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A tenure track job opening at the University of Helsinki may be of interest to list members. Please find complete information on the position below.
The University of Helsinki is a multidisciplinary research university which ranks among the leading universities in the world and the top ten universities in Europe. Some 36,500 students are currently pursuing an undergraduate or postgraduate degree at the University, which employs a staff of over 8,500. The University’s current annual budget is EUR 600 million.
The University of Helsinki has introduced a
TENURE TRACK
for teaching and research personnel for the purpose of increasing the predictability, competitiveness and attractiveness of academic careers while promoting internationalisation at the University.
The University will recruit talented, motivated academics who have completed their doctoral degree within the last ten years and have since gained additional academic and other relevant qualifications and merit in their field. Successful applicants will be employed as assistant professors. The duration of the employment contract will be two to five years, depending on the appointee’s background and experience. If the appointee completes the duties of the assistant professorship successfully and in accordance with pre-determined criteria, employment may be continued with a second fixed-term contract, after which the appointee may obtain tenure as a professor.
The academic qualifications and teaching experience of applicants will be considered when making the selection. Additional merit will be granted for working outside Finland, other international experience and experience in acquiring research funding.
The Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, invites applications for a tenure-track position in
research on population ageing and its social consequences
The Faculty of Social Sciences is the most diverse faculty in its field as well as the largest unit focusing on research and teaching in the social sciences in Finland (http://www.helsinki.fi/socialsciences/). The tenure-track position will be located in the Department of Social Research (http://www.helsinki.fi/socialresearch/), which encompasses the disciplines of sociology, social psychology, social work, media and communication studies, statistics, and social and public policy. The appointee will work within the discipline of sociology, in the specialist option of demography, and as a member of the Centre for Population, Health and Society (CPHS).
The duties of the assistant professor will include research, teaching and supervision of theses and dissertations in the field, as well as involvement in administrative tasks and support, and community relations. The duties also include participation in undergraduate- and postgraduate-level education in demography.
The appointee’s previous research, teaching and supervision must relate to the social scientific debate on population aging in the developed countries. He or she must also provide proof of an ability to conduct quantitative research of a high international standard. Special merit will be given for previous research that supplements and connects with one or several themes in which the CPHS research community (http://blogs.helsinki.fi/cphs-helsinki/) has solid expertise and know-how. The appointee must have published internationally and is expected to acquire external funding for the research projects under his or her leadership.
Applications must be accompanied by the following English-language documents: a CV, a list of publications, a report on experience and merits relevant to assessing the applicant’s teaching skills as well as other documents that may be relevant to the selection; or, alternatively, an English-language academic portfolio containing the above-mentioned documents and information (for instructions, see http://www.helsinki.fi/socialsciences/administration/positions/portfolio_english.pdf).
In addition, applicants are requested to enclose with their application a report (max. two pages, in English) on how they intend to develop research in the field, if appointed. Applicants are kindly asked to be ready, upon request from the Faculty, to submit for assessment the 10 publications indicated on their list of publications after the application period. The publications must be submitted via email as PDF files.
Applications addressed to the Faculty of Social Sciences must be delivered, together with the required enclosures, to the following address: Registry of the University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 33 (Yliopistonkatu 4), 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland, or by email to [log in to unmask] The application period ends on the 30th of November 2012 (The Registry closes at 15.45 local Helsinki time.)
Further information about the position may be obtained from Professor Pekka Martikainen, [log in to unmask], +358 44 286 1946.
www.helsinki.fi/university
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