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PhD Position in Psychology Örebro University in Sweden
Degree Level
PhD
Field of study
Psychology
Funding
Funded by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet); tied to a full-time doctoral employment with an initial salary of 32,300 SEK per month.
Deadline
Nov 27, 2026
Country
Sweden
University
Örebro university
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About this position
Örebro University is seeking a doctoral student for research education leading to a PhD in psychology at the School/Department of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences. The position is linked to a research environment where psychology is studied alongside criminology, social work and law, creating a broad interdisciplinary setting with opportunities for collaboration across subject boundaries.
The PhD project is situated within the psychology unit and focuses on anger-related problems and emotion regulation. The student will contribute to a research programme aimed at identifying physiological and psychological mechanisms underlying problematic anger and at further developing emotion-regulation-focused interventions for this area. A particular interest is the role of suppressed anger.
The project combines experimental psychology, health psychology and clinical psychology. The doctoral student will work in a multidisciplinary research environment and take part in studies using experimental laboratory methods, survey/questionnaire designs and clinical treatment studies. The role includes planning studies, recruiting participants, analysing data and contributing to dissemination through publications and oral presentations in Swedish and English.
The project is led by Professor Hugo Hesser and is part of a larger research collaboration involving Karolinska Institutet, Stanford University and Örebro University. The position offers a research setting with strong links between clinical and experimental approaches and a focus on understanding and improving emotion-regulation-based treatment strategies.
The doctoral education is designed as a four-year, full-time PhD training programme with a doctoral employment attached to the position.
Funding details
Funded by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet); tied to a full-time doctoral employment with an initial salary of 32,300 SEK per month.
What's required
Applicants must be eligible for doctoral education and submit a complete application including a CV, copies of original degree certificates and official transcripts for both bachelor's and master's/second-cycle degrees, a thesis/dissertation or equivalent independent work, other relevant supporting documents, a 3–5 page research plan with references describing a proposed study in the relevant area and how prior experience supports it, and a motivation letter of up to one A4 page. Application documents should normally be written in Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, or English; documents in other languages must be translated into Swedish or English by an authorized translator. The advert explicitly asks for prior experience, study, work, thesis, or method training relevant to the proposed study.
How to apply
Apply through the university website by clicking the "Ansök" button. Submit the full electronic application package with all required documents. The admission application also serves as the application for employment.
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Professors
Professor at Örebro University
Sweden
Research Interests
Clinical Psychology
Counseling Psychology
Behavior Therapy
Mindfulness-based Interventions
Emotion Regulation
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