Professor of Industrial Economics, focusing on the production systems of the future

Description

The faculty for health, natural and technology sciences announces an employment as a professor of industrial economy, focusing on the future production system. The employment is located on the topic of industrial economics, at the Department of Engineering and Physics. The department is characterized by a friendly, inspiring and international atmosphere, with a large number of employees from different parts of the world. Industrial economy is one of four topics at the department, which has a total of about 60 employees, of which 9 professors. Other subjects at the department are electrical engineering, machine and material technology, and physics.

Tasks

As a professor, your main tasks research, undergraduate education, advanced level and postgraduate level, collaboration and academic leadership. The tasks include an overarching responsibility for the research environment with a focus on future production systems, and to lead and develop research and research environment in the field.

You need to actively work for the subject's development at both national and international level and that external research funds are supplied to the topic. You contribute and promote the development of education at all levels.

As a professor you are expected to interact with the surrounding society for mutual exchange and operate for the knowledge and skills that exist at the university, society will benefit.

Administrative tasks are part of the work. To contribute to a good working environment and development of the business, it is assumed that you are present and participate in daily work and the community.

Permissions

Authorized to be employed as a professor of industrial economy is the one who has shown both scientific and pedagogical skill in the subject.

In addition to it is required:

• Prominent research in the subject area and thereby exhibit scientific activities of high international standards, which shows a clear quality progression.
• High quality and timeliness of scientific works.
• Experience of, as well as good ability, to supervise doctoral students to a doctorate.
• Current experience of interacting with the surrounding society and communicating activities and results.
• Included academic leadership, including experience from: Academic trust assignments (such as opponent and / or member of the grading committee, work in committees and other senior positions) and to lead research projects on the subject.
• Shown good ability to seek and obtain external research agents.
• Shown good ability to plan, implement, develop and evaluate teaching, examination and other educational activities, at different levels and varying teaching methods.

As a teacher at Karlstad University, you should master teaching in both Swedish and English. For this employment, good knowledge of English is required, both orally and in writing. Missing knowledge in Swedish, employment can still be provided that the person who is employed has the ability to actively obtain them.

A professor must also have completed supervisor and university education. If the courses are missing, an employment can still be done, provided that the employee commits to implement them in the first two years or applies to validate the corresponding knowledge.

See alsoKarlstad University's employment scheme.

Criteria

As an assessment grounds for the employment of a professor, the degree of such skill is a requirement for employment. The examination of the pedagogical skill must be given as much care as the examination of the scientific or artistic skill.

Of particular importance:

• Research Excellence in the field of future production systems with specialization in anyone or some of the following areas:
  • Resilient and sustainable value chains and processes,
  • Digitization and / or AI with industrial applications,
  • Advanced production systems and products with the focus on sustainable and resilient processes.
• Experience from doctoral supervision in the subject area.
• Shown documented ability to obtain research financing in collaboration with the business community within different TRL levels.
• When the unit and research in the field is under construction, it is of particular importance that the recruited professor has the willingness to build a stable research environment in the field.
• Documented good experience of tutorial missions primarily as a main supervisor for postgraduate students through the education's various stages, normally as a main supervisor for at least one doctoral student all the way to the dispute.

Of great importance:

• Experience of international mission, for example as postdoctoral, guest researchers, assignments in international organizations and networks or the like.
• Documented experience and ability to lead and communicate research and development work with colleagues and students regarding teaching and examination in their own topic or subject area.

Merit is:

• Educational appointments.
• Industrierfarenhet.
• Ability to teach in Swedish

Terms and conditions

The employment is until further, full time 100%. Start according to agreement.

Application

The application is made in the university's web-based recruitment tool. Information on how your application should look like you will find in"What should be included in my application?". The applicant is responsible for ensuring that the application is complete in accordance with the advertisement, that any documents in languages other than Swedish, Norwegian, Danish or English are translated and that your competence is documented in a way that allows an objective, qualitative assessment. Complete application must be within the end of the application time. An incomplete application can cause your skills to be tried in all respects.

The application should contain:

• Resume
• Personal letter, with description of your qualifications and interests in relation to the employment content
• In-depth account of scientific activities
• In-depth account of educational qualifications
• Certificate at University Education Education, if implemented or account of the corresponding knowledge
• Documentation for good experience as a supervisor for postgraduate students and its scope
• account of experience from other activities
• Description of experience from leadership and administration
• Plans for future activities
• account of collaboration, experience from international networks M.M.
• Publication list (when co-publishing its own role must be stated)
• Account of language skills
• Copies on relevant grades, certificates and diplomas
• At most 10 Scientific publications and a maximum of five jobs to convey knowledge, eg textbooks, computer programs for teaching or popular science articles
• Two references, of which at least one is from the previous or current manager.

All documents and publications that you wish to be part of your application must be attached to the digital application (not links). Name each charged document so it clearly appears what it contains.

The data that cannot be sent electronically, for example, books and publications, must be sent in three copies to the address below.

Karlstad University
HR administrator, Hanna Ljungdahl
651 88 Karlstad

Last application day: 28 October 2026                              

Enter Reference No: 2026 / 166

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