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Doctoral Position in Technology and Social Change Linköping University in Sweden
Degree Level
PhD
Field of study
Environmental Science
Funding
The position is within the Biogas Solutions Research Center (BSRC), which is financed with support from the Swedish Energy Agency. The advert also states that the doctoral salary follows a locally agreed salary scale.
Deadline
Nov 30, 2026
Country
Sweden
University
Linköping University
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About this position
This doctoral position is based in Theme Technology and Social Change at Linköping University, a research and teaching environment that brings together social-scientific, humanistic, and interdisciplinary perspectives on technology, science, medicine, and social change.
The project examines how socio-technical systems change when biogas, previously mainly legitimized as an energy technology, is increasingly valued through multiple and potentially competing functions. The doctoral researcher will study how biogas multifunctionality affects socio-technical configurations, policy and institutional relations, and governance processes.
The research is anchored in the Swedish biogas sector and addresses its connections to agriculture, waste management, circular economy, environmental governance, energy, and preparedness and resilience. The project aims to show how emerging functions interact with established structures and how new forms of governance and institutional relations develop as biogas changes role.
The position is part of the national interdisciplinary Biogas Solutions Research Center (BSRC). BSRC develops new knowledge through co-creation and collaboration across disciplines and between researchers and practitioners from industry and public organizations. The center includes researchers and support resources from Linköping University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, together with around 50 private and public organizations representing the biogas system.
The doctoral student will combine independent research with collaboration, write scientific articles in English, present results at conferences and project meetings, and participate in weekly seminars within Theme Technology and Social Change.
Funding details
The position is within the Biogas Solutions Research Center (BSRC), which is financed with support from the Swedish Energy Agency. The advert also states that the doctoral salary follows a locally agreed salary scale.
What's required
Applicants must hold a second-cycle degree or have completed at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 credits must be at advanced level, or otherwise have equivalent knowledge. Special eligibility requires knowledge corresponding to 90 higher education credits in a subject central to the theme. Documented scholarly ability in qualitative methods is particularly meritorious, as is documented ability to work interdisciplinarily. Good oral and written Swedish is especially meritorious. Good oral and written English is required. Experience of collaboration with actors outside academia is meritorious. Relevant backgrounds include cultural geography, environmental science, spatial planning, political science, sociology, or related fields.
How to apply
Apply through the application button in the advert. Submit your application to Linköping University by 30 November 2026. Include a statement of intent of up to 1 page and a research plan of up to 3 pages together with the other documents you wish to cite.
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