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Gap on employment, PhD studies, Extra contract before graduation

Hi

My employment contract ended in January 2025, but I remain enrolled as a PhD student and expect to finish my dissertation in January 2026.

I would like to confirm how this situation affects my future unemployment benefits:

  1. My understanding is that the period between the end of my PhD employment (January 2025) and my expected completion (January 2026) should not negatively affect my unemployment benefits, since I am still registered as a full-time PhD student with the university. As I understand it, a-kassa excludes periods of full-time studies without employment and instead calculates benefits based on my previous employment income. Is this correct?

  2. In this case, do I still need to register with Arbetsförmedlingen immediately after my employment contract ended, even though I continue as a full-time PhD student without salary?

  3. I have also been offered a short-term teaching contract from September to December 2025. Will this additional contract affect how my unemployment benefits are calculated, or will they still be based on my PhD employment salary?

PhD student
arbetsförmedlingen

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  • Hello and thanks for your questions!

    1. Yes, as long as you're still enrolled as a full time Phd student all time between the end of the employment up until the completion of your PhD it won't affect your right to benefits negatively. A-kassa will be calculated on previous employment.
    2. No, there is no need to register with Arbetsförmedlingen as long as you havent finished you PhD regarding your future rights to unemployment benefits.
    3. It depends. If you will get a higher unemployment benefit if we include the short-term contract it will be included. If you'll receive better conditions if we make the calculation on your PhD-contract alone we won't include the short-term teaching contract.
    All the best

    Petter
    Petter B

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