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Welcome to USN The University of Southeastern Norway (USN) ranks as the country's fourth largest higher education institution. We are a vibrant community of approximately 18,000 students and 1,900 employees. Video: https://vimeo.com/898549899/60305e2540 About the position Are you interested in Civil Engineering and Infrastructure Materials, and want to engage in research with skilled colleagues who share your interests? Maybe you can become our new colleague at Department of Process, Energy and Environmental Technology at The Faculty of Technology, Natural Sciences and Maritime Sciences. The position is available from 01.12.2026 with the latest starting date on 01.01.2027. The PhD research fellowship is for a fixed term of three years with pure organised research training. This is an educational position that is primarily intended to give promising researchers the opportunity to develop academically and professionally through organised research training. It is a condition that the person who accepts the position applies for and is granted admission to the faculty’s doctoral programme in PhD in Technology within three months of starting in the position. The doctoral programme includes relevant courses corresponding to approximately six months of study, a thesis based on independent research, active participation in national and international research environments, relevant research dissemination, a trial lecture and public defence of the thesis. Read more about organised research training at USN on our website. Your personnel manager will be be Head of Department Ali Ghaderi and your main supervisor will be Associate Professor Mequanent Mulugeta Alamnie. It is a prerequisite that you live close by so that you can be present at, and available to, the academic environment at your workplace during ordinary working hours. The place of work will be at campus Porsgrunn. About the doctoral project The person appointed will be affiliated with the research project pavement ma