant wants to research and why these questions are interesting to study. The description should also contain a brief description of the relationship of the questions to previous research as well as a brief proposal for a research method. 

• At least one and at most two independent works at the Bachelor’s and Master’s level corresponding to at least 15 higher education credits per paper. 

• Degree certificate of Bachelor's and Master's education as well as copies of grades from previous academic education. 

Letters of recommendation, list of publications, or other available relevant credentials can be attached to the application. 

Guide on how to apply in our recruitment system ReachMee  

If your degree is from a higher education institution outside Sweden, or which has not been verified by a Swedish authority before, it is important to attach your diploma and grades in order to facilitate assessment. 

The University of Borås encourages applications from people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives as this enriches and strengthens our operations. The University of Borås strives for even gender distribution among employees and values diversity. In order to achieve a better gender balance in this department, we particularly encourage applications from women. 

The University of Borås is a governmental authority, which means that you receive particular benefits, generous holiday leave, and a favourable occupational pension. 

Employee benefits  

Work at UB  

Contact those below if you want to know more: 

about the position: Daniel Yar , recruiting manager. 

The union representatives are Selma Music and Antonios Tsertsidis, Saco-S, who can be reached via the university's switchboard on 033-435 40 00. The union representative for OFR/S can be reached via stvidhb@hb.se . 

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