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

Subject area
Human Geography

Specific subject description
Research and education in human geography deals with social, cultural, political and economic processes of change and their spatial driving forces, expressions and consequences for people at different scales, whether local, regional or global.

Job assignments
The post comprises teaching and research in Human Geography, with a focus on planning and planning processes. The position is a tenure track position, with the share of teaching and administrative duties increasing over time. The first year is comprised of 50% government-funded research and 50% teaching and administration, the second year of 40% government-funded research and 60% teaching and administration, the third and fourth years of 30% government-funded research and 70% teaching and administration. Teaching is primarily related to the Bachelors program in Urban and Regional Planning, but the successful candidate is expected to be able to teach in courses and programs in the field of human geography broadly speaking. Teaching can take place in both English and Swedish, but supervision will be primarily in Swedish.

Qualifications
To qualify for appointment as an associated senior lecturer, you must have been awarded a PhD in Human Geography or have the corresponding research competence from a related field. 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 Geography and planning specifically. Candidates are assessed on the basis of their ability to generate high quality research and their teaching competence. The ability to interact with society and to inform people about research and development work is also taken into account, as is the ability to successfully compete for external post doc funding. Applicants are required to have teaching experience in English and reading proficiency in a Scandinavian language.

Promotion
An associated 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. 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 designed in accordance with the instructions of the Faculty of Social Science, which can be accessed on the Faculty website; 

https://www.sam.lu.se/internt/sites/sam.lu.se.internt/files/anvisningar-ansokan-till-lararanstallning-och-ansokan-om-befordran-sve1.pdf 

or received from recruitment manager Anders Kirchner, anders.kirchner@sam.lu.se

The application is to include
1. 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.

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 planning is particularly desirable.