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http://www.hdk.gu.se/en/nyheter/2014/hdk-recruits-three-professors-design Professor in Design specialising on design studies Type of employment: Fixed-term employment, 5 years Extent: 60 % Location: School of Design and Crafts, Gothenburg First day of employment: Soon as possible Reference number: PER 2014/337 The School of Design and Crafts (HDK) is one of three departments in the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts at the University of Gothenburg. We have our roots in a historical tradition - the school was founded in 1848 - at the same time that we develop in pace with the surrounding world. Today, we provide education of designers, artisans and art and crafts teachers, and we conduct research and educate researchers in these subjects. HDK’s programmes in design are based on a holistic perspective of design, and focus particularly on the joint design competence at the core of all design activities. We have created design programmes that have broken the boundaries between the traditional areas of design. Our students have the possibility to work across boundaries and in-depth with artefacts and services in a broader overlapping field of design, which includes environments, processes, structures and systems in a post-disciplinary spirit where great emphasis is placed on social and societal aspects of design. HDK’s design programmes currently consist of one programme, Design, in the first cycle (undergraduate) and three programmes in the second cycle (graduate): Design, Child Culture Design (CCD) and a programme in cooperation with the School of Business, Economics and Law: Business & Design. HDK also has a third cycle (doctoral) education in design with some 10 doctoral students and actively works to build up a research environment. We also offer stand-alone courses in design. Subject area Design specialising on design studies Specific subject description Design Studies at HDK covers a broad field - from the reflecting practitioner’s knowledge formation concerning the design activity to the discussion and theory formation concerning design and design activities - inscribed in social and cultural phenomena in society, historically and in the present. Design Studies is in other words a field with cross and mutual influences from several disciplines, fields of knowledge and subject areas - i.e. design seen in a broader and deeper historical, social, cultural and theoretical perspective. Design Studies at HDK is an area of knowledge under development. Our premise is the holistic view of design activity and design competence that characterises our programmes, a starting point that is independent of the design-orientation, but with a clearly society-oriented and humanistic profile where responsibility and ethical standpoints play a major role. Design is a changing concept that reflects the surrounding contexts’ variability, and we safeguard critically reflecting discussion and theory formation on design’s own terms, without being locked into pre-determined ideologies and doctrines. Job assignments You will have particular responsibility for developing theory formation and the disciplinary, historical and societal contextualisation of the design subject in our programmes. Here, you will be a key person - in both education and research. You will be a driver in the critical discussion on design in the design programme and are also expected to participate in a more public discussion outside HDK. 2/3 of your time will be tied to education and 1/3 to research and subject development. We see you having a complementary relationship to the professorship in design interventions that is being announced in parallel with this announcement. Some of your work will concern developing and working editorially with the design programme’s publication series and towards the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts’ publication platform, PARSE. You are also encouraged to develop your own research with HDK as a base. You will be a part of the faculty that works with the design programmes, in the first, second and third cycle (undergraduate, graduate and doctoral level), and conduct research. As a professor, you will participate in the work with education, supervision, administration and various forms of development work and expected to be an active part of the faculty as well as accustomed to work in teams. You will be an important cog in the change work directed at the development of so-called complete environments, i.e. care for the exchange between basic education, research and society in general. This includes participating in the work of developing networks, collaboration and research projects, within and outside the university world, nationally, internationally and globally, with HDK as a base. Eligibility According to Chapter 4 Section 4:3 of the Higher Education Ordinance, a person who has demonstrated both artistic and educational expertise is eligible to be employed as a Professor in fine arts activities. A person who has demonstrated both artistic and educational expertise is eligible to be employed as a professor in fine arts activities. As a grounds for assessment upon employment of a professor, the degree of such an expertise that is a requirement for employment eligibility shall apply. An equal amount of care shall be devoted to the assessment of the educational expertise as to the assessment of the scholarly or artistic expertise. Every university otherwise itself decides what assessment grounds shall be applied in the employment of a professor. Ordinance (2010:1064). For the employment at hand, the following are also required: - a well-documented practice and research of relevance to the subject area and recognized at international level - very good knowledge of English, both spoken and written Assessment - a fine arts university education on a doctoral degree/ equivalent in design or design related subject. - documented artistic and scientific skills on international level - well documented experience of successfully develop and lead artistic and/or academic environments - well documented experience of successfully develop and lead artistic and scientific projects - documented experience in building and working with strategic Partnership regarding to research and education - educational expertise demonstrated through the scope of well-performed instruction and supervision and considerable competence to develop courses - demonstrated ability to build networks and work collaboratively as well as multi- and transdisciplinary - international networks in the subjectarea and related disciplines - demonstrated ability to develop and maintain good working conditions in different professional contexts and workplace cultures - being practically and theoretically grounded in the discussions regarding the subject designstudies - documented success in terms of obtaining research funds - documented experience of successfully lead research environments - very good organizational skills - very good cooperative ability The School of Design and Crafts strive to encourage its teaching staff to have completed the University’s courses in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (HECs) or to have acquired the equivalent knowledge in another way. We will make a comprehensive assessment and employ the person considered to have the best prerequisites to perform and develop the duties described above. Your approach to design and the designer profession and how it relates to HDK’s profile is also of significance. Considerable importance is attached to personal suitability. The application shall be structured according to that stated in “Instructions for applicants for employment or promotion to senior lecturer or professor at the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts, University of Gothenburg” The template can be obtained at http://www.konst.gu.se/english/ As an applicant, you are responsible for your application being complete in accordance with the vacancy announcement and application template and that it is submitted no later than the application deadline. Additional information The employment is temporary for five years with a possibility of extension. The scope is 60% of full-time. The Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts applies probationary employment of six months. Further information about the employment is provided by Human Resources Administrator Angelica Hörngren e-mail [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> tel +46-31-786 4885 and Unit Manager Johnny Friberg e-mail [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [cid:7991A481-929A-4651-A08E-E81D100C0E8E] HENRIC BENESCH Research Strategist / Head of subject : Design / Coordinator : Critical Heritage Studies School of Design and Crafts / University of Gothenburg +46730346460 / [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 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