Doctoral Researcher in the Social Sciences

Doctoral Researcher in the Social Sciences

The Swedish School of Social Sciences of the University of Helsinki invites applications for the position of DOCTORAL RESEARCHER IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES for a fixed term period of 3.5 years, starting on 1 October 2026. The position is part of the project MAPS: Mapping Fragmented Labour in the Platformised Service Sector through Migrant Epistemologies , funded by the Research Council of Finland and led by Dr. Olivia Maury.

Research Project

MAPS aims to understand the pervasive influence of digital platforms in transforming service labour through a migration perspective. It stems from the need to better grasp how digital platforms seep into everyday life and reshape ways of working. The project is situated in a context of the transformation of work towards fragmented patterns of temporary employment, multiple job holding, taskification of work into short gigs, and obscured lines between paid and unpaid lab...