Copenhagen Business School PhD Scholarship in Marketing

Overview

With some 18.000 full and part-time students, 600 full-time faculty members, 200 PhD and 630 administrative staff CBS is a unique business-oriented university with a full portfolio of Bachelor, Masters, MBA/EMBA, PhD and Executive programmes delivered in English and Danish.

Our academic staff includes internationally-recognised experts in classical business disciplines as well as in philosophy, history, psychology, sociology, law, political science, information systems, culture and languages.

Copenhagen Business School invites applications or a number of vacant PhD scholarships within the fields of Service Marketing and Retail Marketing with special impact on Social Medias. Core research areas of the Department of Marketing are (1) Business to Business and (2) Consumer Behavior.

Examples of research areas that a scholarship might cover: Marketing

Teaching responsibilities of the Department comprise undergraduate and graduate teaching in marketing. The applicant can be involved in external funded project.

The Department will give priority to applicants with high grades from their universities.

The three-year PhD programme at CBS allows you to conduct research under the supervision of CBS professors, supported by research training courses. The programme is highly international, and you are expected to participate in international research conferences and to spend time abroad as a visiting PhD student. See the CBS homepage for more information about the PhD programme, uk.cbs.dk/research/phd_programmes . It is also required that the applicant shows an interest in joining the Department’s research environment, see http://uk.cbs.dk/phd. CBS PhD graduates are held in high esteem not only in academia and research institutions but also in government and business where their research qualifications are increasingly demanded. One third of CBS PhD graduates go on to employment outside universities and public research institutions. Copenhagen Business School has a broad commitment to the excellence, distinctiveness and relevance of its teaching and research programmes. Candidates who wish to join us should demonstrate enthusiasm for working in an organisation of this type (highlighting, for example, relevant business, educational and dissemination activities). For further information about the Marketing Department, please contact: Head of Department of Marketing; Ricky Wilke, tel.: +45 3815 2107, e-mail rw.marktg@cbs.dk. Appointment and salary will be in accordance with the Ministry of Finance’s agreement with the Central Academic Organisation. General information: A PhD scholarship runs for a period of 3 years, and includes teaching obligations equivalent of ½ year’s work (840 work hours). The scholarships are fully salaried positions, according to the national Danish collective agreement. The scholarship includes the tuition fees, office space, travel grants plus a salary, currently starting with per month app. DKK 23.770 (app. 3,160 euro) up to DKK 28.964 (app. 3,860 euro) depending on seniority, plus a pension contribution totalling 17,1 % of 85 per cent of the base salary. The salary level and appointment is determined by the Ministry of Finance’s collective agreement with the Central Academic Organisation. The PhD student will be enrolled at PhD School in Economics and Management To be considered, the candidate should have a basic training at the Masters level (similar to the 3 + 2 Bologna process). An educational background in the social sciences is necessary. The applicant must have successfully completed the Masters degree before commencing PhD at CBS. The applicants must be fluent in English. The application (see link below) must include a 5 page project description. This research proposal should contain a presentation of an original research question, a description of the initial theoretical framework and methodology, a presentation of the suggested empirical material as well as a work-plan. In addition to the research proposal, the application must include the completed application form, copies of a Master’s degree certificate or other certificates of a corresponding level, brief curriculum vitae (CV), a list of papers and publications, and one copy of a selected written work (e.g. Master’s thesis). The recognition of foreign qualifications can take up to 2 months. It is possible to send the recognition after the deadline (max one month) if necessary. Applicants are encouraged to translate their master diplomas. A committee of experts in the field in question will assess the applications. The assessment of the applicants will be based on the quality and relevance of the project, including an evaluation of the applicant’s ability to accomplish it. Following this assessment, the management of the department will select the winners of the scholarships. Please find the compulsory application form, guidelines, and further information on scholarships and the Doctoral Programme at http://www.cbs.dk/en/Research/PhD-Programmes/Admission Closing date: 11. july 2011. Copenhagen Business School must receive all application material, including all appendices (see items above), by the application deadline. Details about Copenhagen Business School and the department are available at www.cbs.dk.

Deadline
11/07/2011