Senior Lecturer in Human Ecology - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The strong research orientation is reflected in education. Many of our courses and programmes have been developed in connection with research projects and students are introduced to current knowledge by researching lecturers. The teaching environment has for a long time been international in orientation and many courses and programmes offered at the department are specifically aimed at international students. The department is housed in modern premises in central Lund.

Subject area
Human Ecology

Specific subject description
The Human Ecology Division applies an anthropological and inter-disciplinary definition of its research field. Research and education at the division deals with human-environmental relations in different cultural contexts. The ambition is to integrate perspectives from the social sciences, natural sciences, and humanities in understanding sustainability issues at local and global scales. Particularly important is to complement and elaborate definitions of environmental problems deriving from natural and engineering sciences by emphasizing aspects such as culture, power, and global distribution. Research at the division has, for instance, focused on ecologically unequal exchange, global environmental load displacement, climate justice, the political ecology of indigenous populations, traditional resource management, and ethnobiology.

Job assignments
The post comprises teaching and research in Human Ecology. 20 per cent of the post is made up of government-funded research and 80 per cent is teaching, including administrative duties. The proportion of research can be expanded through external research funding. In addition to conducting high-quality research and education in human ecology, the successful candidate is expected to be able to take responsibility for the development and administration of study programs and courses in the field of Human Ecology. In addition teaching and administrative tasks may also take place in courses/programs in the interface between Human ecology and Human geography Teaching may take place in both Swedish and English. 

Eligibility/Entry Requirements
To qualify for appointment as an senior lecturer, you must have been awarded a PhD in Human Ecology or have the corresponding research competence. Applicants must also be able to demonstrate documented teaching competence. The criteria for assessment of applications are a good ability to develop and carry out research of high quality, and teaching competence.

Further qualifications are experience of developing and administrating education, e.g. as program or course director, and the ability to compete for external research funding. A successful candidate who is not a native speaker of Swedish is encouraged by the department to acquire and, in the long run, master proficiency in Swedish. An additional requirement is the ability to teach in English. 

Basis of Assessment
Regulations for the evaluation of qualifications for academic positions are given in Chapter 4 of the Higher Education Ordinance, Lund University Teacher Appointment Regulations,(http://www3.lu.se/pers/Regler/aolu02_en.pdf ) and in the Strategic Plan of Lund University (http://www.lu.se/sites/www.lu.se/files/strategisk_plan_2012_16_sv.pdf).

Research and teaching experience in one or more fields of relevance to the post’s specialisation in Human Ecology is particularly desirable. The ability to assign teaching and administrative tasks in courses/programs in the interface between Human ecology and Human geography is an additional qualification as well as the experience of developing and administrating education, e.g. as program or course director, and the ability to compete successfully for external research funding. A successful candidate who is not a native speaker of Swedish or other Scandinavian language is encouraged by the department to acquire and, in the long run, master proficiency in Swedish.