About the position
A 100 % position as a PhD Research Fellow in Mathematics Education is available at the University of Agder, Faculty of Engineering and Science, affiliated to the Department of Mathematical Sciences, for a period of three years. The position is located, at present, at Campus Kristiansand. The starting date is negotiable with the Faculty.
The fellowship is within the Department of Mathematical Sciences. The department has a large and active research group in mathematics education, MERGA, with about 15 fellows on its PhD programme. MERGA was rated very highly in a national survey of educational research conducted by The Research Council of Norway in 2017, and when University of Agder in 2018 recognised Priority Research Centres, MERGA was awarded such a status for five years, documenting the quality of the research group, and MERGA is now an active research centre.The person appointed will join MERGA, and one of the three current strands of research within MERGA: ...