Huddinge
Reference number AP-2026/49
Södertörn University is a higher education institution in Stockholm that conducts education, research, and collaboration for sustainable societal development. We have around 14 000 students, 80 programmes and 300 courses, and we conduct education and research in the humanities, social sciences, technology and natural sciences. The university also offers police education and teacher education with an intercultural profile. A great deal of our research relates to the Baltic Sea region and Eastern Europe. We combine subjects, perspectives, people and experiences, and are worldminded, curious and questioning, searching for surprising syntheses, challenges and development.
The Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES) is tasked with stimulating and developing Södertörn University’s multidisciplinary research and doctoral (third-cycle) education focusing on the Baltic Sea region and Eastern Europe. CBEES’ objective is to increase the national and international impact of Baltic and Eastern European research conducted at Södertörn University, as well as achieve recognition of the university’s status as a knowledge hub. CBEES is a point of contact, not just within the university but also for other research environments and the surrounding community. CBEES organises Advanced seminars, international conferences, summer schools, lectures, workshops, doctoral student meetings, and courses, and also publishes the Baltic Worlds journal and the yearly CBEES State of the Region Report. The research centre consists of professors, visiting researchers, postdoctoral researchers, doctoral students, and research leaders. The working language at CBEES is English.
We are recruiting one postdoctoral researcher, with a starting date no later than 1 September 2026. The research fields should be closely connected to the work currently conducted at CBEES within the Social Sciences, including, among others, Political Science and Sociology. Applications must demonstrate a clear connection to research on the Baltic and East European region, and applicants must explain how their proposed project will contribute to CBEES’ academic activities.
Job description
The duties of a postdoctoral research fellow primarily comprise research, but also include developing research activities and participating in the CBEES academic community. The selected postdoctoral researcher is expected to comment on research papers presented at our Advanced seminars, participate in CBEES conferences and workshops, and be willing to provide advice to the doctoral students in our graduate school, BEEGS, the multidisciplinary Baltic and East European Graduate School that is also part of CBEES’ academic community.
Some teaching may also be included in these duties, but at no more than 20 per cent of the total level of employment. The position may also include some administrative duties, such as organising conferences or workshops. Teaching is conducted in Swedish and/or English.
The work placement is at Södertörn University, Huddinge, Stockholm County. The postdoctoral research fellows are expected to join our research environment on-site.