Associate Professor in Design of Intelligent Interactive Systems
Deadline: 25.05.2026
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The University of Oslo is Norway’s oldest and highest rated institution of research and education with 26 500 students and 7 200 employees. Its broad range of academic disciplines and internationally esteemed research communities make UiO an important contributor to society.
The Department of Informatics (IFI) is one of nine departments belonging to the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. IFI is Norway’s largest university department for general education and research in Computer Science and related topics.
The Department has more than 1800 students on bachelor level, 600 master students, and over 240 PhDs and postdocs. The overall staff of the Department is close to 370 employees, about 280 of these in full time positions. The full time tenured academic staff is 75, mostly Full/Associate Professors.
About the position
We invite applications for a full-time position as Associate Professor in design of intelligent interactive systems. The position is situated at the Department of Informatics in the research group Design of Information Systems (DESIGN) in the section Digitalisation.
About the Department and what we are looking for in this position
The department has more than 1,800 undergraduate students, around 600 MSc students, and over 240 PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers. The institute’s total staff numbers nearly 400 employees.
The position is intended for a person with an established and forward-looking research agenda, considerable pedagogical competence, and demonstrated ability to initiate and lead research projects. The new colleague is expected to contribute to and participate in ongoing research and teaching in the group as well as to help further develop our research and teaching portfolio.
Applicants are expected to demonstrate an established and internationally visible research profile in at least one, and preferably several, of the following areas: Participatory Design (PD), Human–Computer Interaction (HCI), and Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), evidenced by publications in leading international venues such as the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), the ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW), the EUSSET Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW), the ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS), the ACM Participatory Design Conference (PDC), or comparable high-quality journals and conferences.
Possible thematic foci include, but are not limited to, human-centred approaches to intelligent and AI-enabled systems; practice-centred design, implementation and evaluation of interactive and socio-technical systems; human augmentation technologies; immersive and virtual reality systems; and embodied and tangible prototyping methods for exploring interactive technologies.
The successful candidate is expected to contribute to research and teaching on responsible, human-centred and practice-centred approaches to the design of intelligent interactive systems.
More information about the position and your main tasks
Applicants must document academic qualifications in their field, equivalent to an Associate professor position. The successful applicant must be able to teach at all levels and to supervise Master and PhD students.
The successful applicant may furthermore be required to take on other teaching duties and administrative tasks, by request from the Department or the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.
The appointed candidate will join the DESIGN group, which has a strong research profile in HCI and the Scandinavian tradition of PD. The group builds on a well-established tradition of participatory and collaborative design and conducts theoretical, design-oriented, and empirical research on interactive technologies. The group is research active, with regular publications at leading HCI and practice-centred computing venues such as ACM CHI, ACM CSCW, ECSCW, the Journal of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, among others.
The DESIGN group has a major responsibility in the study programme “Design, Use, Interaction”. The group is recognised for high-quality teaching, accordingly, the applicants’ teaching experience and competence are of special importance for this position. Our teaching is research-based, and much of it involves student projects. The group is seeking a colleague who, in addition to a strong commitment to high-quality research, enjoys teaching and has experience across all levels of university teaching (i.e., bachelor’s, master’s and PhD levels). Since the bachelor’s level of the study programme is taught in Norwegian, it is very important that the new colleague is fluent in the language or can demonstrate ability to learn new languages fast. It is expected that the new colleague will be teaching in Norwegian within a two-year period.
Furthermore, the group has a strong culture of having its members interacting and exchanging with each other and with the students on a daily basis, therefore, we are looking for a colleague who appreciates coming to the office on a regular basis and actively contribute to the development of the work environment.
What skills are important in this role?
Required qualifications:
Primary qualifications that applicants must fulfil are as follows:
A PhD in computer science, informatics, HCI or a related field
A research agenda that aligns with, and can contribute to, the human-centred values and research orientation of the DESIGN group
Competence in the design, implementation, and evaluation of intelligent interactive systems, including human-centred and/or practice-centred approaches
Documented post-doctoral or comparable experience and a strong track record including publications in top-tier conferences and/or journals in the fields of PD, HCI, and/or CSCW
Demonstrated experience in project- and research-based teaching
Demonstrated experience in the supervision of projects and individual students at all levels, and the engagement of students in research activities
Pedagogical qualifications and teaching and supervision experience at all levels will be an important factor in the evaluation process and should be well documented in a teaching portfolio. The applicant should describe her/his qualifications in view of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) framework which includes:
Focus on student learning
A clear development over time
A researching approach
A collegial attitude and practice
The successful candidate who at the time of appointment cannot document sufficient teaching qualifications (minimum formal requirement is a 200 hours pedagogical programme) will be required to obtain such qualifications within a two-year period.
The successful candidate must demonstrate mastery of both English and one of the Scandinavian languages as working languages, in order to be able to teach and otherwise be able to participate in all functions the position may involve. If the successful candidate does not have sufficient mastery of a Scandinavian language, B2 level, the candidate will be required to learn sufficient Norwegian within three years of employment.
