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At the Department of Media Studies and Information Science, University of Bergen, there is a vacant position as PhD Research Fellow within the field of Information Science for four years. The position will be affiliated with the project «Requirements for Secure Software» (ReqSec) which is financed by the Norwegian Research Council. It is a cooperation between the Department of Information Science and Media Studies at the University of Bergen and the Department of Computer and Information Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. 25 % of the position will be allocated to mandatory work at The Department of Media Studies and Information Science.

ReqSec will develop methods and tools for eliciting requirements for secure information systems in cooperation between users and developers. The purpose is to open security work for people with domain and systems development competence in addition to security experts. The methods and tools will be evaluated analytically and empirically in cooperation with industrial partners.

Applicants must have a Master degree in Information Science or corresponding education.

Candidates are advised to contact Professor Andreas L. Opdahl before devising their PhD-projects, phone: +47 55584140, email: andreas.opdahl@infomedia.uib.no

The PhD Research Fellow will go through a 3-years approved training programme for a PhD-degree. A project description (5-8 pages) will be enclosed in the application, which should contain implementation plans for different parts of the research work. It should discuss and justify topics, research questions, and choice of theory and methods. Senior executive officer Yngve Brynjulfsen (email: yngve.brynjulfsen@svfa.uib.no, phone +47 55589068) can be contacted for more information about the PhD-programme. The successful candidate is asked to apply for admission to the PhD-program upon receipt of the job offer for this position. http://www.svf.uib.no/?strId=5921&kategori=958

The guidelines for applicants are available on http://ugle.svf.uib.no/svfa/?strId=5923&kategori=958 or from senior executive officer Gunnar Storebø, email gunnar.storebo@svfa.uib.no, phone +47-55589058.

Salaries start at salary level 43 (code 1017) on the government salary scale (corresponding to NOK 341 800 per year), following ordinary meriting regulations. (Wage levels 43/47).

State employment shall reflect the multiplicity of the population at large to the highest possible degree. We have therefore adopted a personnel policy objective to ensure that we achieve a balanced age and sex composition and the recruitment of persons of various ethnic backgrounds. Persons of different ethnic backgrounds are therefore encouraged to apply for the position.

The University of Bergen applies the principles of public openness when recruiting staff to scientific positions.

An application inclusive CV should be sent electronically via the link «Apply for this position».

In addition to this a project description (5-8 pages), copies of diplomas and references (4 copies of all documents) and scientific work and a list of these (3 copies), shall be sent to the University of Bergen, The Faculty of Social Sciences, Post box 7802, N-5020 Bergen, Norway.

The closing date is 18.08.2008

The application has to be marked with: Reference: 8/4201