Ukrainian Research Fellowship Programme (URFP) for visiting researchers at CBEES and Södertörn University - Autumn 2025

Södertörn University is a higher education institution in Stockholm that conducts education, research, and collaboration for sustainable societal development. We have around 14 000 students, 80 programmes and 300 courses, and we conduct education and research in the humanities, social sciences, technology and natural sciences. The university also offers police education and teacher education with an intercultural profile. A great deal of our research relates to the Baltic Sea region and Eastern Europe. We combine subjects, perspectives, people and experiences, and are worldminded, curious and questioning, searching for surprising syntheses, challenges and development.

The Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES) is tasked with stimulating and developing Södertörn University’s multidisciplinary research and doctoral (third-cycle) education with a focus on the Baltic Sea region and Eastern Europe. CBEES’ objective is to increase the national and international impact of Baltic and Eastern European research from Södertörn University, as well as achieve recognition of the university’s status as a knowledge hub. CBEES is a point of contact, not just within the university but also for other research environments and the surrounding community. CBEES organises regular seminars, international conferences, summer schools, lectures, workshops, doctoral student meetings, and courses, and it publishes the Baltic Worlds journal. The research centre has professors, visiting researchers, postdocs, doctoral students and research coordinators. The working language at CBEES is English.

We are now welcoming applications for up to six visiting researchers with a placement at CBEES or another department/centre/unit at Södertörn University. This fellowship programme is specifically tailored for lecturers and professors currently residing and working at Higher Education Institutions in Ukraine. We welcome applications, especially from colleagues in social science, humanities, teacher education, and environmental science.

Job description

During the temporary placement at Södertörn University, the visiting researchers can expand their academic network and actively participate in the research environment at the University.

The researcher granted the fellowship is expected to work on-site at Södertörn University.

Qualifications

You are qualified for the URF Visiting Researcher Programme if you are currently working as a lecturer or professor on-site at a Higher Education Institution in Ukraine.

You must be able to express yourself in English, both orally and in writing.

Employment

• The position is full-time for a period of up to three months during the autumn semester of 2025; the first possible starting date is 1 September.
• Apart from the salary, the URF Programme will cover the travel costs from and back to Ukraine.
• The University will also assist with finding accommodation in Stockholm.

Application

The application should contain a personal letter and a CV. In the personal letter, you should describe what you plan to do as a visiting researcher at Södertörn University.

Incomplete applications will not be processed.

Application deadline: 15 May 2025.

Contact and information

Per Bolin, Director, Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES), Södertörn University. Email: [email protected]

Vit Kysilka, Administrative officer, Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES), Södertörn University. Email: [email protected] 

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