PhD Student in Social Entrepreneurship
BFH, Switzerland
- Institution
- BFH
- Country
- Switzerland
- Position type
- PhD
- Subject area
- Economics & Business
- Application deadline
- 30 November 2026
- Location
- Bern, CH
- Funding
- Fully funded position
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About this position
Responsibilities
- 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.
Requirements
- 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.
Benefits
- 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
Doing something meaningful in a fascinating environment and with an outlook to the future: a job at Bern University of Applied Sciences makes perfect sense.
Place of work
Job / Doktorandin oder Doktorand in Social Entrepreneurship (100%) Departement Wirtschaft Bern Befristet Job / IT & UX Projektleitung (60 – 80%) Departement Wirtschaft Bern Unbefristet Job / Postdoc & Scientific Coordinator (80-100%) Departement Wirtschaft Bern Befristet
About us
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.
Contact
Cédric Schmid
HR Consultant
P +41 31 848 67 69
Apply directly to BFH
Emerging Scholars Council is not the employer and does not recruit for this position. It is advertised by BFH, and your application goes to them. We help students prepare and strengthen their applications.
Go to the official application page →Applications close 30 November 2026.