Last date for application is July 9th, 2009.
The Department of Psychology is one of the largest departments at Stockholm University with approximately 130 employees and 1000 full-time students. The Department's main divisions include Work and Organizational Psychology, Biological Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Perception and Psychophysics, and Personality, Social, and Developmental Psychology. Instruction at the Department of Psychology includes a 5-year psychologist program, a B.Sc. program, a M.Sc. program, and a Ph.D. program. The Department has recently agreed upon investing in new and modern equipment for high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) and radioimmunoassay (RIA) analysis in the laboratory. This equipment will be at the disposal for the incoming professor of Human Biological Psychology. Biological Psychology is a core curriculum within psychology and is a cross-disciplinary subject with a focus on understanding and explaining psychological phenomena with the help of an underlying biological development. Several divisions of psychology fall under biological psychology, including physiological psychology, comparative psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and neurological psychology. Biological psychology works upon the hypothesis that there is a close relationship between the body and mind.
Job Description The successful applicant is expected to take a leadership role in the Department, including activity in high-quality research, teaching, and the supervision of students at the basic, advanced, and Ph.D. level, as well as performing administrative duties. According to the new work regulations at Stockholm University, teaching responsibilities should normally encompass, at the most, 30 % of the work requirements. Qualification Requirements In order to be eligible for employment as professor, the applicant must have demonstrated excellence in the international research community, as well as excellence in teaching. Research focus should be current and principally within the area of Human Biological Psychology and should be substantially above the requirements for senior lecturer (associate professor). Bases for Assessment In judging each candidate's merits, special weight is placed upon scientific and pedagogical competency, with an emphasis on experience in conducting and developing internationally recognized research, as well as having experience in administrating and conducting research with a research group. The majority of professors within the Faculty of Social Sciences are men; therefore, Stockholm University especially welcomes applications from women. Swedish is not a requirement at the time of employment; however, the applicant should be prepared within a few years to be able to demonstrate an understanding of Swedish in order to fulfill both administrative and pedagogical work requirements. Guidelines for the application are given in the Template for application for employment and for promotion to the rank of professor or senior lecturer at Stockholm University. The template can be downloaded from www.su.se/nyanstalling or be provided by the administrative coordinator. There the applicant can also find the Rules of Employment for the Hiring of Teachers and other relevant documents. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that the application follows the template and that it is submitted before the application deadline. Please note that the application concerning the position of professor is to be written in English. Information regarding the position can be provided by the Head of the Department of Psychology, Åke Wahlin, phone +46-8 16 25 96, email: akewah@psychology.su.se, and by the Assistant Head of the Department of Psychology, Maria Larsson, phone +46-8-16 39 37, email: marlar@psychology.su.se. Questions regarding application and appointment procedure will, upon request, be answered by faculty administrator Ulf Nyman, phone +46-08 16 32 64, email: ulf.nyman@samfak.su.se. The union representatives are Bo Ekengren (SACO), Lisbeth Häggberg (ST) phone +46-8-16 20 00 (swichboard), and Gunnar Stenberg, (SEKO), phone +46-70-316 43 41. For additional information, please refer to Stockholm Universtity's Rules of Employment for the Hiring of Teachers, Template for Application, and relevant websites: • Rules of Employment for the Hiring of Teachers, Template for Application, and other: www.su.se/nyanstallning • Stockholm University: www.su.se • Department of Psychology: www.psychology.su.se
Please send your application no later than the 9th July 2009
Please quote ref. no. SU 611-3202-08 and send by mail to:
Stockholm University Registrator/PÄ SE-106 91 STOCKHOLM Sweden
Or by email to: registrator@su.se
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