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Subject: Multiple positions in Informatics specialising in design!
Multiple positions in Informatics specialising in design!
The School of Business and Informatics at University of Borås, Sweden,
continues to build a strong environment for research and education in
Informatics as a design discipline with four more positions for promising
academics.
Now we are looking for
* One Full Professor in Informatics
* One Senior Lecturer in Informatics
* Two PhD-students in Informatics
Efforts in developing Informatics
University of Borås puts a lot of emphasis on becoming acknowledged as
Sweden*s first University of Profession. In this effort investments are made
into research and education tightly related to different professions.
Informatics at University of Borås is recognized as one strategic area
essential for the development of University of Borås.
Informatics has a strong engagement in several educational programs as well
as in research projects in close co-operation with industry and government.
Graduate School of Informatics
The post-graduate education is organized through the newly started Graduate
School of Informatics. The Graduate School of Informatics brings together a
comprehensive coverage of highly critical areas of information systems and
informatics. Building upon collaboration with Jönköping International
Business School and Halmstad University, University of Borås offers a home
for forward-thinking graduate students seeking a dynamic research
environment that targets the international scene. In this collaboration the
additional professor being recruited to Borås will play a central role,
together with other professors in the network, of forming the future of the
Graduate School of Informatics.
Informatics in Borås
Informatics in Borås is practice-oriented and relies on applied procedures
for developing professional knowledge. Nternationally informatics is closely
related to information systems design. In Borås informatics is oriented
towards co-design by focusing the involvement of stakeholder and expert
views in the design of IT solutions as an integrated part of businesses and
organisations. The School of Business and Informatics has also established
the InnovationLab with eight positions as system developers (supertechs) in
order to enable the design of and studies of advanced IT solutions not yet
on the market.
Informatics, which is being developed strongly, employs one full time
professor, one part-time professor, one associate professor, 15 lecturers
(eight of which holds PhD degrees) and seven PhD students (four of them
employed as professional doctorates). Informatics is also a key partner in
the interdisciplinary Center for Collaborative Innovation with 10 senior and
10 junior researchers.
The School of Business and Informatics is now expanding with
* One Full Professor in Informatics, specialising in the design of IT
systems for business practices.
* One Senior Lecturer in Informatics, specialising in systems development
for business practices.
* Two PhD-students in Informatics, specialising in the design of IT systems
for business practices.
Last day of application 2008-08-20
Want to know more?
Visit www.hb.se/jobb (and press This information in English) or
contact:
Associate Professor Mikael Lind: +46 705 66 40 97, [log in to unmask]
Professor Olov Forsgren: +46 708 96 52 65, [log in to unmask] Dean Rolf
Appelqvist: +46 708 36 41 15, [log in to unmask]
We look forward to an application from you!
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Lars Albinsson
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+ 46 (0) 70 592 70 45
Affiliations:
Maestro Management AB www.maestro.se
Calistoga Springs Research Institute www.calistoga.se
School of Business and Informatics
University College of Borås www.hb.se
Linköping University www.liu.se
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