[Sweden] PhD Studentship in Mechatronics at Chalmers University of Technology
Mar 21Reference number 2009/33
Application deadline 2009-04-20
At the Department of Signals and Systems, we conduct world leading research in biomedical engineering, antennas and signal processing, automatic control, automation and mechatronics, and communication systems. Our research deals to a large extent with the modeling and development of efficient systems for extracting and processing information. The systems are often affected by signals from the environment which we cannot change and signals that we produce ourselves to control the systems. Systems which our researchers focus on include hearing aids, robots, power chains, plants, and mobile phones.
[Sweden] PhD Studentship in Computer Architecture, Chalmers University of Technology
Mar 21Reference number 2009/28
Application deadline 2009-04-17
The High-Performance Computer Architecture Group is conducting research on design principles for the next generations of mainstream as well as embedded high-performance computers. To ease the programming task and yet achieve a high computational performance at as high energy efficiency as possible are important objectives in the knowledge generation process that the group contributes to. To this end, the group has a solid track record in contributing to design principles of parallel computers and a current focus is on multi-core computers.
[Denmark] PhD Fellowship in Natural Products Chemistry at the University of Southern Denmark
Mar 17“Production and use of Artemisia annua against parasites and bacterial diseases in poultry stocks” is a four years project supported by The Programme Commission on Health, Food, and Welfare under The Danish Council for Strategic Research. An important goal of the project is to test, document and develop prototype products based on bioactive compounds from the medicinal plant Artemisia annua (Sweet wormwood) for the treatment of parasitic and bacterial diseases in poultry. The purpose is further to develop a cost efficient cultivation of genetically optimized A. annua as a new Danish pharm-crop, including development of bioassays for the determination of bioactivity, and develop methods for the quantification of bioactive compounds in extracts, biofluids, and tissue.
[Norway] PhD Stipend in Marine Enviromental Modelling at Department of Energy and Process Engineering, NTNU
Mar 17Department of Energy and Process Engineering, NTNU – in a cooperation with SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Marine Environmental Technology – has available a 3-year PhD stipend available in the field of Marine Environmental Modelling.
[UK] PhD Research Studentship 2009 on The relationship between international outsourcing and innovation
Mar 16Closing date: 15 April 2009
In today’s increasingly competitive and globalised corporate landscape, outsourcing and innovation are seen as the tools that give organisations the ability to develop sustainable competitive positions. Although, taken individually, these thematic areas (outsourcing and innovation) have already been subjected to considerable academic scrutiny, the relationship between the two is still relatively under-researched. PhD proposals are invited to examine the linkages between international outsourcing and innovation at both a theoretical and empirical level. More specifically, the focus of the research would be to investigate whether international outsourcing may increase or hinder innovative activity at plant, industry, sector and/or country level.
[UK] PhD Studentship on The diffusion of corporate governance mechanisms from the private to both the public and the NFP sector
Mar 16Closing date: 15 April 2009
In recent years corporate governance mechanisms developed within UK public companies have been widely adopted in both public sector and not-for-profit organisations. Such mechanisms may relate to structure (for example, the establishment of audit committees in universities, NHS Trusts and charities) or process (for example, the adoption of the Turnbull guidance on reporting on internal control and risk management). But how do such mechanisms operate within the different accountability framework of the public and NFP sectors? Is there anything that the private sector could usefully learn from the adaptations that have taken place?
