Adjunct in informatics, fixed-term - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

At the Department of Informatics there is pioneering research and business collabo-ration. We have an attractive undergraduate education providing our students advan-tageous academic degrees for working life or postgraduate education. We coordinate the bachelor program in information systems at the School of Economics, and offer independent courses and the inernational masters program in Information Systems.

Lund University announces one position as Adjunct in informatics, in design of information systems and digital transformation. The position is a full time temporary position for one year and is placed at the Department of Informatics, Lund School of Economics and Management, Lund University.

Subject description 

The department needs to strengthen research and education in the areas of design, development, implementation and evaluation of information systems with specific focus on digital transformation.

Job description

The position includes teaching, supervision and administrative tasks. Teaching is conducted at both undergraduate and graduate levels in Swedish and English. Teaching comprises a maximum of 80% of the position.

The department needs to strengthen research and education in the areas of design, development, implementation and evaluation of information systems with specific focus on digital transformation.

An important part of the work consists of collaboration, both nationally and internationally, with other departments and universities in the subject areas of informatics and information systems. The tasks also include participating in the work to ensure research funding. It is also important to be able to collaborate with companies and organizations, both nationally and internationally.

The applicant is expected to be in an active and productive phase of her/his academic career and thereby active within design, development, implementation and evaluation of information systems with specific focus on digital transformation. It is expected of an Adjunct to produce high quality teaching in digital transformation.

Eligibility 

Those qualified for appointment as Adjunct is a person who has demonstrated teaching expertise and has been awarded an MSc degree in informatics or a nearby field. It is a requirement to have completed at least five weeks of training in higher education teaching and learning or acquired equivalent knowledge by other means.

Qualifications

To be qualified for the position, broad and deep experience and competence in design, development, implementation and evaluation of information systems with specific focus on digital transformation is required. This includes experience and expertise in systems development, databases, business modeling and business architecture and IT-project experience.

It is a requirement that the applicant is be able to teach in both Swedish and English.

Basis of assessment

When hiring a university an Adjunct, the following assessment criteria will apply (Lund University's employment regulations):

• good subject knowledge of relevance to the content of the employment and the tasks that are included
• good pedagogical ability, which means good ability to conduct and devel-op teaching and other pedagogical activities at different levels and with varying teaching methods
• very good professional experience or other experience of relevance to the employment

The School of Economics and Management strives for a balance between research and education in all teacher positions. Therefore, in assessing the applicants, equal importance will be attached to scientific and pedagogical skills. Administrative capacity is also included in the assessment.

The overall assessment of scientific skills, special emphasis is placed on having published in highly ranked international scientific jounals and/or presented conference papers at highly ranked international conferences. The publications/conference presentations are to be in the field of design, development, implementation and evaluation of information systems with specific focus on digital transformation.

The overall assessment of pedagogical qualifications includes training in higher education teaching and learning, pedagogical experience and pedagogical skills. Consideration will also be given to good co-operative ability, drive and independence and how the applicant, through his/her experience and competence, is expected to supplement and strengthen ongoing undergraduate and master's education as well as research and innovation within the department and contribute to its future development.

The Department of Informatics is a small department, why collegial interaction and the individual's efforts are of great importance. A required element of the position will be to actively participate in the work of the teaching body for further developing the departments’ educational programs and other activities

Application procedure 

You apply for the position online by clicking on the ”log in and apply” button in the vacancy notice. For more information, please, visit our homepages https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/about-lund-university/work-lund-university and https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/about-lund-university/work-lund-university/applying-position.

The application should be written in Swedish or English.

Please structure your application according to A-G below:

1. Cover page and personal letter
2. Curriculum vitae - CV. Include a link to your Google Scholar profile
3. List of selected publications
4. Research qualifications portfolio
5. Teacher Qualification Portfolio
6. Qualifications portfolio for leadership and administrative assignments
7. Qualifications portfolio for external involvement, innovation and entrepreneurship

Upload your application as one coherent PDF file.