Professor in Economics - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The Department of Economics is one of the largest departments at the Faculty of Social Sciences with approximately 100 employees from a dozen countries. Each year about 1,000 students participate in our courses on undergraduate (BA), graduate (MA) and doctoral level courses. The research conducted at the department is mainly focused on the fields of labour economics, macroeconomics, political economics and public economics. Researchers at the department are frequently engaged as experts by the government and by the media, and interact with the society at large in a number of ways.

Principal duties: General responsibility for research and education at the Ph.D. level within the field and responsibility for further development of the field. Teaching and tutoring at all levels. Supplying information about research and development in the research field, and planning and leading research projects (including applying for research grants). At least 50 percent of working time is reserved for own research, with the possibility of a sabbatical semester every five years. Administrative assignments, including managerial duties, at department and other levels within Uppsala University may be relevant.

Qualifications required: The eligibility criteria for employment as a professor are research as well as teaching experience (Higher Education Ordinance Ch 4 Sec 3). Research expertise should be demonstrated through independent research and through research activities of high international and national quality. The applicant should have demonstrated skills in planning, initiating and managing research projects, including the ability to secure competitive research grants, and well-documented aptitude in the supervision of Ph.D. students.

Teaching skills should be demonstrated through merits in teaching and instruction. In addition, applicants should be able to demonstrate a well-documented ability in supervision at undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. levels, as well as meet the criteria stated in the Uppsala University's appointment regulations (section 33) and the Faculty of Social Sciences’ complementary guidelines (section 2b).

Under Uppsala University’s appointment regulations, it is also a general eligibility requirement that teachers possess the personal qualities necessary to capably perform the duties of the post.
Applicants must have the ability to teach in English.

Assessment, research and teaching skills:
Assessment for the appointment of professors at Uppsala University shall be based on the degree of skills required for the appointment.

In the appointment of this professorship, ranking will be based primarily on research and teaching expertise, with special emphasis on research expertise. A combined consideration of all bases of assessment, however, could result in an applicant deemed to be vastly superior in teaching expertise being ranked higher than a candidate with superior research expertise.
When the research expertise of an applicant is assessed, the quality achieved is of prime importance. The scope of the applicant’s research, in terms of both breadth and depth, is also essential to consider. The applicant’s contribution to the international and national scientific communities will be assessed based on quality and scope of research publications in the most relevant publication channels for the field. In the assessment of the requirement for international qualifications, the nature and specific conditions of the subject area will be taken into account.

Research expertise should be demonstrated through independent research that significantly exceeds the requirements of a senior lecturer in terms of both quality and quantity.
Unless special circumstances exist, the applicant should have served as the primary supervisor for at least one Ph.D. student and supervised this student through completion and defence of their doctoral thesis.

Teaching expertise will be assessed as carefully as research expertise. In assessing teaching expertise, teaching quality will be the prime consideration. The scope of teaching experience, in terms of both breadth and depth, will also be afforded consideration. Furthermore, consideration will be given to the capacity to plan, initiate, lead, and develop teaching and instruction, as well as the ability to connect research to teaching in respect to research in the subject at hand, subject didactics, and teaching and learning in higher education.

Assessment criteria, additional skills:
Candidates must also possess the necessary administrative and other skills significant to the subject content and duties of the position. The ability to cooperate, to develop and supervise activities and staff, and to contribute to synergies both within and outside the department will also be considered. Attention will also be given to the applicant’s ability to interact with the surrounding community and inform the public about research and development work.

Experience in managerial roles, demonstrated by supervision of a departmental environment or similar, will be considered a plus.

When Uppsala University appoints new teachers, the applicants selected are those who, following a qualitative total assessment of expertise and merits, are judged to have the best potential to carry out and develop the relevant duties and contribute to a positive development of the department.

Merits must be documented in a manner that makes it possible to assess both quality and scope.

The Recruitment Committee may in this recruitment come to use interviews, trial-lectures and referrals. The applicant should therefore submit a list of referees with insight into the applicant’s professional skill as well as personal qualities that may be of relevance for the position, e.g. ability to cooperate, ability to lead and working methods.

Personal circumstances (such as full or part-time parental leave, trade union appointments, military service or other) that may benefit the applicants in the assessment of qualifications should be included in the list of qualifications and experience (Curriculum Vitae).

Uppsala University strives to attain a more balanced gender distribution among its teachers. Since most full professors in the Faculty of Social Sciences are men, the university especially welcomes women to apply for this position.

How to apply: A complete application should be submitted to Uppsala University’s on-line recruitment portal. It should comprise:

• Letter of application
• List of appendices
• Curriculum Vitae
• Account of academic qualifications
• List of publications
• Account of teaching qualifications
• Account of other qualifications
• Academic works and any educational works being brought to bear
• List of referees

Instructions on how to prepare your application are available on the Faculty’s website:

Instructions to applicants for appointment as professor

Note! Applications and appendices must be submitted digitally on the recruitment portal Varbi. Any cited publications that are not in digital format must be sent in three copies to the Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala University, Box 256, 751 05 Uppsala. Please clearly mark the envelope/package with the reference number UFV-PA 2018/3033.

For more information, please see:

Appointment Regulations for Uppsala University and

the Faculty’s Complementary Guidelines.

For additional information on the appointment, please contact:

Head of Department Per-Anders Edin, tel +46 18-471 10 97, e-post per-anders.edin@nek.uu.se.

We look forward to receiving your application no later than december 5, UFV-PA 2018/3033.

In the event of any disagreement between the English and the Swedish versions of this announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence.