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Department of Archeology and Ancient Culture is one of Scandinavia's largest archaeological research environments. The department consists of six units: archeology, archaeological research laboratory (AFL), osteoarkeological research laboratory (OL), ancient culture and social life, numismatic research group, and the center of paleogenetics (CP

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Topic / ämnesbeskrivning

The employment as a guest professor is time-limited to 5 year and the proprietor should focus on research (50%) and teaching (50%) in archeology focusing on environmental humanias. The employment will be placed at the archaeological research laboratory.

Tasks

The holder is expected to develop and lead the institution's research in the environmental humaniorities, and teach and develop the institution's courses and master's programs in archeology with a focus on environmental humanias, which links together studies of past, contemporary and future. The tasks also include working interdisciplinary with other topic environments at the university, especially at the Faculty of Humanities. The holder shall in particular be responsible for coordinating the human organac bureau within the interdisciplinary master's program Tracee (Master's Porgram in Transdisciplinary Studies of Climate, Environment and Energy) as Kord

The holder of the employment shall actively contribute to applications for external research funds, commit research management assignments, initiatives to joint projects and collaboration in publication, and help to manage and develop the institution's local, regional, national and international cooperation. In addition, the holder is expected to be able to supervise and teaching the archaeological courses at the department.

Eligibility requirements

Authorized to be employed as a guest professor is the one who has shown both scientific and pedagogical skill and is already a professor or correspondingly became assessed as a professorship.

The scientific skills should have been shown through independent research efforts in archeology focusing on environmental humanias that significantly exceed what is required for accompanying skills, both qualitatively and quantitatively. The planning and management of research must also be given importance.

The pedagogical skill should have been shown through teaching within both basic and advanced level and doctoral level in environmental humanios.

The examination of pedagogical skills should relate to both planning, implementation and evaluation of teaching, and supervision and examination. The pedagogical skill must be well documented and in such a way that the quality can also be assessed.

The applicant must have an established research profile in the environmental area and conduct own research in the subject area. The applicant must also be interested in contributing to and developing ongoing research themes in archeology focusing on environmental humanities and developing and contributing to new research themes in the field.

The applicant must have the ability to cooperate as well as the ability and suitability in general as needed to fulfill the tasks well.

Criteria

Particular emphasis is attached to scientific skill in archeology with a focus on environmental humanias.

Special weight is attached to pedagogical skill and when documented experience in developing both advanced courses and programs in the environmental humaniorities.

Particular emphasis is placed on documented ability to cooperate with colleagues in a multidisciplinary environment and over subject limits, especially in the humanities.

Great importance is attached to successfully planned and received grants for research projects from external financiers, especially in the subject area.

Applicants should have good ability to express themselves in speech and writing in English. Knowledge in Swedish is merit. Swedish-language is not a requirement for the appointment, but the applicant must be prepared to be able to take on administrative and educational tasks that require understanding and use of Swedish

Great emphasis is also attached to the ability to initiate, maintain and develop networks, both national and international, in the subject area.

Merit is:

• Administrative skill and ability to interact with the surrounding society and to inform about research and development work.
• Successful research supervision shown through active supervision of at least one postgraduate student until approved defense.
• University education at least 15 HP or equivalent knowledge acquired otherwise, merillary seekers who consider themselves to have equivalent knowledge without having undergone formal education should, in their application, account for how knowledge has been acquired and why they correspond to the skills of formal

If the employment

The employment is time-limited to 5 years and refers to full-time. Access is by agreement.

Other information

Contact

Disclosures on the employment are left by head of department Jan Apel, jan.apel@ark.su.se, or by the Division of the Division Kerstin Lidén, kerstin.lidén@arklab.su.se

Questions about the employment process can be set to the administrator Kenneth Hjalmarsson, TFN 08-16 21 30, kenneth.hjalmarsson@su.se.

Application

You are looking for the employment via the Stockholm University's recruitment system. You as an applicant is responsible for ensuring that the application is complete in accordance with the university's instructions and that it is the university with the latest date of application.

We are happy to see that your application is written in English, when it will be reviewed by international experts, where English is the working language.

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