Positions
PhD of Population Health Science (Roskilde University) – deadline 21 October 2024
The Department of People and Technology (IMT) at Roskilde University invites applications for a position as PhD of Population Health Science with a focus on historical pandemics and epidemics.
The PhD project titled ‘Infectious disease landscapes and pandemic interactions’ will explore how various epidemic infectious disease interacted with one another at the population level, and in particular how pandemics affected such interactions. The PhD project is part of a larger Sapere Aude research project funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF) with the title: Post-pandemic infectious disease landscapes: interactions across time and space (PID-scapes). The project focuses on the late 19th and early 20th century where two major pandemics occurred: 1889-1892 and 1918-1920. The analyses of disease interactions will utilize already collected data and collect new data sources.
The candidate will start February 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position as a PhD student is limited to a period of 3 years. Applications should be submitted ultimately 21 October 2024.
