Postdoctoral Researcher in Nutritional Epidemiology

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

Our research group at the Unit of Cardiovascular and Nutritional Epidemiology at the Institute of Environmental Medicine (IMM) offers a creative and stimulating research environment where professionals from different disciplines work together with a focus on diet, lifestyle, and health. You will become an important member of a dedicated team, with responsibility for a research project involving both national and international collaboration.

Your mission

We are seeking a motivated and ambitious postdoctoral researcher to coordinate and evaluate a study commencing in the autumn of 2026. You will also analyze existing data from large prospective cohorts and prepare scientific publications. The studies focus on dietary habits and their significance for both human and planetary health.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing data collection protocols in collaboration with national and international partners, and conducting data collection, processing, and analysis
• Analyzing data from large prospective longitudinal cohorts for scientific publication
• Presenting research findings at scientific conferences and contributing to research grant applications.

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.

Required Qualifications:

• Strong expertise in epidemiology, biostatistics, and/or qualitative research methods
• A high degree of scientific independence, excellent analytical skills, and the ability to independently plan work tasks and meet deadlines
• High scientific rigor, strong attention to detail, and excellent organizational skills
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and spoken
• A collaborative and proactive approach, along with a strong commitment to advancing scientific knowledge and publishing high-quality research

Desirable Qualifications:

• Experience in epidemiological research on diet and health and/or knowledge of behavioral aspects of food choice
• Experience in nutrition research related to climate and sustainability issues
• Experience leading data collection and working with data management and processing, including qualitative methods
• Proficiency in Swedish

Great importance will be attached to personal qualities.

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: Solna

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Application

An employment application must contain the following documents in English or Swedish:

• PhD certificate
• A complete resumé, including date of the thesis defence, title of the thesis, previous academic positions, academic title, current position, academic distinctions, and committee work
• A complete list of publications
• A summary of current work (no more than 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!

Anställningsform: tidsbegränsad anställning | Anställningens omfattning: heltid | Antal lediga befattningar: 1 | Sysselsättningsgrad: 100% | Ort: Solna | Län: Stockholms län | Land: Sweden | Referensnummer: STÖD 2-3563/2026 | Kontakt: Alicja Wolk , Alicja Wolk , | Facklig företrädare: Bodil Moberg , OFR/ST , Bodil Moberg , OFR/ST , Anda Gliga, SACO , Anda Gliga, SACO , Anne Boström, SEKO , Anne Boström, SEKO , | Publicerat: 2026-09-02 | Sista ansökningsdag: 2026-09-22