Geological Survey of Finland and the University of Eastern Finland to Start Unique Cooperation in Doctoral Education
The unique cooperation experiment between state research institutes and the University of Eastern Finland builds a new approach to national doctoral education. The pilot of seven research institutes and the University of Eastern Finland includes 28 open doctoral researcher positions. One of the positions is shared with Geological Survey of Finland GTK. The cooperation expands the career paths of researchers and enhances the attractiveness of research careers.
The first call for applications to the four-year doctoral student positions, shared by research institutes and UEF, opened today. In the experiment, UEF and the research institutes seek for doctoral researchers to their shared doctoral student positions. Full-time work on a doctoral dissertation and related supervision takes place at UEF, whilst the research institute enhances the researchers’ research skills in addition to their doctoral dissertation. The Doctoral Researcher will sign an employment contract with both parties.
“University cooperation is an important way for developing competencies that are important to us. When committing to a long-term cooperation, we get to know each other better, and also to deepen the perspectives of research,” says Saku Vuori, Director, Science and Innovations, Geological Survey of Finland GTK.
“The University of Eastern Finland prepared the piloting of the doctoral education cooperation with research institutes during spring 2023. We want to expand the career paths of researchers and to enhance the attractiveness of research careers through cooperation,” says Tapio Määttä, Academic Rector, University of Eastern Finland.
Other state research institutes participating in the experiment are the Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE), the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the Finnish Meteorological Institute, and the Finnish Institute for Occupational Health (TTL).
The centralised call for applications to the doctoral researcher positions will end on 14 August. The applicants must be eligible for doctoral education in accordance with the admissions criteria of the doctoral programmes. Persons employed by the research institutes and UEF’s doctoral students may also apply for the posts. The first doctoral researchers of the pilot are to start in their duties in November 2023; in some posts, in January 2024.
Further information
Calls for applications at the web page of the University of Eastern Finland https://www.uef.fi/en/open-positions
Saku Vuori, Director, Science and Innovations
Geological Survey of Finland GTK
saku.vuori@gtk.fi
tel. +358 29 503 2459
Tapio Määttä, Academic Rector
University of Eastern Finland
tapio.maatta@uef.fi
tel. +358 50 575 1589
