Associate Lecturer in Aesthetics - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The Department of Philosophy carries out research and education within a broad spectrum of practical philosophy, theoretical philosophy and aesthetics. The Department currently employs about 40 lecturers, researchers and doctoral students. Degree courses and modules are offered at undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD levels. More information on the Department and its activities can be found at www.filosofi.uu.se. Currently seeking to expand its work in teaching and research within aesthetics, the department is therefore seeking an Associate Lecturer in Aesthetics.

Period of employment
The post of Associate Lecturer may be held for up to four years with the right to be assessed for promotion to Senior Lecturer. The Associate Lecturer will be expected to apply for promotion to a permanent Senior Lecturer towards the end of this four-year period. The criteria for promotion to Senior Lecturer can be found in the Appointment regulations for Uppsala University and the Faculty of Arts’ supplementary guidelines.

Job description
Research, teaching and examination within philosophical aesthetics. Teaching duties include taking overall responsibility for a number of course modules, individual supervision and course administration. The appointment can also include general administrative duties. The proportion of teaching is prescribed at maximum 50% of working time. The appointment as Associate Lecturer is intended to offer opportunities for professional growth and preparation for promotion to Senior Lecturer status, for which the employment criteria are more comprehensive. The subjects taught relate for the most part to the literature of analytic philosophical aesthetics. Additional duties will include the building of working relations and connections with colleagues in both practical and theoretical philosophy and in other departments within the Faculty of Arts.

Eligibility
To be qualified for appointment as Associate Lecturer applicants must hold a PhD in in aesthetics or philosophy or have achieved equivalent scientific competence, and must meet the requirements for pedagogical skills.

It is required that the applicant’s pedagogical skills, scientific competence and professional skills are relevant to the subject content of the position and the tasks that are to be included in the position.

Primary consideration will be given to applicants who have been awarded a PhD or achieved the equivalent expertise within five years of the deadline for application for employment as an Associate Lecturer. The applicant should have completed five weeks of department-relevant teacher training at the higher education level, or be deemed to have equivalent knowledge. The applicant is expected to have a strong grounding in philosophy and primarily engaged in analytic aesthetics research.

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.

Documented ability to teach and administrate in Swedish and English is a requirement. If the successful applicant is not able to teach and administrate in Swedish at the time of the appointment, they will be expected to be able to use Swedish as their working language within two years.

Assessment
When selecting among eligible applicants, emphasis will be given on both scientific and pedagogical skills. The assessment of research and teaching expertise will primarily be made on the basis of quality. An applicant’s advantage in terms of numbers of publications which can be explained by the number of years the person has been active as a researcher will not in itself be decisive for who will be considered the more qualified candidate.

In keeping with the character and subject matter of the envisaged teaching duties, particular weight will be placed on a candidate’s experience and ability in employing the methods and questions of analytic philosophical aesthetics.

Research expertise
In assessing research expertise, quality will be the prime consideration. The scope of research, primarily in regard to depth and breadth, will also be given consideration.

Teaching expertise
Teaching expertise comprises educational and teaching qualifications and should be well documented so that the quality can be assessed. 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 given consideration.

Administrative expertise and other skills
Administrative and management skills are important for this position. Administrative expertise is demonstrated, for example, by the capacity to plan, organize, and prioritize work in an efficient and purposeful manner as well as the ability to assign and respect deadlines. Furthermore, consideration will be given to the ability to interact with others both within academia and in the wider community.

In addition, particular weight will be placed on the applicant’s potential to contribute to the future development of the department’s work in both research and teaching.

Further information
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.

The Recruitment Committee may in this recruitment process use interviews, trial-lectures and references. The applicant should therefore include the contact information of maximum two referees in the application. Referees might be contacted at a later stage of the recruitment process.

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).

How to apply
All qualifications should be documented so that both quality and scope can be assessed. A complete application should be submitted to Uppsala University’s on-line recruitment portal. It should comprise:

• Brief account of scholarly, pedagogical and other activities (CV)
• Account of academic merits
• List of publications
• Account of pedagogical qualifications
• Account of other qualifications
• Scholarly and pedagogical work cited (full text)
• Self-reflective account on future research, pedagogical and other qualifications
• Grades, certificates and other relevant documents
• Names and contact details of reference persons (maximum two)

For more information please see the Appointment Regulations for Uppsala University and the Factuly of Arts’ supplementary guidelines.

For additional information on the appointment, please contact the head of department at the Department of Philosophy Matti Eklund, matti.eklund@filosofi.uu.se.

About the employment
The employment is a temporary position, 4 years. Scope of employment 100 %. Starting date 1 September, 2022 or as otherwise agreed. Placement: Uppsala.

We look forward to receiving your application no later than March 7th 2022, UFV-PA 2021/4373.

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