Postdoctoral researcher in the field of digitalization, lifestyle habits, and health

Do you want to contribute to improving human health?

Our research group offers a fun, stimulating, and creative environment where professionals from many different disciplines work together with a focus on health, lifestyle habits, obesity, physical activity, and digital solutions. You will be an important part of a dedicated team, with responsibility for a major research project that involves collaboration both nationally and internationally.

Your mission

We are looking for a motivated and ambitious postdoctoral researcher to coordinate and evaluate an intervention study starting in 2026. The study focuses on lifestyle habits and will, among other things, explore how AI can be part of lifestyle support. The study will be conducted in Swedish. The duties include:

• Design the intervention study based on your preparatory co-creation work with various stakeholders prior to its start
• Conduct data collection, data processing, and data analysis in collaboration with internal and external partners
• Provide practical supervision to bachelor’s and master’s students
• Actively participate in research discussions, contribute to a dynamic and collaborative research environment, and mentor junior colleagues
• Prepare scientific presentations, contribute to research funding applications, and participate in scientific publications
• Engage with the local community and collaborate with other researchers nationally and internationally

Your profile

To be eligible for employment as a postdoctoral researcher, a PhD or a foreign degree deemed to be equivalent to a Swedish PhD is required. This eligibility requirement must be fulfilled at the latest at the time of the employment decision. Completion of your doctoral degree within the last three years is considered an advantage. If there are special reasons, your degree may have been completed earlier.

Qualifications

Requirements for the position:

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree
• Strong competence in, for example, epidemiology, biostatistics, or qualitative methods
• A strong ability to collaborate with other researchers, a high degree of independence, analytical skills, and the ability to plan work tasks and meet deadlines
• High scientific rigor, great attention to detail, and strong organizational skills
• Proficiency in Swedish is essential for interaction with study participants (healthy research subjects and patients), in teaching contexts, and in collaboration with national partners
• Excellent communication skills in English, both spoken and written
• A collaborative and proactive working style, along with a strong drive to contribute to scientific advancement and to publish high-quality research

Desirable qualifications:

• Experience in research on lifestyle habits, including digital methods such as AI or tools for measuring, for example, dietary intake or physical activity; experience in data processing, including qualitative methods, is considered an advantage
• Experience in leading data collection
• Solid experience working with statistical software

Great emphasis will be placed on personal qualities. Clinical work, for example 20%, may be combined with the position.

What do we offer?

A creative and inspiring environment with wide-ranging expertise and interests. Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. At Karolinska Institutet, we conduct successful medical research and hold the largest range of medical education in Sweden. At KI, you get to meet researchers working with a wide range of specialisms and methods, giving you ample opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience with the various scientific fields within medicine and health. It is the crossover collaborations, which have pushed KI to where it is today, at the forefront of global research. Several of the people you meet in healthcare are educated at KI. A close relationship with the health care providers is important for creating groundbreaking top quality education and research. Karolinska Institutet is also a state university, which entitles you to several benefits through our collective agreement.

Location: Campus Flemingsberg
Links:
Ylva Trolle Lagerros’ research group
Choose to work at KI – Ten reasons why

Application

The application should include the following documents, written in English or Swedish:

• Proof of doctoral degree
• A complete CV including the date of PhD defense, title of the thesis, previous academic positions, academic title, current position, academic awards, and committee work
• A complete list of publications
• A summary of current work (maximum one page) and a statement of why you are applying for this position

The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.

Type of employment: Temporary position
Contract type: Full time
First day of employment: According to agreement
Number of positions: 1
Full-time equivalent: 100%
City: Huddinge
County: Stockholms län
Country: Sweden
Reference number: STÖD 2-1485/2026

Contact:
1. Ylva Trolle Lagerros,
2. Eva Nordlander,

Union representative:
1. Peter Svensson, SACO,
2. Mari Gilljam, OFR,
3. Elizabeth Valenzuela, SEKO,

Published: 2026-04-15
Last application date: 2026-05-06