Doctoral Research Fellowship University of Oslo

The project The external dimensions of European integration examines the European Community’s ascent as an international actor in international politics in the 1970s and 1980s and analyses the Nordic countries’ reaction to this development. See the FCH website for a project outline: http://www.hf.uio.no/forskningsprosjekter/fosam/om/europaprosjektet1.html.

Applicants are expected to submit a project description for a PhD dissertation on the following subject:

Norway, the EC and International Shipping
The dissertation project shall assess Norway’s reaction to the emergence of the EC as an actor in international shipping. The European Community did not establish a common policy on shipping until 1986. Through joint rules based on the articles on transport policy in the Rome treaties, and through coordination of national policies, however, the Community became an important player in the field. Following the “No” to EC-membership in 1972 shipping was one of the sectors where Norway strove for a special regime of consultation with the Community. The project shall analyse the motives behind Norway’s so-called active European policy in this sector and evaluate the country’s possibilities to influence Community policies. It will be crucial, moreover, to explore to what extent the EC had an interest in coordinating its policies with a non-member. Possible fields of specialization will be the role of international shipping in connection with discussions on a New International Economic Order. The study shall rely on documentation from Norwegian and European archives.

Requirements:
Applicants should have good knowledge of international history after 1945. A background in economic history would be an advantage. Proficiency in English and Norwegian or another Scandinavian language is required.

The successful applicant must participate in the department’s PhD programme (cf. regulations and supplementary provisions for the faculty’s PhD education). Research fellows will have their workplace and academic contact person at the department.

Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed.

Guidelines for appointments to research fellowships at the Faculty of Humanities are available at http://www.hf.uio.no/english/research/doctor/index.html.

In accordance with the University of Oslo’s equal opportunities policy, we invite applications from all interested individuals regardless of gender or ethnicity.

The University of Oslo has an agreement for all employees, aiming to secure rights to research results a.o.

For further information, contact: professor Helge Pharo, phone 22 85 68 74, e-mail: helge.pharo@iakh.uio.no or professor Even Lange, phone 22 85 61 76, e-mail: even.lange@iakh.uio.no.