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<div class="">There is an open PhD position in STS at TIK-Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, University of Oslo, with deadline on September 15th. Further details below, please distribute broadly.</div>
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<div class="">Kind regards, </div>
<div class="">Ana </div>
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<p class=""><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px;"><b class="">PhD Fellow in Science and Technology Studies: Living Materials, Participatory Prototyping and Future Making</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" class="">One position as PhD Fellow is available at the TIK Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, University of Oslo. The position is affiliated with FUNGATERIA, an interdisciplinary
project funded by the European Commission to develop a new type of microbial-based material. Engineered Living Materials (ELMs) are likely to become part of our everyday life, with applications in a wide range of areas such as </span><span lang="EN-US" class="">healthcare
and construction materials. The PhD candidate will use Science and Technology Studies (STS) approaches to investigate living materials as existing in possible future worlds with a focus on social, regulatory and policy implications. The PhD candidate will
be working in FUNGATERIA work package seven (<b class="">WP7</b>), led by Associate Professor Ana Delgado. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" class="">The appointment is for a fixed term position for a period of three years. </span><span lang="EN-US" class="">The position might include teaching, grading etc. at TIK in
which case the project will be extended accordingly up until a maximum of 4 years. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 14px;">The PhD candidate will be part of the Science and Technology Studies group at TIK Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, and will have the opportunity to be part of a vibrant
intellectual environment. </span></p>
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<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><b class="">About the project</b></span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Imagine a world in which walls and everyday life things surrounding you are living. Engineered Living Materials (ELMs) are envisioned as enabling a wide range of solutions towards a transition
to greener economies. The FUNGATERIA consortium works to prototype a microbial-based living material that can be used in diverse areas such as construction and healthcare. ELMs are qualified as being ‘smart materials’ in so far as they take advantage from
intrinsic properties of life such as the capacity for self-repairing. This also creates challenges regarding the programmability of ELMs, and the ways in which these materials can be designed to behave in a controlled way over time. Anticipating futures through
activities such as modelling is key to design activities in FUNGATERIA.</span></p>
<p class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" class="">FUNGATERIA is organized in seven teams collaborating across European universities. The team based at the University of Oslo coordinates </span><b class="">WP7 - ELM Futures</b><span lang="EN-US" class="">.
WP-7 develops methods to include citizens’ ways of imagining futures and engaging with future making, with a special focus on the programmability of EMLs and anticipatory projections. The PhD candidate will be part of the WP7 team, which work includes exploring
and mapping issues of public concern regarding ELMs. This will be done both in non-fictional media and in science fiction, as well as through participatory modeling and prototyping. WP7 joins together Science and Technology Studies, Design and Media Studies,
and possibly Bioart.</span></span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 14px;">The specific design of the PhD project, such as the choice of case, methods and theoretical framework, will depend on the candidate’s academic background and project proposal, and will be developed
together with WP7 leader. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Partners in FUNGATERIA are the Danish Royal Academy for Architecture, Design and Conservation, The Free University of Brussels, The University of Ghent, University of Utrecht, University of the
West of England, Bristol and the University of Oslo. The project builds on interdisciplinary collaborations, and all partners are involved in communication, public engagement and dissemination activities. For more information about the project contact: <a href="mailto:ana.delgado@tik.uio.no" class="">ana.delgado@tik.uio.no</a>. </span></p>
<p class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Find information about this position, including how to apply <a href="https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/229488/phd-fellowship-in-science-and-technology-studies" class="">here</a>. </span>The
call is open until September 15th. </span></p>
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