Do you want to contribute to improving human health?
We offer a stimulating, creative, and collaborative research environment, bringing together professionals from diverse disciplines with a shared focus on health, lifestyle, obesity, physical activity, and digital solutions. You will be an important member of our dedicated team and take particular responsibility for a major research project involving both national and international collaboration.
Your mission
We are looking for a motivated and ambitious postdoctoral researcher to coordinate and evaluate an intervention study starting in 2027. The study focuses on lifestyle and will, among other things, explore how AI can be used to support healthy lifestyle habits. The AI-based support used in the study has been developed through an international collaboration, and our research group at Karolinska Institutet is now responsible for testing and evaluating it in an intervention study. The study will be conducted in Swedish.
The responsibilities include:
- Designing the intervention study based on preparatory co-creation work conducted with various stakeholders prior to the start of the study.
- Data collection, data management, and data analysis in collaboration with internal and external partners.
- Actively participating in scientific discussions, contributing to a dynamic and collaborative research environment, and supervising junior colleagues.
- Preparing scientific presentations, contributing to research funding applications, and participating in the preparation of scientific publications.
- Engaging with the local community and collaborating with other researchers nationally and internationally.
This is a two-year fixed-term position
Your profile
To be eligible for employment as a postdoctoral researcher, a PhD or a foreign degree deemed to be equivalent to a Swedish PhD is required. This eligibility requirement must be fulfilled at the latest at the time of the employment decision. Completion of your doctoral degree within the last three years is considered an advantage. If there are special reasons, your degree may have been completed earlier.
Qualifications
Requirements for the position:
- A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree. This eligibility requirement must be fulfilled no later than the time the employment decision is made.
- Documented experience of the practical implementation of research studies, including the development of study protocols, data collection procedures, participant recruitment, quality assurance, and coordination of collaborations with internal and external partners.
- Good knowledge of, for example, epidemiology, biostatistics, or qualitative research methods
- A strong ability to collaborate with other researchers, combined with a high degree of independence, analytical skills, and the ability to plan and organize your work and meet deadlines.
- High standards of scientific rigor, strong attention to detail, and good organizational skills.
- Good proficiency in Swedish is essential for interaction with study participants.
- Excellent communication skills in English, both spoken and written.
- A collaborative and proactive approach, as well as a strong motivation to contribute to scientific progress and publish high-quality research.
Desirable qualifications
- Experience in lifestyle-related research, including digital methods such as AI or methods for measuring, for example, dietary intake or physical activity.
- Experience in data processing and qualitative research methods is also considered an advantage.
- Extensive experience working with statistical software.
Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability. The position may be combined with clinical work, for example at 20%.
What do we offer?
A creative and inspiring environment with wide-ranging expertise and interests. Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. At Karolinska Institutet, we conduct successful medical research and hold the largest range of medical education in Sweden. At KI, you get to meet researchers working with a wide range of specialisms and methods, giving you ample opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience with the various scientific fields within medicine and health. It is the crossover collaborations, which have pushed KI to where it is today, at the forefront of global research. Several of the people you meet in healthcare are educated at KI. A close relationship with the health care providers is important for creating groundbreaking top quality education and research. Karolinska Institutet is also a state university, which entitles you to several benefits through our collective agreement.
Location: Campus Flemingsberg
Links: Ylva Trolle Lagerro´s research group
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Application
An employment application must contain the following documents in English or Swedish:
- Proof of a doctoral degree, or equivalent documentation confirming that the doctoral degree will have been completed no later than the start date of the employment.
- A complete CV including the date of your doctoral degree, thesis title, previous academic positions, academic title, current position, academic awards, and committee work.
- A complete list of publications, where you have bolded the publications that you think are of importance for this position.
- A cover letter explaining your motivation for applying for the position and describing how your doctoral research and previous work relate to the position (maximum one page).
KI applies individual and differentiated salary setting in accordance with our collective agreements RALS and RALS-T
The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.
Want to make a difference? Join us and contribute to better health for all!
Type of employment: Temporary position
Contract type: Full time
First day of employment: According to agreement
Number of positions: 1
Full-time equivalent: 100%
City: Huddinge
County: Stockholms län
Country: Sweden
Reference number: STÖD 2-4510/2026
Contact:
- Ylva Trolle Lagerros, ylva.trolle@ki.se
- Eva Nordlander, eva.nordlander@ki.se
Union representative:
- peter Svensson, SACO, peter.svensson@ki.se
- Mari Gilljam, OFR, mari.gilljam@ki.se
- Robert Lindberg, SEKO, Robert.g.lindberg@seko.se
Published: 2026-11-05
Last application date: 2026-11-26
