Associate Professor in Physical Geography with specialisation in Cryospheric Sciences - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The Department of Earth Sciences is one of the most complete such academic departments in Europe. Our research focuses on subjects that range from the Earth’s core to the atmosphere, on scales from sub-microscopic structures in minerals to the formation of mountains and oceans. We have teaching at undergraduate and graduate levels. Our courses offer a wide range within the geoscience area and several of the department's programs have received the highest rating in evaluations by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education (Högskoleverket) and the Swedish Higher Education Authority (Universitetskanslersämbetet). For more information see www.geo.uu.se.

Description of subject area of the employment: The successful candidate will join the research programme Air, Water and Landscape Science, Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden. The programme includes research in Hydrology, Meteorology, Physical Geography, and Environmental Assessment. The research in Physical Geography are focused on topics within climate and environment. The research group Ice, Climate, and Environment (ICE) have a main interest in cold environments, mainly on glaciological topics, but also other aspects of the cryosphere.

Duties:

• Teaching, research and administration. Teaching duties include course responsibility and course administration and supervision of second- and third-cycle students. The lecturer is primarily expected to teach courses within Physical Geography and related topics such as Geoinformatics at the Bachelor and Master educational programs in Earth Sciences and the Bachelor's Programme in Land Management (a new programme in land surveying with specialisation in management), as well as other educational programs at the department.
  
• Follow developments within the subject area and the development of society in general that is important for the work at the university.
  
• Duties also include actively applying for external research funding.

Qualifications Required:

• PhD in Physical Geography / Glaciology or related discipline or have the corresponding research competence or some other professional expertise.
  
• Research Expertise and Teaching Expertise. It is necessary that the pedagogical skills, the research expertise and the professional skills are relevant to the content of the employment and the tasks that will be included in the employment.
  
• Applicants must have completed teacher training of relevance to operations at the University, comprising ten weeks, or have acquired the equivalent knowledge. If special circumstances apply, this training for teachers in higher education may be completed during the first two years of employment.
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  Documented ability to teach Swedish and English is a requirement unless special reasons prevail. The holder is expected to be able to teach in Swedish within two years.
  
• Personal capabilities necessary to carry out fully the duties of the appointment.

Assessment Criteria/Ranking of applicants that fulfil the above-mentioned qualifications required

The ranking of eligible applicants will be based primarily on research and teaching expertise, which will be given equal weight.

Research Expertise comprises research merits. In addition to academic merits, research merits from other activities, including technology development, may also be taken into account including research merits obtained outside the academy, which includes for example technology development and innovation ability. In assessing research expertise research quality must be the prime consideration. The scope of research, primarily in regard to depth and breadth, must also be afforded consideration. In assessing research expertise special weight will be attached to research merits in spatial analysis, assimilation of empirical data and modelling of the physical processes of snow and ice.

Furthermore, consideration must be given to the capacity to plan, initiate, lead, and develop research and education in the third cycle, 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.

Teaching Expertise comprises educational and teaching qualifications. This expertise can have been achieved outside the academy through supervision, internal training, mentoring programs, etc. In assessing teaching expertise teaching quality must be the prime consideration. The scope of teaching experience, in terms of both breadth and depth, must also be afforded consideration. In assessing teaching expertise special weight will be attached to merits in Physical Geography and related disciplines, with focus on GIS, remote sensing, geodesy, cadastral surveying, and supervision of students.

Furthermore, consideration must 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.

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

In filling this position the university aims to appoint the applicant who, following a qualitative holistic assessment of her/his competence and expertise, is judged to have the best potential to carry out and develop the relevant duties and to help advance operations.

Further information

In an overall assessment of the applicant’s qualifications, parental leave, part-time work relating to care of children, union assignments, military service, or the like are to be regarded as work experience.

Uppsala Appointment Regulations

Faculty Appointment Regulations

Instructions for applications

Salary: Individually negotiated salary.

Starting date: As soon as possible or as otherwise agreed

Type of employment: Permanent full-time position.

Scope of employment: 100 %

For further information about the position please contact: Professor Veijo Pohjola (018-471 2509; veijo.pohjola@geo.uu.se) and Director of Studies Rickard Pettersson (018-471 2525; Rickard.pettersson@geo.uu.se)

Please submit your application by September 15 2020, UFV-PA 2020/2572.

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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