[Experiencemaillist] Open positions for six doctoral students in experience research

[Ahola Markus]

Aalto University is a community of bold thinkers where science and art meet technology and business. We are committed to identifying and solving grand societal challenges and building an innovative future. Aalto has six schools with nearly 11 000 students and a staff of more than 4000, of which 400 are professors. Our campuses are located in Espoo and Helsinki, Finland.

Open positions for six doctoral students in experience research
Aalto University opens six fully funded positions for skilled and passionate doctoral students in interdisciplinary experience design. The students will be based in different schools of Aalto, but will form a community for knowledge sharing and collaboration in the spirit of multidisciplinary research.

The deadline for applications is January 10, 2019. The positions are filled during spring 2019 and the funding is provided until the end of 2022. The salary is determined based on applicant’s experience and qualifications according to the salary system of Aalto University. The positions are located in the quickly developing Otaniemi campus of Aalto University in Espoo.

The research project of each doctoral thesis should address an intersection of two or more disciplines in one of the following topics. Two professors from two different disciplines will supervise the work, and the supervisors will be decided depending on the specific research topic proposed by the applicant.

See the full call at experience.aalto.fi/phdcall<https://experience.aalto.fi/phdcall>, or follow the links below for the detailed information of the topic, potential supervisors, and application process.

1. Measurement and analyses of emotional experiences and social behavior in naturalistic conditions<https://experience.aalto.fi/measurement-and-analyses-of-emotional-experiences-and-social-behavior-in-naturalistic-conditions/>
2. Psychological and neural mechanisms of collective, group-shared and individual emotions<https://experience.aalto.fi/psychological-and-neural-mechanisms-of-collective-group-shared-and-individual/>
3. Employee experience in platform economy and the changing world of work<https://experience.aalto.fi/employee-experience-in-platform-economy-and-the-changing-world-of-work/>
4. Understanding experiential aspects of creative work<https://experience.aalto.fi/understanding-experiential-aspects-of-creative-work/>
5. Integrating Experience-Driven Design into industrial development processes<https://experience.aalto.fi/integrating-experience-driven-design-into-industrial-development-processes/>
6. Physical materials in experience design<https://experience.aalto.fi/physical-materials-in-experience-design/>
7. Digital materials in experience design<https://experience.aalto.fi/digital-materials-in-experience-design/>

The successful applicants will work in the Experience Design project funded by Academy of Finland Profi4 call. The project is part of Aalto University strategy to foster collaboration between disciplines and to profile and invest in multidisciplinary experience research. With this funding and the Aalto Experience Platform<https://experience.aalto.fi/>, Aalto University has the ambition, infrastructure, and resources to become a leading institution in interdisciplinary experience research. The project supports the Creative Economy initiative of the Finnish Government.

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