MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships at Faculty of Education and Culture
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship programme provides funding for excellent postdoctoral researchers of any nationality and any research field. The programme aims to enhance the creative potential of a researcher wishing to acquire new skills through advanced training, international, interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral mobility. Read more about the eligibility criteria, funding and application process of the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships.
The Tampere University will provide support for incoming MSCA Postdoctoral Fellows. The University’s Research Services will facilitate a free of charge online Masterclass during the summer 2025 which helps applicants to continuously develop their proposal and get valuable feedback. Upon receiving the grant, the incoming fellow will receive further support from the supervisor and the International HR Services Team and University’s Research Services.
EDU Faculty
The Faculty of Education and Culture (EDU) offers an incoming fellow a welcoming and active research environment with the variety of interesting research themes. EDU is a multidisciplinary research community interested in the state and renewal of education in society. We understand education as a social phenomenon that is intertwined with the surrounding cultural, ecological, technological, political, economic, and social environment. Our research community consists of 12 research groups and two research centres, coordinated by the faculty, the Research Centre on Transnationalism and Transformation TRANSIT, and the Research centre for Education, Assessment and Learning REAL. Thematically, our research focuses on the three intertwined areas: Education in Society, Communities in Education, and Learning, Pedagogy and Learning Cultures.
EDU works closely with local, regional, and national stakeholders in education. EDU’s researchers collaborate actively with the public sector, among others the City of Tampere, the Finnish national Agency for Education and the Ministry of Education and Culture. The faculty hosts the Teacher Training School, a comprehensive and high school that is responsible for offering teacher training and supervision of the training. Together with the early childhood education and care institutions in Tampere region, the Teacher Training School provides researchers with a fruitful authentic research environment.
How to apply
Tampere University has a unified procedure for selecting postdoctoral candidates for the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship call. The university offers comprehensive support to all applicants through our Masterclass, starting in May, to assist with application preparation.
To join our faculty:
- Below you can find more information on the EDU’s research groups.
- Identify a research group leader who could act as a suitable supervisor. Contact the research group leader (email addresses: firstname.lastname [at] tuni.fi).
- Deadline for indicating interest and sending the requested material is 23.4.2025.
- Follow TAU's guidelines and schedule that can be found at MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships at Tampere University
Please note that we cannot fully guarantee that a suitable supervisor will be found, and that you will be accepted as a MSCA-PF candidate.
Find your supervisor
See below the list of research groups who are interested in recruiting MSCA postdoctoral fellows in the 2025 call:
Early Childhood Education Institutions, Policies and Practices (ECEPP)
Games and Learning (EDU’s team)
Higher Education in Transition (HET)
Knowledge, Power, and Politics in Education (EduKnow)
Learning and Development in School (LDS Tampere University team)
Political Philosophies and Sociologies of Education (POISED)
Research Engagement for Sustainable and Equitable Transformations (RESET)