Public Procurement

Two PhD positions and a post-doc in Public Procurement Law at the University of Copenhagen

Pedro Telles

Apr 20, 2021

My good friend Carina Risvig Hamer asked to share that the University of Copenhagen has two PhD positions and a post-doc open at the moment in public procurement law. These will be based on a project about central purchasing bodies and framework agreements. If interested you can read more about the project here:

The PhDs are availabe here: https://jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=153644

And the post-doc is here: https://jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabelige-stillinger/?show=153771

I’m not involved in the project so anyone interested should follow those links and get in touch with Carina directly.

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