Assistant or associate professorship Jobs in Danish School
Educational Qualifications :
The chosen candidate for the assistant professorship must have a PhD or the equivalent in educational sociology or a closely related field and must be able to present documentation of:
- Experience in the dissemination of analyses based on international large-scale assessment data or equivalent sorts of data
Requirements :
- Knowledge of the process of data collection and collaboration in international large-scale assessment studies
- Theoretical knowledge within at least one of the fields of comparative education, large-scale assessment studies, and psychometrics and item response theory
- Experience or an interest in teaching in relation to the Master’s degree programme in educational sociology
- An internationally oriented research profile
- A relevant and internationally oriented publication profile
- Experience or an interest in participation in national and international research networks
- Experience or an interest in communication and knowledge exchange
- Experience in interdisciplinary collaboration as well as interdisciplinary research
- Experience in or the potential to obtain external research funding
- Experience or an interest in interdisciplinary teaching, including innovative teaching methods
- Experience or an interest in supervising student projects and an interest in researcher talent development.
Responsibilities :
- Faculty of Arts refers to the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Danish Universities (the Appointment Order).
- Appointment shall be in accordance with the collective labour agreement between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations.
- Further information on qualification requirements and job content may be found in the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Danish Universities
- Further information on the application and supplementary materials may be found in Application Guidelines.
- The application must outline the your motivation for applying for the position, attaching a curriculum vitae, copies of relevant degree certificates, and (if relevant for the position) a teaching portfolio. Please upload this material electronically along with your application.
- If you submit your application for the assistant professorship, please upload a maximum of five samples of your scholarly output (mandatory).
- If you submit your application for the associate professorship, please upload a maximum of eight samples of your scholarly output (mandatory).
Faculty of Arts :
The Faculty of Arts is one of five main academic areas at Aarhus University.
The faculty contributes to Aarhus University's research, talent development, knowledge exchange and degree programmes.
With its 550 academic staff members, 240 PhD students, 9,500 BA and MA students, and 1,500 students following continuing/further education programmes, the faculty constitutes a strong and diverse research and teaching environment.
The Faculty of Arts consists of the School of Communication and Culture, the School of Culture and Society and the Danish School of Education. Each of these units has strong academic environments and forms the basis for interdisciplinary research and education.
The faculty's academic environments and degree programmes engage in international collaboration and share the common goal of contributing to the development of knowledge, welfare and culture in interaction with society.
Research :
We are looking for candidates with a research profile that can complement and contribute to developing the existing teaching and research within the fields of comparative education and large-scale assessment at the department.
The chosen candidate can have experience from any combination of the fields of comparative education, psychometrics with a focus on large-scale assessment and measurement, and general methodological application related to ILSA studies.
The chosen candidate for the assistant professorship will be expected to develop new research projects with immediate relevance to the field of research, and to contribute to existing research projects and data collections, especially in relation to the ongoing IEA studies.
Talent development :
The assistant professor will be expected to develop their supervision capabilities at Master’s level.
The associate professor will be expected to contribute to talent development within the fields of educational sociology and large-scale assessment. The associate professor will also be expected to develop PhD courses as well as supervising PhD students and teaching.
Description :
Shortlists may be prepared with the candidates that have been selected for a detailed academic assessment. A committee set up by the head of school is responsible for selecting the most qualified candidates. See this link for further information about shortlisting at the Faculty of Arts:
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