Postdoctoral Fellow in Special Needs Education

Offer Description

Applicants are invited for a three to four-year position as a Postdoctoral Fellow emphasizing research on special needs education for students with neurodevelopmental disorders. The position is to be based at the Department of Special Needs Education, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Oslo.

In 2024, Norway implemented a change to the Education Act, adjusting the criteria used to allocate extra resources for children with special needs. This project will evaluate the impact of this legislative change on children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), focusing specifically on their transition from kindergarten to formal schooling, and their subsequent academic outcomes.

To capture both pre- and post-reform conditions, the project will combine secondary and primary data. For the pre-reform period, the applicant will draw primarily on existing Norwegian data sources such as cohort studies and/or relevant national registries, which can be linked as appropriate to the research questions. The applicant will be responsible for identifying the most suitable data source(s) for the pre-reform period and applying for the necessary data access and approvals. The applicant will then collect new primary data to capture the post-reform period.

Within this structure, the applicant has flexibility in developing the proposal to include the specific data source(s) and academic outcomes to be examined, in line with their own research interests. The significance and rationale for the selected data source(s) and outcomes should be well detailed and justified within the project description. The applicant is expected to outline plans for data collection, as well as the methodological and analytical approaches envisioned. The fellow will also be expected to apply for relevant ethical approvals, collect primary data, conduct data analysis, plan the scientific publications that are part of the fellowship, as well as be first-author on the agreed upon publications.

For more information and how to apply: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/306472/postdoctoral-fellow-in-special-needs-education

Requirements

• Research Field: Educational sciences
• Education Level: PhD or equivalent

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available: 1
Company/Institute: Department of Special Needs Education
Country: Norway

Contact

City: Oslo
Website: https://www.uv.uio.no/isp/english/index.html
Street: PO box 1072 Blindern
Postal Code: NO-0316
E-Mail: l.c.girard@isp.uio.no
kristine.stadskleiv@isp.uio.no