PhD Student in Social Entrepreneurship

What you'll be doing here

• Collaboration on an international SNSF research project on disability entrepreneurship in Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam.
• Planning and conducting ethnographic field research with entrepreneurs with disabilities.
• Collecting and analyzing qualitative data from observations, interviews, mobile research methods, and photo diaries.
• Developing an independent dissertation project and contributing to scholarly publications.
• Presenting and communicating research findings at conferences and to practitioners and policymakers.

What you'll bring with you

• An excellent master's degree in management, entrepreneurship, social sciences, anthropology, disability studies, or a related field.
• Solid knowledge of qualitative research methods; ethnographic experience is a plus.
• A strong interest in entrepreneurship, inclusion, and social inequality.
• A keen awareness of the importance of inclusive, ethically responsible, and reflective research.
• Excellent command of English and strong skills in academic writing, self-organization, and international teamwork.

To start with, here are some of our strong points

• Curiosity is what we want, oodles of it. Plus, lots of independence and autonomy.
• Responsibility in hugely exciting projects for the future attracting attention beyond the professional world.
• Great freedom in the organisation of work times – including mobile working.
• Working with smart people of different professional backgrounds who want, like you, to do things and make a difference.
• Easy exchanging of views and ideas, also across the divisional boundaries.

Business School

In the Business School, we offer an education with a clear practical emphasis for the digital change-makers of the future in the economy and society.
Content we love to engage with includes topics such as New Work, digital business or public sector transformation.