PHD SCHOLARSHIP IN PSYCHOLOGY at the Doctoral Research Group Entrepreneurship, Management & Innovation (EMI).
2024-03-13
The Leuphana University of Lüneburg in general and the School of Management & Technology in particular intend to increase their efforts to foster young academic talent. For this purpose, the School of Management & Technology provides one PhD scholarship in the area of psychology. The deadline for applications is May 31, 2024.
This announcement is aimed at outstanding applicants within the field of work, organizational, and economic psychology, or areas that are closely related to these areas, such as organizational behavior, strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship. The granting of the PhD scholarship will be conditional upon the candidate’s admission to EMI’s doctoral studies starting on October 1 and no later than December 31, 2024.
The PhD scholarship will at first cover one year and will be prolonged upon request, covering a maximum of three years in total. When successful applicants care for children younger than 13 years or needy close relatives, the scholarships can also be prolonged by up to 12 months. If applicants have already begun their doctoral studies, periods that have been funded by other sources will be taken into account in calculations of the total length of the scholarships. This also includes applicants’ employment with the at least partial purpose of pursuing doctoral studies. The scholarship will not be awarded to applicants with a PhD.
The PhD scholarship amounts to 1.550 Euros per month, plus a children’s allowance where applicable. Additional professional activities in addition to the doctoral studies are not allowed to exceed eight hours per week on a yearly average.
The scholarship recipient is expected to advance an empirical PhD project at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg in the given disciplinary area that pays into the profile areas “entrepreneurship”, “digital transformation”, and/or “sustainable and responsible management” of the School of Management & Technology. In addition, receiving this PhD scholarship implies continual and active participation in EMI’s doctoral program and research colloquia. The dissertation should be a cumulative bundle of co-authored papers; submitting a monography-based dissertation is also possible. The PhD project should be composed in English, and it should build on and extend current international debates in the area of work, organizational, or business psychology or organizational behavior. Among others, the successful completion of the PhD project will require interest in and enjoyment of quantitative-empirical and theoretical work as well as scientific writing, the ability and willingness to develop and elaborate one’s own research project independently, willingness to discuss preliminary findings at national and international discipline-specific conferences and workshops, and the capacity for teamwork and self-understanding as being part of a mutually supportive research community.
The scholarship recipient is expected to be interested in contributing to broader theoretical debates in work, organizational, or business psychology and organizational behavior, and to conduct a PhD project based on quantitative research methods or mixed methods.
Being awarded with the announced PhD scholarship opens up the following opportunities:
- A lively, research-active, and supportive environment
- Inclusion in a fitting Research Center, for example, the Center for Evidence-based Entrepreneurship Development (CEED) or the Digital Transformation Research Center
- Workshops, seminars, summer and winter schools, and colloquia that advance methodological and writing skills, foster exchanges among PhD students, and continually generate feedback on PhD projects
- Active supervision by experts from the field
- Financial support by the Fund for Young Researchers of Leuphana Graduate School for attending scholarly conferences, summer schools, short-term research stays, and workshops
In addition to the expectations raised above, applicants are required to meet the following preconditions and qualifications:
- Proven qualification for doctoral studies: An above-average Master degree (or close to completion, at the latest by November 2024) in industrial and organizational psychology or a related area, as well as a Bachelor degree, both according to the Bologna process (Master: two years, 120 ECTS; Bachelor: three years, 180 ECTS) or an equivalent qualification
- Initial skills in quantitative research methods or mixed methods, typically acquired in prior Bachelor and Master studies
- Lingua franca: Ability to actively participate in English-speaking debates, reading groups, workshops, seminars, and research projects at business level
Women are explicitly encouraged to apply. In the case of equal qualification, women will preferably receive the scholarship. For content-related questions on the PhD scholarship in psychology, please contact Prof. Dr. Laura Venz (laura.venz@leuphana.de).
Please submit your application in English and via email in one merged PDF file including
- A motivation letter, including an indication of which EMI member you find suitable for supervising your PhD project
- A description (max. 3 pages excluding references) of one proposed empirical (quantitative or mixed methods) study for the PhD project, including a working title, a brief justification of the key research question, its relevance, the positioning of the project in fields relevant to psychology as well as the gaps and challenges therein that are to be addressed, a description of the planned methodological approach as well as the study’s potential theoretical contributions, and a brief overview of a work plan that shows how the whole PhD project will be finished in up to three years.
- Your CV, including an overview of prior studies and potential research activities
- Diplomas (English or German, legally attested translations in the case of other languages)
- A transcript of records (English or German, legally attested translations in the case of other languages) that lists the courses and seminars attended in one’s master studies, unless indicated in the diplomas
- Relevant employer’s references or employment contracts (e.g., for scientific activities)
- Proof of English-language proficiency, typically language certificates or the successful completion of courses and seminars in English
with the subject “PhD in psychology” to
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Universitätsallee 1
21335 Lüneburg