Desired qualifications:
Additionally, the applicant should have:
Experience in cross-disciplinary research collaboration and collaboration with industrial or public organisations
An established international network
Documented experience in acquiring external funding
Documented experience with quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research
Been engaged in outreach activities
All candidates and projects will have to undergo a check versus national export, sanctions and security regulations. Candidates may be excluded based on these checks. Primary checkpoints are the Export Control regulation, the Sanctions regulation, and the national security regulation.
What are we looking for in you?
Personal skills:
Ability to cooperate and communicate in a diverse, international and multicultural team
Ability to spark curiosity and enthusiasm in students when teaching
Ability to actively contribute to the professional and social environment you are part of, by being present at the workplace
Ability to create an attractive, inclusive and competitive research environment and to collaborate and demonstrate scientific leadership
Ability to foster collegiality and to create and maintain a good working environment
Ability to cooperate and communicate well with other members of the staff
Networking skills
The successful candidate should have an international profile with respect to the above criteria. The candidate for this position will be selected based on excellence and fit with the section’s research profile.
We can offer you
Exciting and meaningful tasks in an organization with an important societal mission, contributing to knowledge development, education, and enlightenment that promote sustainable, fair, and knowledge-based societal development
A professionally stimulating working environment
The possibility of applying for promotion to full professorship after the initial appointment, based on qualifications and experience
Opportunity of up to 1.5 hours a week of exercise during working hours. A workplace with good development and career opportunities.
Membership in the Statens Pensjonskasse, which is one of Norway's best pension schemes with beneficial mortgages and good insurance schemes.
Salary in position as Associate Professor (position code 1011) in salary range NOK from 850 000 - to 950 000, depending on competence and experience. From the salary, two % is deducted in statutory contributions to the State Pension Fund.
We need different perspectives in our work
UiO is an open and internationally oriented comprehensive university that strives to be an inclusive and diverse workplace and academic environment. You can read more about UiO’s work on equality, inclusion, and diversity at UiO.no.
We fulfill our mission most effectively when we draw upon our variety of experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives. We are looking for great colleagues, could you be the next one?
We will do our best to accommodate your needs. Relevant adjustments may include modifications to working hours, task adaptations, digital, technical, or physical adjustments, or other practical measures.
If you have an immigrant background, a disability, or CV gaps (Norwegian), we encourage you to indicate this in the job application portal. We always invite at least one qualified candidate from each group for an interview. In this context, disability is defined as an applicant who identifies as having a disability that requires workplace or employment-related accommodations. For more details about the requirements, please refer to the Employer portal (Norwegian).
The selections made in the job application portal are used for anonymized statistics that all state employers include in their annual reports.
More information about gender equality initiatives at UiO can be found here.
We hope that you will apply for the position.
How to apply
The application must include:
Cover letter
A research statement (maximum of 4 pages) describing the applicant’s research vision and ambitions for the coming years, including and clearly articulating how they envision collaborating with other members of group and how their agenda contribute to and align with the group’s values and research orientation
Comprehensive CV detailing the applicant’s educational background, academic positions, pedagogical and administrative experience, project acquisition and coordination, funding and awards, and other relevant qualifications
Copies of educational certificates, PhD diploma, transcript of records
Complete list of publications and academic merits and awards (if not included in the CV)
Full text of up to 5 selected publications the applicant wishes to include in the evaluation
A document discussing the importance, interrelation, and relevance of the selected papers for this position
Description of dissemination activities beyond scientific publications
Educational portfolio (maximum of 4 pages) documenting educational competence and experience, including a reflection note in which your own teaching practice and view of learning is anchored in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) framework. The teaching portfolio is expected to include:
Listing of teaching experience as well as work on developing/ revising/ renewing study plans and the design of courses
Documentation of teaching qualifications and supervision of Master and PhD students
List of 3 references including their names, relationship to the candidate, email addresses and phone numbers
Application with attachments must be submitted via our recruitment system Jobbnorge, click "Apply for this job".
The candidate for this position will be selected based on excellence and fit with the research group’s research profile.
When applying for the position, we ask you to retrieve your education results from Vitnemålsportalen.no. If your education results are not available through Vitnemålsportalen, we ask you to upload copies of your transcripts or grades. Please note that all documentation must be in English or a Scandinavian language.
General information
As a general rule an interview will be used in the appointment process, usually supplemented with a trial teaching session. The basis for assessment will be the scientific production of the applicant, the teaching portfolio, pedagogical and educational qualifications, the applicant’s qualifications within leadership and administration, other qualifications as well as general personal suitability for the position. In ranking the competent applicants, the full range of qualifications will be considered and explicitly assessed.
According to the Norwegian Freedom and Information Act (Offentleglova), information about the applicant may be included in the public applicant list, also in cases where the applicant has requested non-disclosure.
