Employment as a doctoral researcher

The next application period for university-funded doctoral researcher positions will be in autumn 2026.

Other ways of funding a doctoral project is a salary paid by the supervisor or a personal grant from a private foundation applied by the doctoral researcher him/herself. Doctoral researchers may also fund their studies themselves or pursue their degree in tandem with work.
Call for salaried positions 2026

The next application period for salaried positions is autumn 2026. The application instructions will be published in (please choose ILS from the drop-down menu).
De­cisions on salary po­s­i­tions starting in 2026

ILS received altogether 40 applications. All eligible application were evaluated by external evaluators. The ILS board decided to invite 16 top candidates for an interview. The board made the final decisions based on anonymized scores to ensure unbiased selection.

The positions were awarded to (in alphabetical order):

Marc Carillo Perez, 4 years (main supervisor: Helena Kilpinen)

Mario Karam, 4 years (main supervisor: Kari Vaahtomeri)

Hao Liu, 2 years (main supervisor: Liisa Holm)

Kari Moisio, 3 years (main supervisor: Ville Hietakangas)

Amy Nyberg, 4 years (main supervisor: Johanna Englund)

Ella Salminen, 1 year (main supervisor: Pekka Katajisto)

Veikko Vuokila, 3 years (main supervisor: Olli Pietiläinen)

 
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