PhD in Political Science And Public Management

The Department of Political Science and Public Management, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Odense, invites applications for a three-year full-time PhD scholarship focusing on physician leadership in a healthcare system undergoing major healthcare reforms./nThe project is funded by Danish Regions and Danish Association of Medical Specialists./nThe successful candidate is expected to start the PhD on 1 September 2026, or as agreed. The place of employment will be Odense./nThe aim of this PhD project is to generate new knowledge about physician leadership - including how chief physicians, leading senior consultants, and other physicians with leadership roles understand, enact, and develop leadership – in the context of health care reform and its implementation across organisational boundaries.