Research engineers/system developers - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

1 Research engineer with a focus on GIS/ Data Management development and curation

In recent years the ongoing digitalisation of society has increasingly affected the methodologies, approaches and critical perspectives of the humanities and social sciences.

Digital Humanities (DH) is an area of scholarly activity at the intersection of computing or digital technologies and disciplines of the arts, humanities and social sciences. It includes the systematic use of digital resources in the humanities, as well as the analysis of their application. DH is based on interdisciplinary collaboration and a willingness to work across disciplinary, institutional as well as national boundaries.

The Centre for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences at Uppsala University (CDHU) leads and curates the digital transformation of the humanities and social sciences at the university. CDHU's assignments are threefold:

1. research-initiating activities (seminars, workshops and major events) as well as support for individual projects and applications
2. pedagogy and knowledge exchange, including initiating, developing and supporting education in Digital Humanities from master's level to doctoral researchers; and
3. the development of a technical infrastructure to support research in the field of DH.

CDHU is currently governed by a director and supported by a deputy director and a research coordinator. The operation is supported by a steering board that spans distinguished professors across the disciplinary domains of Humanities and Social Sciences

For more information about CDHU.

Tasks and responsibilities
As a research engineer/system developer, you will be responsible for supporting researchers and research projects in the humanities and social sciences that are connected to CDHU. You will be working in close collaboration with other employees at CDHU but also together with the CDHU partners at SNIC/Uppmax and the University Central IT unit. The core tasks are to help initiate and technically support research projects located at CDHU, and to participate in the long-term development of the Centre’s digital research infrastructure for the humanities and social sciences. Task will primarily be focused on work in GIS, including:

• Georeferencing data and adjusting coordinate system of available data;
• Collecting and digitising data, both geospatial and tabular,
• Harmonising existing (geo)data to predefined standards, evaluation of data content and quality assurance.

Qualification requirements
We are looking for a candidate with an MSc in GIS, archaeology or equivalent. You have the ability to understand and navigate the problems and needs of researchers and to deliver technical solutions in terms of code, configurations and adaptations of existing tools and tool-chains. You have a genuine interest and curiosity in analyzing data and implementing technologies and methods relevant to humanities research and in participating CDHU’s activities. You also have:

• Documented experience/knowledge of GIS (QGIS or ArcGIS)
• Documented experience/knowledge of georeferencing and geographic transformations
• Documented experience/knowledge of Standardisation and harmonisation of GIS data
• Documented experience/knowledge of Spatial analysis and remote sensing
• Documented experience/knowledge and the ability to work across disciplines and in collaboration with others.
• Documented experience/knowledge and the ability to quickly adapt and familiarize yourself with new technical solutions, as well as being able to develop and supplement your own skills.

Other qualification requirements

• Fluency in Swedish.
• Good knowledge of English.
• Great emphasis is placed upon good communication skills as well as commitment to inclusion, equality and diversity, documented experience welcome.
• Great emphasis will also be placed on personal qualities such as initiative, problem-solving ability, flexibility and the ability to work together, documented experience welcome.

Desirable/meritorious in other respects

• Previous experience of working with GIS, especially for the humanities and social sciences.
• Previous experience of archaeological material and excavations. – Documented ability of teaching and other pedagogical work concerning GIS.
• Documented experience of configuring and managing databases (e.g. SQL/PostgreSQL, PostGIS).
• Documented experience/knowledge of CIDOC-CRM and other data standards.
• Documented experience/knowledge of 3D modelling and immersive environment development (eg photogrammetry).
• Documented experience of developing web-based interfaces adapted for different platforms/front end development.
• Documented experience of interactive or immersive visualization of humanities and social sciences data.
• Experience of configuring programming/data analysis platforms of particular relevance to researchers (e.g. Project Jupyter, R, MatLab).
• Experience of working with or studying digital or other humanities.

Instructions
We are looking forward to receiving your application documents in English

• Cover Letter
• CV
• Any documents that support qualifications and other merits.
• 2-3 references: one of which at least should come from a supervisor or a recent employer 

About the employment
Temporary employment, covering a maternity leave, of a 100% for a year with access in February 2024. The employment is linked to CDHU with a placement at the Department of ALM in Uppsala (Archival Studies, Information Studies, Museum and Cultural Heritage Studies), Faculty of the Arts at Uppsala University.

Information on the appointment is provided by the Director of Centre of Digital Humanities Anna Foka e-mail anna.foka@abm.uu.se