Associate Professor in Meteorology

Associate Professor in Meteorology (tempory position) 

Are you interested in working with education in meteorology, with the support of competent and friendly colleagues in an international environment? Are you looking for an employer that invests in sustainable employeeship and offers safe, favourable working conditions? We welcome you to apply for a position as associate professor in meteorology (temporary employment) at Uppsala University.

The Department of Earth Sciences at Uppsala University is Sweden’s largest and most versatile department of its kind. We have approximately 280 employees. Our activities are interdisciplinary and combine natural science and technology with social science. We have research programs in air, water and landscape science (LUVAL); geophysics; natural resources and sustainable development; (NRHU); petrology, mineralogy and tectonics (MPT); paleobiology, and wind energy. By investigating the history of Earth, we understand how our planet has developed over time and how sustainable development benefits from this knowledge. Read more here: Earth Sciences

The announced position will be placed the research program Air, Water and Landscape Science that brings together research and education in hydrology, meteorology, environmental analysis and physical geography. This position will focus on meteorology.

Duties
Teaching, research and administration. Teaching duties include course responsibility and course administration and supervision of second- and third-cycle students. The teacher is expected to teach courses with a focus on meteorology at basic and advanced level within the bachelors and masters programs in geosciences as well as the civil engineering program in Environment and Water Technology. Supervision and examination of student theses within the education programs will be included. The research part will aim to strengthen and develop the research profile of meteorology within the Department of Earth Sciences. Follow developments within the subject area and the development of society in general that is important for the work at the university.

Requirements

• PhD in meteorology or related fields
• Documented 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.
• Demonstrated ability to teach in English.
• Personal capabilities necessary to carry out fully the duties of the appointment.

Assessment Criteria

The ranking of eligible applicants will be based primarily on research and teaching expertise of which both 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 considered 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.

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.

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.

About the employment
The employment is a temporary position, 12 months. Scope of employment 100 %. Starting date 01-05-2025 or as agreed. Placement: Uppsala

For further information about the position, please contact: Anna Rutgersson, anna.rutgersson@geo.uu.se, 018-471 25 23

Please submit your application by 20 March, UFV-PA 2025/398.

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