Postdoctoral Fellow in the EU Horizon Europe Project CPW: Cancer Prevention at Work – Sociocultural Barriers and Facilitators of Prevention Programs

Postdoctoral fellow in the EU Horizon Europe project CPW: Cancer Prevention at Work – sociocultural barriers and facilitators of prevention programs

Odense M, Denmark

Job Description

The Department of Business & Management (DBM) at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship in an ambitious large-scale EU Horizon Europe project under the supervision of Associate Professor Anna Schneider-Kamp and Professor Søren Askegaard. The position is located at SDU’s Campus in Odense and is vacant from 1st April or soon thereafter. The appointment will be made for an initial term of 12 months, with additional funding to be secured for possible extensions of the fellowship.

Job description

This fellowship provides a unique chance to conduct high-impact research within a world-leading interdisciplinary consortium dedicated to improving the health and well-being of European citizens by identifying and addressing sociocultural barriers and facilitators of prevention programs.

The ideal candidate has a background in or experience with one or more of the following topics and areas:

• Survey methodology / Survey data analysis
• Quantitative research methods / Cross-cultural data analysis
• Social and health inequalities / Sociocultural determinants of health

The main tasks of the successful applicant include

• Following and analyzing an ongoing large-scale survey study
• Correlating data with existing baseline and follow-up data
• Contributing to project deliverables, and
• Contributing to the synthesis of policy recommendations.

The applicant is expected to hold a PhD degree relevant to the topics of the fellowship. Such a degree might be in (Medical) Sociology, Public Health, Epidemiology, or another area related to survey data analysis, cross-cultural data analysis, and/or sociocultural determinants of health. Due to the international nature of the project, fluency in written and oral English is required. Experience with collaborative interdisciplinary research projects, such as EU projects or similarly scaled national projects, is a major plus.

PhD candidates about to complete will also be considered and should attach a statement from their supervisors regarding their impending completion.

For further information, please contact the work package leader Associate Professor Anna Schneider-Kamp (anna@sam.sdu.dk).

How to apply for this position

Applicants are encouraged to read the information "How to apply" before applying. 

To qualify for the position as postdoc you must have obtained a PhD degree by the employment date. 

Appointment to the position will be in accordance with the collective agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations for academics in the state with the associated circular on the protocol for the job structure for academic staff at Danish universities and the provisions for postdoc as described herein.

For more information on the department guidelines for qualification and recruitment please visit our web.

An application must include:

• Motivated application
• Detailed CV where education and work history must be date, month and year specific. 
• Certificates/Diplomas (Master and PhD degree). If the PhD hasn’t been completed, please attach a statement from your supervisors regarding your impending completion. 
• Complete list of publications, indicating which publications are most relevant for the position. 
• Up to 3 of the most relevant publications. Please upload a pdf for each publication. If your publications have been co-authored, please briefly describe the extent of the co-authorship or your contribution to the individual joint publication. You can do so by using this form or you can describe the co-authorship in such a way that the committee can assess the extent of your contribution.

We request files in pdf-format no more than 5 MB per file. All pdf-files must be unlocked and allow binding and may not be password protected. 

UPLOAD GUIDE: Motivated application shall be uploaded as ‘Cover letter’, Curriculum Vitae shall be uploaded as ‘Resume’. All other documents shall be uploaded as ‘Miscellaneous documents’.

All non-Danish documents must be translated into English, and documents should not contain a CPR number (civil registration number). If they do – the CPR number must be crossed out.

Applications will be assessed by an assessment committee. The committee may request additional information, and if so, it is the responsibility of the candidates to provide the necessary material.

Shortlisting may be used in the assessment process. Please note that only shortlisted applicants will receive an assessment. Read about shortlisting at SDU. 

When the assessment committee has submitted its report, the candidates will receive the part of the evaluation that concerns them. The assessment report will subsequently be forwarded to the Head of Department who will assemble an appointments committee. The appointments committee will manage and complete the job interviews, should such be conducted.

Applications that are incomplete with regard to the above requirements may be rejected without any substantive evaluation. Applications received after the deadline will neither be considered nor evaluated.

If you experience technical problems, please contact hcm-support@sdu.dk. 

We recommend that as an international applicant, you take the time to visit Work in Denmark where you will find information and facts about moving to, working and living in Denmark, as well as the International Staff Office at SDU.

The person employed in the position may, based on a specific individual managerial assessment, be exempted from time registration, also known as a self-organiser.

Application deadline is February 16^th, 2026, 23:59 CET/CEST.

The University of Southern Denmark wishes to reflect the surrounding community and therefore encourages everyone, regardless of personal background, to apply for the position.

About SDU

The University of Southern Denmark was established to create value for and with society. Whether our contributions come in the form of excellent research, innovative solutions, education or learning, we must make a positive difference to society and contribute to a sustainable future. We do this by cultivating talents and creating the best environments for research and learning. It is therefore crucial that SDU retains, develops and recruits talent. At the same time, we need to ensure consistently high quality in all our activities – and we can only do that with the right people. The University’s researchers, lecturers, students, managers and technical/administrative staff are the foundation of our success.