Guest Professor in Archaeology with a focus on Environmental Humanities

The Department of Archaeology and Ancient History is one of Scandinavia's largest archaeological research environments. The department consists of six units: Archaeology, the Archaeological Research Laboratory (AFL), the Osteoarchaeological Research Laboratory (OFL), Ancient Culture and Society, the Numismatic Research Group, and the Centre for Paleogenetics (CPG).

More information about us can be found at: Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens kultur.

Subject/Subject Description

The appointment as guest professor is time-limited to 5 years, and the holder shall focus on research (50%) and teaching (50%) in archaeology with a focus on environmental humanities. The position will be located at the Archaeological Research Laboratory.

Duties

The holder is expected to develop and lead the department's research within environmental humanities, as well as teach and develop the department's courses and master's programs in archaeology with a focus on environmental humanities, which link together studies of the past, present, and future. The duties also include working interdisciplinarily with other subject environments at the university, particularly at the Faculty of Humanities. The holder shall be specifically responsible for coordinating the humanities course within the interdisciplinary master's program TRACEE (Master’s Programme in Transdisciplinary Studies of Climate, Environment and Energy), which is coordinated by the science area.

The holder of the position shall actively contribute to applications for external research funding, undertake research management assignments, take initiative in joint projects and collaboration in publishing, as well as contribute to managing and developing the Department's local, regional, national, and international collaborations. In addition, the holder is expected to be able to supervise and teach in archaeology courses at the department.

Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible for appointment as guest professor, one must have demonstrated both scientific and pedagogical skill and already be a professor or have been assessed as having professorial competence in an equivalent manner.

Scientific skill shall have been demonstrated through independent research efforts in archaeology with a focus on environmental humanities that significantly exceed what is required for associate professor competence, both qualitatively and quantitatively. The planning and management of research shall also be given importance.

Pedagogical skill shall have been demonstrated through teaching at both undergraduate/advanced levels and doctoral level within environmental humanities.

The assessment of pedagogical skill shall concern the planning, implementation, and evaluation of teaching, as well as supervision and examination. The pedagogical skill shall be well documented and in such a way that the quality can also be assessed.

The applicant shall have an established research profile within environmental humanities and conduct their own research within the subject area. The applicant should also be interested in contributing to and developing ongoing research themes in archaeology with a focus on environmental humanities, as well as developing and contributing to new research themes in the field.

The applicant shall have both the ability to collaborate as well as the ability and other suitability required to perform the duties well.

Assessment Criteria

Special weight is attached to scientific skill within archaeology with a focus on environmental humanities.

Special weight is attached to pedagogical skill and to documented experience in developing both advanced courses and programs within environmental humanities.

Special weight is placed on the documented ability to collaborate with colleagues in a multidisciplinary environment and across subject boundaries, particularly within the humanities.

Great importance is attached to having successfully planned and obtained grants for research projects from external funders, especially within the subject area.

The applicant must have a good ability to express themselves in speech and writing in English. Knowledge of Swedish is meritorious. Proficiency in Swedish is not a requirement for appointment, but the applicant must be prepared to, within a couple of years if necessary, take on administrative and pedagogical duties that require understanding and use of Swedish.

Great importance is also attached to the ability to initiate, maintain, and develop networks, both national and international, within the subject area.

Meritorious:

administrative skill as well as the ability to collaborate with surrounding society and to inform about research and development work. successful research supervision demonstrated through active supervision of at least one doctoral student until successful defense. higher education pedagogy training of at least 15 hp or equivalent knowledge acquired in other ways is meritorious. Applicants who consider themselves to have equivalent knowledge without having undergone formal training must in their application describe how the knowledge was acquired and why it corresponds to the competence provided by formal training.

About the Employment

The employment is time-limited to 5 years and is for a full-time position. Commencement is by agreement.

Other Information

Contact

Information about the employment is provided by Head of Department Jan Apel, jan.apel@ark.su.se, or by Head of Section Kerstin Lidén, kerstin.lidén@arklab.su.se

Questions about the recruitment process can be directed to the administrator Kenneth Hjalmarsson, tel 08-16 21 30, kenneth.hjalmarsson@su.se.

Application

You apply for the position via Stockholm University's recruitment system. As an applicant, you are responsible for ensuring that the application is complete in accordance with the university's instructions and that it is submitted to the university no later than the application deadline.

We would prefer your application to be written in English, as it will be reviewed by international experts, whereby English is the working language.

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The university's employment regulations, general instructions, and application template in Swedish can be found on the webpage: att söka en anställning.

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