Uppsala University announces a vacancy for a

Senior Lecturer in Statistics

at the Department of Statistics

The Department of Statistics has approximately 25 staff members who both teach and conduct research. We provide education at the undergraduate and advanced levels, as well as doctoral education. Research is conducted in several areas, including biostatistics, econometrics/time series analysis, high-dimensional multivariate linear models, analysis of textual data, causal inference, and structural equation modeling.

Duties

The position involves teaching, examination, research, and administrative duties, with teaching constituting a substantial part of the role. High standards are placed on pedagogical competence and the ability to adapt the level and content of teaching to different target groups. Teaching at the undergraduate level is largely conducted in Swedish, while teaching at the advanced level is conducted exclusively in English. Teaching responsibilities include course coordination and course administration. The applicant is also expected to initiate and participate in pedagogical development work and to take responsibility for institutional duties.

Initially, the department requires reinforcement at the undergraduate level. Teaching may include courses in basic statistics, but also, for example, econometrics, time series analysis, statistical learning, and multivariate methods. Teaching at the advanced level is also part of the duties. Supervision of thesis projects in statistics at both undergraduate and advanced levels is a necessary part of the teaching responsibilities.

The duties also include actively applying for external research funding and keeping abreast of developments within the applicant’s own subject area, as well as broader societal developments that are relevant to the role of a university teacher.

Statistical consulting may form a substantial part of the duties.

In summary, the applicant is expected to contribute to the department’s long-term development work in both research and teaching.

Required qualifications

To qualify for appointment as a senior lecturer, you must have been awarded a PhD in Statistics or have equivalent research competence, have demonstrated teaching expertise, be able to work with other people and otherwise meet the suitability requirements needed to perform your duties well.

Your teaching expertise, research expertise and professional skill must be relevant to the subject matter and the duties that the position involves.

To be eligible for the position, you must have a documented ability to teach in Swedish and English.

Assessment criteria: research and teaching expertise
When selecting among qualified applicants, equal weight will be given to research and teaching expertise.

Applicants must have demonstrated research expertise by independent, high-quality research contributions. The applicant’s contributions to the international and national scholarly community will be assessed on the basis of the quality and scope of scholarly publications, among other criteria. The nature and specific circumstances of the subject will be taken into account when assessing the required international track record.

When assessing research expertise, research quality will be the principal consideration. The scope of the research, meaning primarily its depth and breadth, will also be taken into account. Furthermore, consideration will be given to the ability to plan, initiate, lead and develop research and third cycle (doctoral) education, the ability to obtain research funding in competition, and the ability to collaborate and engage with the wider community through research.

Experience in statistical applications is particularly meritorious. Experience in statistical consulting is particularly meritorious. Broad experience in teaching and communicating with non-statisticians is particularly meritorious. Well-documented experience and ability to teach and administer courses in statistics at the undergraduate level is particularly meritorious. Experience of collaboration with applied researchers is particularly meritorious.

Teaching expertise will be evaluated as carefully as research expertise. Teaching expertise must be well documented to make it possible to assess quality. When assessing teaching expertise, the quality of teaching will be the principal consideration. The scope of teaching experience, in terms of both breadth and depth, will also be taken into account, as will the ability to plan, initiate, lead and develop education, and the ability to base teaching on research. Teaching expertise should also include the ability to collaborate and engage with the wider community through education.

Assessment criteria: other expertise

Administrative and management expertise are important for the position and will be accorded weight.

Administrative expertise may be demonstrated by the ability to plan, organise and prioritise work in an efficient and appropriate way, and the ability to specify and keep to timetables. Expertise in this area includes overall operational planning, the ability to manage resources in a way that reflects operational priorities, and the ability to work in a structured manner based on awareness of goals and quality.

Management expertise is demonstrated by the ability to lead operations and staff, make decisions, take responsibility and motivate others, providing them with the conditions needed for the efficient achievement of shared goals. Expertise may also be demonstrated by the ability to coordinate a group, to help create a sense of involvement, participation and job satisfaction, and to deal with conflicts.

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

When the University appoints new teachers, it will select the applicants who, upon a qualitative overall assessment of their competence and expertise, are judged to have the best potential to perform and develop the duties concerned and to contribute to the positive development of the department/equivalent.

In this recruitment, the recruitment committee may make use of interviews, trial lectures and references. Applicants should therefore provide a list of reference persons who can shed light on the applicant’s professional proficiency and on personal qualities that are relevant to the position, such as team-working abilities, leadership abilities and working methods.

Personal circumstances (parental leave, part-time employment because of childcare, union responsibilities, military service, etc.) that may be considered to the applicant’s advantage when evaluating qualifications should be indicated in connection with the account of qualifications and experiences.

Application process: A complete application is to be submitted via Uppsala University’s recruitment system and should comprise:

• Letter of application
• List of attachments
• Curriculum vitae
• Presentation of research qualifications
• List of publications
• Presentation of educational qualifications
• Presentation of other qualifications
• A clear account of the scope of your teaching experience, expressed in number of hours
• Scholarly (maximum 10) and (if any) educational publications cited
• List of reference persons (name, contact details, previous working relationship)

Instructions for drawing up the application are available in Faculty of Social Sciences Guidelines supplementing the University’s Appointment Regulations (section 7a) .

Please note: Your application, including attachments, is to be submitted electronically in the recruitment system Varbi. Any publications cited that are not available in electronic format should be sent in triplicate to the Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala University, Box 256, 751 05 Uppsala. Mark the package with the reference number UFV-PA 2025/2927

For further information, see Uppsala University’s Appointment Regulations and section 2d in Faculty of Social Sciences Supplementary Guidelines.

About the position: This is a permanent, full-time position. The salary will be set individually. Starting date by agreement. Place or work: Uppsala

Further information about the position is available from: Head of Department Ronnie Pingel, tel. +46 72-999 96 04, e-post ronnie.pingel@statistik.uu.se

On the university’s website you will find more information about the Faculty of Social Sciences recruitment process in both English and Swedish

Questions about the appointment procedure may be addressed to: faculty officer Paula von Essen Karlström, tel 018-471 15 17 email samfak@samfak.uu.se

We look forward to receiving your application by 4 March 2026.

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