The Institute of Health and Society bases its work on a complex understanding of disease, health and health systems. Culture, environment, economics, society and biology play direct and indirect roles. Our teaching responsibilities include seven Master’s programs, one Bachelor program and part of the Faculty’s medical school and PhD-program. We employ about 220 FTE and have almost 700 Bachelor and Master students. Annual income is about 200 mill NOK, half of which is external funding. Our researchers play an active part of public policy and disseminate new knowledge through many channels.
Unique opportunity within the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions(MSCA) Doctoral Network HEPARD
Applications are invited for a 3-year position in a Research Fellowship as a PhD Candidate in Health Economics to be based at the Department of Health Management and Health Economics, Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo.Are you passionate about economics, health, and public policy? Do you want to be part of a vibrant, interdisciplinary, and international research community tackling some of Europe’s most pressing health and social challenges? Join HEPARD, a European doctoral training network that combines rigorous academic training with real-world policy engagement.
About the ProgrammeHEPARD is an interdisciplinary doctoral training network that equips early-career researchers with solid theoretical foundations, advanced empirical methods, and the ability to engage across disciplines. We welcome candidates with strong academic backgrounds in economics or related fields who are motivated to explore complex questions at the intersection of health, economics, and policy.
What Makes HEPARD Unique?
* International and Interdisciplinary Training:
Benefit from a unique opportunity to study and collaborate across multiple European institutions, gaining exposure to diverse academic environments and policy contexts. The programme includes institutional visits, secondments, and a rich curriculum that integrates economics, epidemiology, public health, and data science. HEPARD graduates obtain a strong international research network.
* Tailored and Flexible Curriculum:
HEPARD’s training is carefully structured to provide core competencies essential for rigorous, policy-relevant research while offering flexibility to tailor your training to specific needs and interests through elective courses and secondments.
* Blended Learning Approach:
Our training combines intensive in-person workshops at partner institutions with regular interactive online seminars, journal clubs, and research discussions, ensuring continuous learning and vibrant scholarly exchange.
* Comprehensive Skill Development:
Alongside academic training, you will acquire transferable skills essential for professional success, including leadership, communication, policy engagement, grant writing, and networking, supported by practitioners and end users of real-world data.
* High-Quality Supervision:
Join a network led by a highly qualified consortium of experts in health economics, econometrics, public health, and epidemiology. You will receive mentorship from supervisors with extensive track records in doctoral training, interdisciplinary research, career development, and high quality research.
Training Highlights
*Core courses in health economics, causal inference, microeconometrics, health inequalities, medical epidemiology, and healthcare decision-making.
* Electives covering data science, public health, implementation science, and empirical microeconomics.
* Two secondments: one academic, fostering research collaboration and methodological expertise, and one non-academic, providing real-world policy and practice experience.
* Network-wide workshops and conferences fostering interdisciplinary exchange and policy engagement.
* Regular online meetings featuring research seminars and journal clubs.
* Career development sessions including leadership, team building, and grant writing.
The research fellow must take part in the Medical Faculty’s approved PhD program and is expected to complete the project within the setfellowship period of 3 years. The main purpose of the fellowship is research training leading to the successful completion of a PhD degree.The applicant must, in collaboration with her/his supervisor, within 3 months after employment, have worked out a complete project description to be attached to the application for admission to the doctoral program.
For more information, please see our web site Doctoral degree: PhD in medicine and health sciences – Faculty of Medicine
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You must have:
In addition, the following qualifications are beneficial:
Employment in the position is based on a comprehensive assessment of all qualification requirements applicable to the position, including personal qualifications.
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The best qualified candidates will invited for interviews.
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