PhD: Digital Payments & Critical Infrastructure Ethnography

Technical University of Denmark; Kongens Lyngby; On-site; DKK 420,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Technical University of Denmark (DTU) invites applications for a PhD position at the intersection of digital payments, critical infrastructure, and organizational studies. The project Cash Contingencies examines how digitalization shapes payment infrastructures and societal vulnerabilities during crises.

The successful candidate will conduct ethnographic fieldwork with Danish organisations, engage stakeholders in workshops, and develop a feasible research plan.

Qualifications

• Experience with organizational ethnography and/or related qualitative methods.
• Familiarity with theories from organization studies, economic anthropology, economic sociology, science and technology studies (STS), or related fields.
• Proficiency in Danish (or other Scandinavian language for projects in different contexts).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• High degrees of independent project management

Responsibilities

• Plan and conduct ethnographic fieldwork with organisations responsible for emergency payment infrastructures.
• Engage with stakeholders through workshops and knowledge dissemination activities.
• Develop a clear and feasible project proposal for investigations in Denmark and related Scandinavian contexts.

Skills

Organizational ethnography

Qualitative methods

Organization theory

Danish language

Communication & teamwork

Job description

Technical University of Denmark (DTU) invites applications for a PhD position at the intersection of digital payments, critical infrastructure, and organizational studies. The project Cash Contingencies examines how digitalization shapes payment infrastructures and societal vulnerabilities during crises.

The successful candidate will conduct ethnographic fieldwork with Danish organisations, engage stakeholders in workshops, and develop a feasible research plan.