# PhD positions, University of Oslo

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**Created:** [January 13, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/phd-positions-university-of-oslo/2176 "2022-01-13T23:17:56Z")\
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We have two PhD positions available at the University of Oslo, funded by the European Union. The deadline to apply is February 1st and the project can start in August/September. Could you please distribute these to your master students finishing this year?

One PhD is open in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Cofund project “CompSci”. The topic is defined for candidates with interests in geophysics and computational science, including machine learning.

> **[Predicting laboratory earthquakes using machine learning
       - CompSci:...](https://www.mn.uio.no/compsci/english/phd_programme/projects/geoscience/strain-localization-in-rocks.html)**
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> Applications are invited for a 3-year position in a Research Fellowship as PhD Candidate in Geosciences to be based at the Njord Centre, a cross-disciplinary research unit at the interface between Physics and Geosciences at the University of Oslo.

Link to apply:  
[https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/214258/compsci-call-2-marie-sklodowska-curie-phd-fellowships-in-natural-sciences-17-positions](https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/214258/compsci-call-2-marie-sklodowska-curie-phd-fellowships-in-natural-sciences-17-positions)

One PhD position is open in the European Research Council (ERC) project “Break-Through Rocks”. The topic is defined for candidates with interests in geosciences and experimental rock physics.

> **[Break-Through Rocks – ERC BREAK 
      
       - Njord](https://www.mn.uio.no/njord/english/research/projects/break/index.html)**
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> Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.

Link to apply:  
[https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/215039/phd-research-fellow-in-geophysics](https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/215039/phd-research-fellow-in-geophysics)

Contact: [francois.renard@mn.uio.no](mailto:francois.renard@mn.uio.no)

On Behalf of François Renard, University of Oslo  
_This is a reposting from the SCEC list serve_