Two Assistant Professors at the Faculty of Humanities

Umeå universitet wants to give the next generation of research leaders the best conditions to build groundbreaking research through the Umeå University Northern Star Fellows initiative. In a university-wide initiative, we offer 10 early-career researchers the opportunity to develop long-term research activities over six years and qualify for promotion to Associate Professor. All calls within the initiative can be found at:

https://www.umu.se/northern-star/northern-star-fellows/.

Read more about the Umeå University Northern Star Programme, a brand-new excellence programme to strengthen quality and international competitiveness in research here: https://www.umu.se/northern-star/.

The Faculty of Humanities at Umeå universitet is advertising two positions as Assistant Professor, providing researchers with the opportunity to develop long-term research activities over six years and qualify for promotion to Associate Professor. The call is broad across all subjects within the Faculty of Humanities where scientific research is conducted. Of the two positions, at most one may be awarded to the same subject within the faculty. You can read more about the faculty's research here: https://www.umu.se/humanistisk-fakultet/forskning/forskargrupper/ .

Main Duties

The purpose of the employment is to provide the applicant with the opportunity to develop their independence as a researcher and to qualify both scientifically and pedagogically to meet the requirements for eligibility for promotion to Associate Professor. The duties include actively contributing to the development of the research environment within their research area and applying for external research funding for their research activities and research environment. Teaching at undergraduate and advanced levels as well as supervision of doctoral students is also included.

In addition to teaching and research, teaching-related administration as well as staff, subject, and planning meetings are included.

The employment is fixed-term for six years at full-time and consists of at least 70% independent research and at least 20% pedagogical qualification.

Applicants who do not speak Swedish at the time of employment are expected to learn Swedish within six years from the first day of employment.

Eligibility criteria for employment as Assistant Professor

Those who have obtained a doctoral degree within a research area relevant to the Faculty of Humanities or have equivalent scientific competence are eligible to be employed as Assistant Professor. Primarily, consideration should be given to those who have obtained a doctoral degree or have reached equivalent competence at most seven years before the application deadline for the position of Assistant Professor. However, those who have obtained a doctoral degree or achieved equivalent competence earlier may also be considered if there are special reasons. Special reasons refer to leave due to illness, parental leave, or other similar circumstances, 4 kap 4a § högskoleförordningen.

Very good knowledge of English, both oral and written, is a requirement for the employment.

For more information about the employment, please see the advertisement here: https://www.umu.se/jobba-hos-oss/lediga-jobb/ .

The eligibility and assessment criteria can be found in the Regulations for Appointments of Teachers at Umeå universitet: https://www.umu.se/regelverk/personal-lika-villkor-och-arbetsmiljo/anstallningsordning-for-larare-vid-umea-universitet2/ .

Application

The application must be written in English and submitted via the e-recruitment system Varbi no later than 2026-10-01.

All documents must be submitted in electronic form. Information regarding which documents should be attached to the application can be found in the Faculty of Humanities' instructions for applications for employment and promotion: https://www.umu.se/humanistisk-fakultet/tva-dokument/

Other Information

The employment is fixed-term for six years at 100% and the start date is 2027-07-01.

The employment includes a resource package to build up an independent research group. This includes funding for a doctoral student as well as 100,000 SEK per year in operating funds.

The place of work is Umeå and a high physical presence in the environment is a requirement.

Umeå universitet is a government agency, which means that employees receive special benefits; read more about this here: https://www.umu.se/jobba-hos-oss/formaner/.

Further information about the employment is provided by Philip Buckland, vicedekan, 090-786 52 92, philip.buckland@umu.se or Carina Rönnqvist, forskningssamordnare, 090-786 76 10, carina.ronnqvist@umu.se.

Welcome with your application!