Senior lecturer in Intercultural Studies - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Description
Intercultural Studies is an interdisciplinary cultural subject focusing on cultural encounters and is offered by the Department of Language, Literature and Intercultural Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. The subject has a well-established course offering in Swedish and English for different target groups. Courses are offered both on campus and as distance education and at various rates of study. Several courses are also offered during the summer. In addition to our ordinary courses, we also offer commissioned courses.

Duties
Duties involve teaching at undergraduate level, convening and developing courses, as well as supervision and examination. Teaching duties may vary and may be assigned at short notice. The successful applicant is expected to teach both campus and distance learning courses. Some teaching is conducted in English and some courses are taught during the summer. The successful applicant is expected to actively contribute to the discipline’s development and quality assurance and to the further development of the subject environment and should therefore participate in the daily work at the department. The successful applicant is further expected to participate in research done in the discipline, to conduct research projects of their own and to contribute to applications for external research funding.

A research/professional development component is included in the position, with extended scope if external funding is granted.

Qualification requirements
The eligibility requirements are a doctor’s degree in Intercultural Studies or a subject area relevant to Intercultural Studies, such as language or cultural studies, documented research and teaching experience, as well as a completed course in teaching and learning in higher education, or equivalent qualifications. In special circumstances this course may be completed within two years of appointment as part of the professional development commitment.

Assessment criteria
Equal weight is given to applicants’ research and teaching experience.

Special weight is given to documented teaching experience in Intercultural Studies.
Special weight is given to ability to and experience of conducting research from an intercultural perspective.
Special weight is given to ability to teach in both Swedish and English.

Considerable weight is given to personal characteristics such as the ability to collaborate and take own initiative. Interest in participating in national and international networks is also given considerable weight.

We value good administrative abilities, ability to convey information about research and development work in Swedish and English, as well as ability to cooperate with the community.

Should applicants have the same qualifications, those with research and teaching experience deemed more valuable to departmental activities will be prioritized. We strive for diversity in our working team.

Terms of employment
This is a full-time (100%), non-fixed-term employment, with starting date as per agreement. A trial period may be required.

Information
For more information, contact Annika Malmsten, Head of the Department of Language, Literature and Intercultural Studies at tel. +46 54 700 1391.

Application
Applications are made electronically via the university’s web-based recruitment tool Varbi. All documents and publications should be submitted electronically before the last date of application. Do not only provide links to documents.

Three copies of documents that cannot be submitted electronically (e.g. books and other publications) should be sent to:

Karlstads universitet
Registrator
651 88 KARLSTAD


State ref. REK2018/115

The application should include:

• Verified CV with two references 
• Descriptive accounts of teaching and research skills 
• Certificate of course in teaching and learning in higher education, or account of equivalent qualifications
• Account of other experience, and experience of leadership, cooperation and administration
• Future research and teaching plans
• List of publications (describe your own role in cases of co-authorship)
• Copies of certificates, degrees, references and certificates of employment
• Relevant works submitted for consideration: at the most ten academic publications and a maximum of five works designed to convey knowledge such as textbooks, educational software or popular science articles (describe your own role in cases of co-authorship)

Application deadline is May 29, 2018.

We look forward to your application! 

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