Associate Professor in Computer and Systems Sciences specializing in Decision Analysis

Department of Computer and Systems Sciences

With over 200 employees and 4,500 students, the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences (DSV) is a strong and dynamic research and education environment. The subject of Computer and Systems Sciences moves between technology, humanities, social sciences, and behavioral sciences, with great relevance to how we are to live today and in the future. Our research is about how IT should be designed to be of benefit to people, organizations, and entire societies.

More information about us can be found at: Department of Computer and Systems Sciences

Computer and Systems Sciences specializing in Decision Analysis

Computational decision analysis is an interdisciplinary field that combines mathematical methods, algorithms, and computer science to support decision-making in complex situations. It involves using computational tools to analyze alternatives, assess risks, and optimize decisions based on available data and models.

Duties

The main duties are teaching, course development, course responsibility, supervision, and research. The teaching is located within the system analysis and security unit. Research-led teaching related to risk and decision analysis that links course content to ongoing research is desirable.

The applicant will be part of the Risk and Decision Analysis subject area and is expected to contribute to the subject area's research and teaching. Contributions to both theoretical foundations and practical relevance are expected within the research. This includes one or more of the following methodological areas: operations research, game theory, stochastic optimization, multi-criteria decision analysis, machine learning, and participatory decision analysis.

Application areas include, for example, defense, energy, finance, telecommunications, and transport. The holder is also expected to:

Actively contribute to education at all levels. Supervise doctoral and master's students. Apply for external research funding. Participate in national and international collaborations at a high academic level.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for employment as an Associate Professor, one must have completed a doctoral degree in Computer and Systems Sciences or have equivalent scientific competence as well as demonstrated pedagogical skill.

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

To be able to perform the duties of the employment, the applicant must have documented ability to use English in speech and writing at a professional level. This is demonstrated, for example, through documented experience of teaching in English or certificates of language proficiency corresponding to at least B2 level (CEFR).

Assessment criteria

Special and equal weight is attached to pedagogical and scientific skill. Scientific skill is demonstrated through one's own research within the subject area of the call.

Pedagogical skill is demonstrated through one's own teaching and supervision at undergraduate and advanced levels. The pedagogical skill must be well documented in a way that makes it possible to assess the quality of the pedagogical activities.

Great importance is also attached to the documented ability to cooperate with colleagues and co-workers.

Weight is attached to having successfully planned, applied for, and obtained grants for research projects from external funders.

Weight is also attached to the applicant having a well-documented international academic profile, demonstrated through active international research collaborations and experience in international academic environments (e.g., joint projects, visiting researcher positions, or participation in international networks and conferences).

Finally, weight is also attached to administrative skill as well as the ability to collaborate with surrounding society and to inform about research and development work.

Meritorious is higher education pedagogical training of at least 15 higher education credits or equivalent knowledge acquired in other ways.

About the employment

The employment includes competence and research time according to the applicable terms of employment.

Other information

As the Faculty of Social Sciences strives for a more even gender distribution among Associate Professors, the department welcomes applications from women.

Applicants who lack higher education pedagogical training of at least 15 higher education credits and who are also not assessed to have acquired equivalent knowledge in other ways shall undergo such training during the first two years of employment.

Proficiency in Swedish is not a requirement for appointment, but the applicant must be prepared to be able to take on administrative and pedagogical duties that require understanding and use of Swedish within two years.

We offer

With us, you get the dynamics in the interaction between higher education and research that makes Stockholm University an exciting and creative environment. You will work in an international environment and receive favorable conditions.

Stockholm University is committed to being a workplace that is free from discrimination and provides equal rights and opportunities for all.

Contact

Information about the employment is provided by the Head of Department, Professor Jelena Zdravkovic, jelenaz@dsv.su.se, tel: +46 8164994

Questions about the recruitment process can be directed to the administrator Celina Thaller de Zárate, celina.thallerdezarate@su.se, tel: +46 86747091

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 reaches the university no later than the last application date.

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

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