About the position

Position as Postdoctoral Research Fellow available at Department of Geosciences

The position is for a period of 4 years.

Starting date is 01.09.2025

Job description / Project description

The project is part of gigaCCS, where University of Oslo is one of the main aca-demic partners (Sintef lead). The gigaCCS Center will develop excellent research and innovative approaches for carbon capture and storage. The section for study of sedimentary basins at the department of Geosciences at the University of Oslo contributes to the storage work package of this large initiative in collaboration with many other national and international partners. The project is of strategic relevance for the CCS development in the North Continental Shelf as the project aims to provide new fault data and innovative workflows for fault seal analysis.

The appointed candidate is expected to work with fault data both from outcrop studies, reflection seismic data, and boreholes. The candidate will revisit the current fault seal integrity algorithms and will contribute to improving the algo-rithms utilizing deep learning among other methods. A part of the candidate’s job is to contribute to administrative work in the project and actively participate in the communication with other partners and outreach (supported by UiO:Energy and Environment office). In the first months of the position, the candidate should develop a research plan with expected journal publications that needs to be approved.  In addition, the candidate will have some teaching duties to improve their academic skills.   

Qualifications requirements

The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences has a strategic ambition of being a leading research faculty. Candidates for these fellowships will be selected in accordance with this, and expected to be in the upper segment of their class with respect to academic credentials.

• Doctoral dissertation must be submitted for evaluation by the closing date. Only applicants with an approved doctoral thesis and public defense are eligible for appointment. 
• Applicants must hold a degree equivalent to a Norwegian doctoral degree in structural geology with a special focus on fault characterization, both fault geometry and properties. 

• The applicant should have worked on fault characterization at both out-crop and subsurface scales, using reflection seismic and well data. 
• The applicant should have some knowledge or experience of deep learning for analysis of geological data, preferably with the use of reflection seismic and well data. 
• The applicant must hold a valid driver license in Europe and be able to do fieldwork in Norway and abroad. 
• Fluent oral and written communication skills in English are required.    

Personal skills

The following qualifications will count in the assessment of the applicants:

• Being motivated and enthusiastic to perform the research tasks.
• To be able to work in a team and have good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Being focused and at the same time be able to deliver tasks before deadlines.

We offer 

• Exciting and meaningful tasks in an organization with an important societal mission, contributing to knowledge development, education, and enlightenment that promote sustainable, fair, and knowledge-based societal development.
• Committed colleagues in a good working environment. 
• A pleasant and stimulating work environment.
• Good welfare schemes.
• Opportunity of up to 1.5 hours a week of exercise during working hours.
• A workplace with good development and career opportunities. 
• Membership in the Statens Pensjonskasse, which is one of Norway's best pension schemes with beneficial mortgages and good insurance schemes.
• Salary in position as Postdoctoral Fellow, position code 1352 in salary range NOK from 579 700 to 657 300, depending on competence and experience. From the salary, 2 percent is deducted in statutory contributions to the State Pension Fund.

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Inclusive worklife and diversity at UiO

Inclusion and diversity are a strength. The University of Oslo has a personnel policy objective of achieving a balanced gender composition. Furthermore, we want employees with diverse professional expertise, life experience and perspectives.

If there are qualified applicants with disabilities, employment gaps or immigrant background, we will invite at least one applicant from each of these categories to an interview.

We hope that you will apply for the position. 

More information about gender equality initiatives at UiO can be found here.

Application

Your application should include:

• Cover letter (statement of motivation, summarizing scientific work and research interest).
• A short proposal (max. 3 pages) on research plan and topics for this position (project description).
• CV (summarizing education, positions, pedagogical experience, administrative experience and other qualifying activity). 
• Copies of educational certificates, academic transcript of records and letters of recommendation.
• A complete list of publications that the applicant wishes to be considered by the evaluation committee.
• Names and contact details of 2-3 references (name, relation to candidate, e-mail and telephone number.)

Application with attachments must be submitted via our recruitment system Jobbnorge, click "Apply for the position".

When applying for the position, we ask you to retrieve your education results from Vitnemålsportalen.no. If your education results are not available through Vitnemålsportalen, we ask you to upload copies of your transcripts or grades. Please note that all documentation must be in English or a Scandinavian language.

General information

In assessing the applications, special emphasis will be placed on the document-ed, academic qualifications, the project description, and the quality of the project as well as the candidates motivation and personal suitability. The best qualified candidates will invited for interviews. 

It is expected that the successful candidate will be able to complete the project in the course of the period of employment.

Applicant lists can be published in accordance with Norwegian Freedom of Information Act § 25. When you apply for a position with us, your name will appear on the public applicant list. It is possible to request to be excluded from this list. You must justify why you want an exemption from publication and we will then decide whether we can grant your request. If we can't, you will hear from us.

Please refer to Regulations for the Act on universities and colleges chapter 3 (Norwegian) and Guidelines concerning appointment to post doctoral and research posts at UiO (Norwegian).

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