Senior Lecturer in Information Systems - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The Department of Informatics and Media has a broad research profile, focusing on current research topics and societal challenges, including information systems, interaction design, and media and communication. The Department of Informatics and Media offers Bachelor and Master programmes and courses within the Faculty of Social Sciences. The department has a turnover of approx. 80 million SEK and about 100 employees.

The research in Information Systems at Uppsala University is devoted to the scientific study of the use and development of IT based information systems, including the interaction between systems, developers, users, business, and society.

Duties: The position includes teaching, examination, research, and administration. Included within the area of teaching is planning and execution of courses, including course responsibility, course administration, course development, and supervision at undergraduate and advanced level. The focus of the position is on data science and big data analytics, with emphasis on socially relevant applications. The holder of the lectureship is expected to take responsibility for courses in these fields, but additional subjects may also be included. The duties include responsibility for courses, course development and administrative work at the department. The employee is expected to actively seek external research funding and to follow the developments within the subject area and the developments in wider community as well as to participate in the process of internationalization of the education at undergraduate level. In addition to Information Systems, the Department of Informatics and Media comprises the disciplines of Human-Computer Interaction and Media and Communication Studies. The holder of the lectureship is expected to actively contribute to the department’s efforts to find research and education synergies between these three disciplines.

Eligibility: To be eligible for appointment as senior lecturer, the applicant must hold a Ph.D. or possess equivalent scholarly competence. Further, the applicant must have demonstrated teaching expertise and a general eligibility requirement is that the applicant must have the personal characteristics required to perform the duties of the post well.

It is required that the educational skill, the scientific competence, and the professional skills of the applicant are relevant to the subject content and the tasks included in the employment.

The ability to teach in Swedish or English is a requirement. An applicant who is proficient in only one of these languages at the time of appointment is expected to be able to teach in the other language within two years.

Assessment: Equal importance will be given to teaching and research skills in the assessment of applicants.

Pedagogical proficiency will be assessed as carefully as scientific proficiency. Pedagogical skills should be well documented so that the quality can be assessed. A broad teaching experience in information systems or equivalent is important for this position and will be given great weight. Particular emphasis will be placed on documented experience in the given field of study as described in duties.

In assessing pedagogical proficiency, teaching quality will be the prime consideration. The scope of teaching experience, in terms of both breadth and depth, will 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, as well as teaching and learning in higher education. The ability to interact concerning issues of teaching and learning in higher education with actors inside and outside the University is also included in teaching expertise.

In assessing scientific proficiency, research quality will be the prime consideration. The scope of research, primarily in regard to depth and breadth, will also be afforded consideration. Furthermore, consideration will be given to the capacity to plan, initiate, lead, and develop research and education at the postgraduate level, the ability to acquire funding for research in competition, as well as the demonstrated capacity to interact with others both within academia and in the wider community.

Assessment, other skills: Administrative and management skills are important for this position and will be afforded great weight.

Administrative expertise is demonstrated, for example, through the capacity to plan, organize, and prioritize work in an efficient and task-related manner as well as through the ability to assign and observe time frames. Expertise includes overall operational planning and the capacity to manage resources in a way that reflects operational priorities as well as the ability to work in a structured manner based on an awareness of goals and quality.

Management skills are demonstrated through the capacity to lead operations and personnel, make decisions, take responsibility, and motivate others, providing them with what is needed for the efficient achievement of common goals. The abilities to coordinate the group and help create a sense of involvement, participation, and enjoyment in work and to deal with conflicts constitute further examples of demonstrated expertise. 

Personal circumstances that may be of relevance in merit evaluation, for example parental leave, should be mentioned in the list of qualifications (CV).

When the University appoints new teachers those applicants must be selected who, following a qualitative holistic assessment of their competence and expertise, are judged to have the best potential to carry out and develop the relevant duties and to help advance operations.

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.

How to apply: A full application is submitted to Uppsala University's application system. The application shall include:

• Letter of application including 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
• A clear account of the extent of the applicant´s teaching experience, specified in number of hours
• List of references

Instructions for application

It is important for applicants to follow the instructions as closely as possible.

Please note that any academic work not submitted electronically are to be submitted in triplicate in paper form to the Faculty of Social Sciences, Box 256, S-751 05 Uppsala. Please, mark the package with ref. no. UFV-PA 2020/1515. 

For more information please see:

Appointment Regulations for Uppsala University

Complementary Guidelines for the University's Appointment Regulations

Salary: According to individual qualifications.

Starting date: 2021-01-01 or according to agreement.

Type of employment: Permanent full-time position, probationary period may be applied.

Scope of employment: 100%

For further information about the position please contact: Professor Pär Ågerfalk, phone +46 18 471 10 64 and the The Head of Department at the Department of Informatics and Media, FD Jenny Eriksson Lundström, phone: +46 18 471 51 63.

For information about the process please contact: Veronika Bratt, +46 18 471 48 78, samfak@samfak.uu.se

Please submit your application no later than June 18 2020, UFV-PA 2020/1515. 

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

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