PhD in Public Administration

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 is to generate new knowledge about physician leadership in the context of health care reform and its implementation across organisational boundaries, contributing to physician leadership development, organisational design, and governance approaches to support coherent patient pathways and hospital–primary care collaboration.