PhD Scholarship on International remigration and health: what are the underlying causes and consequences of remigration to the home country in relation to access to health care and health outcomes?
The Department of Public Health/The Danish Research Centre for Migration, Ethnicity and Health at the University of Copenhagen is offering one PhD scholarship International remigration and health: what are the underlying causes and consequences of remigration to the home country in relation to access to health care and health outcomes? to commence the 1st of April 2013. The position is offered for a period of three years.
The Danish Research Centre for Migration, Ethnicity and Health (MESU) was established by the Department of Public Health at Copenhagen University in close collaboration with the Copenhagen School of Global Health at Copenhagen University, the National Institute of Public Health at the University of Southern Denmark and the Immigrant Medical Competency Unit at Odense University Hospital.
The PhD scholarship is 50 % funded by The Danish Research Centre for Migration Ethnicity and Health and 50 % by University of Copenhagen.
It is a pre-requisite that the candidate is enrolled as PhD student at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, at the Copenhagen Graduate School of Health Sciences in accordance to the provisionof Executive Order no. 18 of 14 January 2008 regarding the PhD degree. It is recommended that the application for enrolment be submitted once the reply regarding the granting of the fellowship is available.
Description of the field of study:
The field of study overall concerns how migration affects health. Especially this study concerns the causes and consequences of remigration in relation to access to health care and health outcomes. Why do diseased migrants choose to remigrate? What is the extent of registered and unregistered remigration among migrants with disease? How do migrants access health care services in country of origin? What are their right to health care in the country of origin? The research will include cooperation with other European research teams. It may build on both quantitative and qualitative methods.
Qualifications:
- Candidates are required to have a master degree in a relevant field
- Fluent English, written and spoken
- Relevant research experience and/or practical experience with migrant health issues.
The PhD student is also required to have research potential, to be enterprising and to possess good interpersonal skills.
Employment conditions:
Employment is for a three-year period and is governed by the Protocol on PhD Research Fellows signed by the Danish Ministry of Finance and AC (the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations) on 1 October 2008, enclosure 5. PhD fellows are covered by the regulations pertaining to ?new salaries? for public employees and the salary is therefore subject to individual negotiation. The PhD fellow is obliged to carry out - without additional pay - allocated teaching-related tasks, etc. of up to 840 working hours during their period of employment.
The PhD candidate will be expected, over the three-year period, to acquire experience in teaching or other types of presentations. The tentative start date is the 1st of April 2013 or soon thereafter.
The PhD scholarships are subject to academic approval in accordance with Executive Order no. 284 of 25 April 2008 regarding employment of teachers and scientific staff at universities, etc. under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation Applicants will be informed of the composition of the committee. The Executive Order is available at www.ku.dk/regel.
Deadline for applications:
Friday the 22nd of February 2013. Material received after this time will not be considered.
Application:
For further information, please contact Allan Krasnik telephone 3532 7971, alk@sund.ku.dk or Janne Sørensen telephone 3532 7288, jans@sund.ku.dk.
Send your application (in English or Danish) including academic transcripts, copies of degrees, a CV and a 1-2 page project proposal as well as names and contact details of referees by clicking the ´Apply online´ below. We only accept electronic applications.
Source:http://www.ku.dk/english/available_positions/vip/