PhD Position in Entrepreneurship & Innovation

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The Department of Technology and Innovation (ITI) at the Faculty of Engineering invites applications for a 3-year position as a PhD student with a project focus on entrepreneurship and innovation through student-company collaboration. The position is in the TEI Section https://www.SDU.dk/en/tei at the Faculty of Engineering at the international campus Sønderborg.

The position is available from April 1, 2023, or as soon as possible thereafter.

SDU-ITI Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation

The SDU TEI section unites engineering, innovation management, and entrepreneurship scholars in joint research projects and teaching. SDU TEI is embedded in a region with a strong network of companies, including some of Denmark's largest global industrial players (i.e., Danfoss, Linak, Siemens, Vestas) and many manufacturing SMEs. The group publishes in diverse leading international journals, related to entrepreneurship and innovation these are e.g., Small Business Economics, Journal of Small Business Management, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Technology Transfer, Business Strategy and the Environment etc. The SDU TEI section is a highly international and interdisciplinary group of faculty members, with international students. The campus is in Sønderborg, an attractive maritime town with an open Scandinavian culture.

The PhD Position

This PhD position will be part of a granted EU-Interreg 6a project on cross-border student-company collaboration to strengthen entrepreneurial orientation and innovativeness of SMEs in the German-Danish border region. We expect the candidate to make a significant contribution to achieve the project goals with ample time for research related to the project. The research concept is under development with openness for a joint further development. Relevant approaches include: students’ and companies’ entrepreneurial orientation through student-company collaboration, collaborative entrepreneurial learning processes, transformation at SMEs for sustainability, knowledge transfer processes, or student teams’ personality fit in matching processes with SMEs.

We offer

We offer a vigorous international research environment with excellent facilities and strong collaborations with research organisations and industry. We also offer the opportunity to shape our educational programmes to benefit from new developments in approach and content.

We expect

A highly motivated and outgoing person who can work in an international, interdisciplinary team. The candidate must be a team player and at the same time able to work independently. The successful candidate is / will be active in publishing in entrepreneurship / innovation management journals, will take an important role in the project, and will support teaching engineering students in our programmes “Engineering, Innovation, and Business”.

Requirements for PhD applicants

To apply for this PhD program, the candidate must fulfill the following requirements:

  • A master’s degree related to entrepreneurship, innovation or similar.
  • A grade of at least 10 on the Danish 7-point grading scale in the master thesis; The overall average grade of the master’s degree must be 8.5 or higher on the Danish 7-point grading scale. If average grade slightly lower than 8.5 a successful publication record may compensate.
  • Knowledge and practical experience in data analysis and software for data analysis in quantitative or qualitative methods (such as STATA, NVIVO or similar), documented e.g., in a research-based master thesis.
  • Excellent communication skills in English speaking and writing. Speaking Danish or German is a plus, but not required.
  • Experience working with industry and in project coordination is appreciated.

The PhD program

The successful PhD candidate will be enrolled at the University of Southern Denmark in accordance with the faculty regulations and the Danish ministerial order on the PhD program at the universities (PhD order). The PhD program is a research education which qualifies the PhD candidate on an international level for independent handling of research, developmental tasks, and teaching in the private and public sector. The program equals 180 ECTS, equivalent to three years of full-time study and consists of the following elements:

  • A comprehensive research project under suitable supervision
  • A series of PhD courses, corresponding to 30 ECTS
  • Gaining teaching experience in a suitable educational program
  • Knowledge dissemination of research results in conferences, journal articles, etc.
  • Research stays in international environments
  • A comprehensive PhD dissertation with subsequent evaluation and defense

For further information, please contact Associate Professor Silke Tegtmeier [email protected].

Application, salary, and conditions of employment etc.:

A PhD Fellowship is a 3-year position. Employment stops automatically by the end of the period. The PhD Fellow is not allowed to have other paid employment during the three-year period.

Employment is governed by the Protocol on PhD Research Fellows signed by the Danish Ministry of Finance and AC (the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations) March 26th 2012, enclosure 5, Cirkulære om overenskomst for Akademikere i staten 2013

Applications must be submitted electronically using the link below. Attached files must be in Adobe PDF. The Faculty expects applicants to read the information “How to apply" before applying.
Each box can only contain a single file of max. 10 Mb.

An application must include:

  • A curriculum vitae
  • Application form, you can find it on the Faculty website
  • Document stating your interest, motivation, and research proposal including use of method(s).
  • Relevant publications. Please attach one pdf-file for each publication, a possible co-author statement must be a part of this pdf-file
  • Copies of the official bachelor diploma and master’s diploma and transcripts of exams in professional English translation or in Danish
  • Completed TEK PhD application form (find the TEK PhD forms here: https://www.SDU.dk/en/forskning/phd/phd_skoler/phdtek/phdstudietsforloebindhold/ansoegningsskemaer)
  • Completed TEK PhD form for calculating grade point average. Upload in one of the fields called "publication" (find the TEK PhD forms here: https://www.SDU.dk/en/forskning/phd/phd_skoler/phdtek/phdstudietsforloebindhold/ansoegningsskemaer) An official document describing the educational structure and the grading scheme of the awarding universities (if not Danish). Upload in one of the fields called "publication"

All documents must be in English.

Further information about the PhD-program at the Faculty of Engineering can be found here.

The University wishes our staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background.


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Arbejdsstedet er beliggende i Sønderborg.

Jobbet er oprettet på vores service den 2.2.2023, men kan have været deaktiveret og genaktiveret igen.

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  • Forsker
  • Sønderborg
  • Torsdag den 16. februar 2023

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