Senior Lecturer in Human Ecology

Specific subject description
The Human Ecology Division applies an 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 political ecology.

Job description
The post comprises teaching and research in Human Ecology. The division of labour is regulated by collective agreements. 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.

We welcome high-quality applications from candidates with a clear focus on human-nature relations, and we would like the applicant to have a research focus that complements and strengthens the department's existing profile areas in teaching and research. The research division of human ecology has strength in critical political economy and political ecology and are looking to expand the research base including for examples areas such as system transformation, alternatives and prefigurative politics; the natural science base of socio-ecological crises as well as ecological economics and heterodox economics.

Qualifications
To qualify for appointment as a 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, ecological economics or Anthropology
• be able to demonstrate documented teaching and research competence in one or more fields of relevance to Human Ecology
• completed five weeks of training in higher education teaching and learning, or acquired equivalent knowledge by other means, unless there are valid reasons

When hiring a senior lecturer, equal weight is given to scientific and pedagogical competence. The ability to interact with society and to inform people about research and development work is also taken into account. A successful candidate who is not a native speaker of Swedish is requested by the department to acquire and, in the long run, master proficiency in Swedish.

The following qualifications are meritorious:

• a strong interest in and experience in teaching in human ecology topics
• interest in contributing to teaching at the Department of Human Geography within the Division of Human Ecology and working with students
• good interpersonal skills and willingness to work together in teaching teams
• documented ability to work both independently and as part of a research environment
• documented research experience in human ecology-related topics
• previous experience of publishing in international journals
• experience of applying for and also receiving external research funding and experience with
• ethnographic, economic and/or quantitative methods relevant to human ecology would be an advantage
• experience of teaching in the Swedish language

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.