PhD-Candidate
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About the position
Ageing and Health
The Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health (Ageing and Health) is a publicly funded national centre of expertise in ageing and older peoples health in Norway. We take a holistic approach to our field aiming to promote health prevent illness and support people in living well with disease. We fulfil our vision Ageing and Health for Better Ageing through our work in the core areas of ageing physical health mental health cognition and dementia.
Ageing and Health brings together develops makes accessible disseminates and implements knowledge and expertise on ageing and older peoples health in Norway by providing practice-oriented knowledge education and research. Our primary target groups are employees students and researchers at all levels of the health and care services. Other key target groups include decision-makers national health authorities older people their relatives and the general public.
Ageing and Health has a national mandate and places strong emphasis on having activities in all health regions. We have offices and staff located throughout the country. Organisationally Ageing and Health is affiliated with the South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority (Helse Sør-Øst RHF) and is jointly owned by Oslo University Hospital HF and Vestfold Hospital Trust HF.
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Tasks and responsibilities
As a PhD candidate at Ageing and Health you will be part of an interdisciplinary research environment with several PhD and postdoctoral fellows as well as senior researchers.
- You will have a leading role in the project including analysis of research data writing scientific articles and publishing results in international peer-reviewed journals
- Complete a PhD degree including completing necessary PhD courses at the University of Oslo
- Disseminate research results to both academic and general audiences
Qualifications
- Relevant health-related education at Masters level that qualifies for admission to a PhD programme (grade B or better)
- Experience with quantitative analytical methods using statistical software such as Stata R etc
- Experience with AI/ML methods for quantitative analysis is preferred but not a requirement
- Good oral and written communication skills in English
- Residence and work permit in Norway are required
Personal qualities
- Strong collaboration and communication skills
- Ability to work purposefully in a structured and independent manner
- Interest in and motivation for the projects research questions
- Solution-oriented positive and approachable
- Personal qualities will be given significant weight
We offer
- Employment in an exciting and continuously developing knowledge organization
- A stimulating research project with an interdisciplinary supervisory team
- A positive working environment with supportive colleagues
- A flexible work situation characterized by independence and responsibility
- Attractive loan and insurance schemes through KLP
- Group life insurance travel insurance for work-related travel leisure and occupational accident insurance
- Good welfare benefits including access to a sports association and staff cabins
- Appointment in accordance with applicable laws regulations collective agreements and internal guidelines
- As an employee at Vestfold Hospital Trust (Sykehuset i Vestfold HF) you will be enrolled in the collective pension scheme with KLP with a 2% pension contribution. More information on public service pensions is available at
Application deadline 22 February 2026.
Start date: 15 April 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.
For questions about the project please contact Project Manager Ekaterina Zotcheva at or .
For questions regarding the recruitment process please contact Head of Professional Development Trine Nordby Skjellestad at or.
Address: Sykehuset i Vestfold Halfdan Wilhelmsens alle 17 3103 Tønsberg Norway
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About the employer
Sykehuset i Vestfold (SiV HF) is part of the South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority (Helse Sør-Øst)and provides specialist healthcare services in somatics psychiatry and substance use disorder treatment to the population of Vestfold.
SiV HF has several locations in Vestfold and its main operations are located in Tønsberg.
The hospital has 4500 full-time equivalents and approximately 5600 employees.
SiV HF also performs tasks within research education and the training of patients and their relatives.
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About Company
Sykehuset i Vestfold (SiV HF) is part of the South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority (Helse Sør-Øst) and provides specialist healthcare services in somatics, psychiatry, and substance use disorder treatment to the population of Vestfold. SiV HF has several locations in Vestfold ... View more
