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

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 description
The post comprises teaching and research in Human Ecology. Thirty per cent of the post is made up of government-funded research and 70 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 participate in the development and administration of study programs and courses in the field of Human Ecology. In addition teaching and administrative tasks may also involve courses and study programs at the interface of Human Ecology, Human Geography and Development Studies. Teaching may take place in both Swedish and English.

Qualifications
To qualify for appointment as an associated senior lecturer, you must have been awarded a PhD in Human Ecology or have the corresponding research competence from a related field such as Sustainability Science or Anthropology. Priority should be given to those who have been awarded a PhD or achieved the corresponding research competence within five years prior to the deadline for applications. Applicants must be able to demonstrate documented teaching and research competence in one or more fields of relevance to Human Ecology. The ability to interact with society and to inform people about research and development work is also taken into account. An additional requirement is the ability to teach in English. 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.

Promotion
An associate senior lecturer shall be promoted, on application, to an indefinite-term post as a senior lecturer if he or she is qualified for the post and is judged to be suitable in an assessment of the application in accordance with the eligibility and assessment criteria laid down by the Faculty for promotion to senior lecturer and listed in the vacancy notice/person specification. An associate senior lecturer may only apply for promotion once. An application shall be submitted to the Faculty of Social Sciences within three and a half years of the start of the candidate’s employment.

The general assessment criterion is that the applicant must demonstrate strong progress in his or her ability to conduct teaching and research. The assessment criteria for promotion are in this case that the applicant has demonstrated:

• well documented research competence that is of significance to the subject and duties of the post. This includes a good documented national and international standing as a researcher. Particular importance will be attached to a documented ability to publish internationally.
• well documented teaching competence. Particular importance will be attached to documented skills in conducting teaching and supervision at different levels and to development of quality and breadth of teaching competence over time.
• progress in academic leadership through an enhanced ability to develop, lead and implement education and research and/or demonstrated leadership/commitment to duties for the department as a whole.
• documented ability to write applications for external research funding.
• good ability to interact with society and inform others about research and development work.
• other personal qualities of importance to carry out the duties of the post well.
• where appropriate, sufficient proficiency in Swedish to be able to teach in Swedish.

Application
The application is to be submitted electronically to the Lund University e-recruitment portal. It is to be designed in accordance with the instructions of the Faculty of Social Science, which can be accessed on the Faculty website, http://www.sam.lu.se/en/about-the-faculty/job-openings or received from recruitment manager Anders Kirchner, anders.kirchner@sam.lu.se

The application is to include

1. a CV, certificates/grade transcripts,
2. a written account of the research and expertise (see instructions on the academic qualifications portfolio),
3. Research publications the applicant would like to have considered (no more than five).
4. The applicant must also include a draft (approx. 3–5 pages) showing what research she/he intends to pursue within the scope of the position and how this research profile can be included in the Department’s research profile.