PhD student in the research area of Safety Culture and Workplace Accidents

Do you have strong professional and quantitative methodological skills, and are you interested in contributing to a healthy and safe working life in Denmark? Then we have a PhD position where you will be focusing exactly on that.

About the position We are looking for a new employee for a PhD project that will focus on the links between work accidents, well-being and dropout across vocational education and training. The PhD project is anchored in the research area Work-related Accidents and Safety Culture, which organizationally is integrated with the research area Psychosocial Work Environment.

As a PhD student you will work on analyzing how different organizational and educational contexts can protect against or amplify the risk of work accidents, dissatisfaction and dropout among apprentices. You will also be enrolled as a PhD student at a university and thus attached to a university environment.

We place particular emphasis on

• Interest in the relationship between different organizational and educational factors with significance for safety, well-being and dropout from education
• Experience with collection and cleaning of quantitative registry data in the field of occupational health
• Strong competencies in analysing quantitative data
• Great autonomous drive and the ability to navigate a project with many stakeholders. Knowledge of the labor market actors would be an advantage.
• A relevant master's degree in statistics, social sciences or health sciences with substantial quantitative content.

The main tasks as a PhD student at NFA are

• Develop and complete an independent research project under supervision.
• Attend PhD courses corresponding to 30 ECTS credits.
• Participate in research within NFA's research area safety culture and work-related accidents as well as the psychosocial research area.
• Gain dissemination experience.
• Write the PhD dissertation and scientific articles based on the completed PhD research project.

A strong research environment within work-related accidents and safety culture as well as psychosocial work environment NFA's research area within safety culture and work-related accidents as well as psychosocial work environment consists of a team of researchers at different stages of their careers, working on a wide portfolio of projects focusing on the work environment in a broad sense. The research areas address a wide range of projects that use both qualitative and quantitative methods.

You will join an interdisciplinary environment with good opportunities for professional and personal development, as well as a good and informal working environment.

At NFA we offer attractive terms in the form of exciting projects with great attention from the end users, access to a wide range of unique datasets about the work environment and work scheduling in companies and strong neighboring research environments including ergonomics and occupational health economics, which we actively collaborate with in our research.

Your qualifications You have a master's degree in e.g. statistics, political science, public health or psychology with good results and preferably experience with work environment and analysis of quantitative data.

We are looking for a profile that is keen on research, independent drive and strong analytical and communication skills. Emphasis will also be placed on documented experience with scientific and popular dissemination in writing and orally. As a PhD student at NFA you will have the opportunity to shape your own project in collaboration with our research environments and the university environment where you are enrolled.

Salary and employment terms The position is a 3-year full-time appointment. We would like you to start on 1 January 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter.

You will be employed as a PhD student in accordance with the protocol to the state collective agreement for academics and circular on the job structure for scientific personnel with research tasks at sector research institutions.

It is a condition of employment that you can be enrolled as a PhD student at a Danish university.

Your daily workplace is Lersø Parkallé 105, 2100 Copenhagen Ø.

Questions and application Haven't received answers to all your questions? Then you are welcome to contact Professor Johnny Dyreborg at tel. 3916 5499 or Professor Anne Helene Garde at tel. 3916 5258.

If you have questions about salary and employment terms, you are welcome to contact HR partner Rikke Dahl Ledertoug in the Ministry of Employment and Equality's HR at tel. 7220 5257.

We see diversity as a strength and encourage all interested applicants regardless of personal background to apply for the position.

Send your motivated CV, diploma papers and a description of your planned research project of a maximum of 3 pages electronically no later than Sunday 18 October 2026.

Interviews will be held on an ongoing basis.