 
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Scandinavian Consortium for Organization Research
Stanford University
Application deadline: December 1st, 2009
The Scandinavian Consortium for Organization Research (Scancor) at Stanford University invites applications for a one or two-year postdoctoral fellowship beginning September 1, 2010. The fellowship is open for high-quality organizations researchers in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden working in the fields of management, education, sociology, political science, and the other social sciences. We especially welcome applications from researchers working on the following topics: organizational learning and design, user-driven innovation, forms of open innovation, sustainability and clean technologies, globalization, public-private interfaces, welfare reform, democracy and equality, and the knowledge society. The Scancor Postdoctoral Fellowship program will award four fellowships – one fellow from each participating Nordic country.
Each fellow will be affiliated with a disciplinary department or school at Stanford University and with Scancor. The postdoctoral fellowship provides Nordic scholars with the opportunity to learn new topics and skills, and work closely with a Stanford faculty member, while participating in Scancor activities. While there will be time for the fellows to pursue their current line of scholarship, the expectation is they will collaborate with Stanford scholars, and pursue research in tandem with their faculty sponsor.
The fellows will also act as bridges between the Nordic countries and Stanford University and deepen the skills that are necessary for an international academic career, focusing on honing their methodological knowledge and ability to write for English language journals.
The Stanford faculty who are potential sponsors of a potential postdoctoral fellow include: Dan McFarland, Deborah Meyerson, Roy Pea, Francisco Ramirez and Mitchell Stevens at the School of Education; Karen Cook, Mark Granovetter, David Grusky, and Doug McAdam in the Department of Sociology; Steven Barley, Kathy Eisenhardt, Pam Hinds, and Riitta Katila in the Department of Management Science and Engineering; William Barnett, Glenn Carroll, Huggy Rao, and Jesper Sorensen at the Graduate School of Business; Dan Jurafsky and Chris Manning from the Departments of Linguistics and Computer Science; Fred Turner in Communication; and Ray Levitt from Civil Engineering.
The annual fellowship stipend is $50,000, plus the standard benefits that postdoctoral fellows at Stanford University receive. The fellowship program falls under U.S. Immigration J-1 Exchange Visitor Visa activities.
Applications should be sent to both the Scancor Board Member in the applicant’s respective home country and to the Scancor Director at Stanford University. Please include the following information in both electronic and paper format:
1.) A cover letter detailing the reasons for the applicant’s interest in coming to Stanford and suggestions as to which faculty members they would be interested in working with if that faculty member have a reciprocal interest.
2.) A curriculum vitae.
3.) A fellowship proposal detailing the research that the fellow would undertake while at Stanford (five page limit).
4.) A writing sample consisting of either a dissertation chapter or a recent published paper.
5.) Graduate school transcripts (with proof that applicants have completed all the requirements for the PhD, or a signed letter from their PhD advisor stating they will do so by June 2010)
6.) Three signed letters of recommendation.
All material must be received by December 1, 2009.
Questions about the program should be directed to Annette Eldredge, eldredge@stanford.edu or Scancor Board Members in the participating Nordic countries:
Denmark – Susse Georg, sg.ioa@cbs.dk
Finland – Liisa Välikangas, liisa.valikangas@hse.fi
Norway – Haldor Byrkjeflot, haldor.byrkjeflot@rokkan.uib.no
Sweden –Maureen McKelvey, Maureen.mckelvey@handels.gu.se
Director of Scancor:
Walter W. Powell
Attn.: Annette Eldredge, eldredge@stanford.edu
Scandinavian Consortium for Organization Research
532 CERAS Bldg.
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-3084
http://www.scancor.org/post_doc/
The Scancor Postdoctoral Fellowship program is organized by the Scandinavian Consortium for Organization Research http://www.scancor.org . Scancor was founded on September 15th, 1988 at Stanford. Scancor encourages and facilitates collaboration among scholars at Stanford and in Scandinavia and other research centers in Europe. Scancor promotes an international perspective in research and education and develops joint research projects. More than 400 scholars have worked at Scancor over the past two decades. |
