About the position

The Faculty of Education and Arts/Center for Practical Knowledge (CPK), Nord University seeks three full-time professors primarily for the PhD programme Studies of Professional Praxis, but including responsibilities for the faculty’s masters programmes. The place of work for the position is Bodø or Levanger Campus, but the appointed persons may be expected to contribute to activity at the university’s other campuses.

Nord University

Global challenges demand new insight, innovative solutions and local legitimacy. Nord University is a young university with strong regional ties and a global perspective. We are committed to delivering relevant educational programmes and research, with a focus on blue and green growth, innovation and entrepreneurship, and welfare, health and education. Nord University has 12,000 students and 1,200 employees at nine study locations in central and northern Norway.

Faculty of Education and Arts (FLU) is one of five faculties at Nord University. The Faculty offers several bachelor programs, and Master’s degrees in Teacher Education (primary and secondary level), Special Education (with various specializations), Speech and Language Pathology, Physical Training, Music, Practical Knowledge and Borderology. The faculty also runs a PhD program in the Study of Professional Praxis.

For more information, please see the faculty’s website: Nord.no/FLU

Centre for Practical Knowledge

The Centre for Practical Knowledge (CPK) is organized as a division at the Faculty of Education and Arts. CPK is an interdisciplinary research and teaching unit whose faculty members have backgrounds in disciplines such as Philosophy, Anthropology, Pedagogy, Psychology, Sociology, and Artistic research.

CPK has established itself as a Nordic hub for research in Practical Knowledge and has several national and international research partners who are actively engaged in research on Practical Knowledge and Borderology. The major focus of CPK’s research profile is, and has been, the phenomenon of practice as well as the sources and development of practical knowledge.

CPK is responsible for the Master’s program in Practical Knowledge as well as the Joint Master program in Borderology (with Murmansk Arctic State University).

CPK has been of central importance in the development and maintenance of the PhD program in the study of Professional Praxis. Faculty members are also involved in other teaching and research projects at the Faculty of Education and Art as well as other faculties at Nord University.

The faculty is seeking candidates whose primary research interests lie in the fields such as teacher education, special needs education, classroom research, teacher thinking, teacher practices, teachers’ professional identity, and the role of the teacher profession in society. The disciplinary profile of the position is open and we welcome candidates with background within research into education at all levels (from kindergarten to upper secondary education) and teacher education, as well as background in scientific theory and research methods.

Applicant with research interests lie in the fields of Anthropology/Sociology with experience in field research, Literacy/Applied Linguistics, and Arts Research can also apply.

The successful candidate should be able to document relevant and high-quality research in one or more of the above-mentioned research areas, or in other areas relevant to the research profile of the faculty and the PhD programme.

Duties and responsibilities

The successful candidate will have as his or her primary responsibilities:

• Supervision of Masters and PhD students
• Teaching at all levels
• Initiating and developing interdisciplinary research projects in collaboration with colleagues at the Faculty and at CPK
• Facilitating research projects with national and international partners
• Developing professions research from within the Practical Knowledge paradigm
• Developing of the PhD in the Study of Professional Praxis in co-operation with colleagues at the Faculty

Qualification requirements

• Appointment at the rank of professor will be based on documented research and teaching competence within one of the relevant discipline areas that meets international standards for such appointments.
• The successful candidate, who at the time of appointment cannot document basic teaching qualifications, will be required to obtain such qualifications within a two-year period. Nord University offers a course in University pedagogy (Uniped), the completion of which fulfils this stipulation.

Qualified applicants will be ranked according to the following criteria:

• Publication record during the past five years
• Quality and relevance of submitted published work
• Pedagogical skills and teaching experience at bachelors, masters, and PhD levels
• Experience of developing and implementing academic curricula
• Experience initiating projects, as well as the coordination and supervision of research groups and individual researchers
• Experience in international research and contact with an international research network
• Experience in work on grants applications and the attainment of external funding
• Cooperation, organizational and administrative skills and experience

Research activity during the previous five years, as well as pedagogical experience and personal qualities that can contribute positively to the work environment, will be assigned of particular importance in evaluation of applicants.

Applicants must be able to document good written and oral presentation skills. Applicants should be fluent in English and Norwegian, Swedish, or Danish, both orally and in writing. If the successful candidate is not fluent in one of the Scandinavian languages at the time of hire, then it is expected that he/she will acquire Norwegian language skills equivalent to the successful completion by passing the Bergen test within three years.

We offer

The position is compensated according to government regulations, LPL 17.510, code 1013 Professor. Salary by agreement.

• Advantages within the Government Pension Fund for borrowing, insurance and pension.
• Creative and collegial working environment
• A workplace with steady progressive development
• Flexible working hours
• Active university sports team

General information

The person who is appointed must abide by the applicable laws, agreements, and directives. The responsibilities and duties associated with the position may change with future reorganization at Nord University.

The public sector workforce is expected to reflect the diversity of the population in general. Candidates from marginalized groups are encouraged to apply. Nord University practises moderate allocation according to gender quotas in accordance with the Basic Agreement for State Employees.

Contact information

Further information about the position can be obtained by contacting:

• Vice Dean for Research Lars Kirkhusmo Pharo; email: lars.k.pharo@nord.no or phone: +47 755 17802
• Dean Egil Solli; e-mail: egil.solli@nord.no or phone: +47 740 22766

Application process

Applicants will be evaluated by an expert committee. Short-listed applicants will be called for an interview and trial lecture. These will be decisive for the appointment.

If there are many applicants, an internal committee may be convened to identify the most relevant candidates in the pool. These candidates will then be evaluated by expert committee. All applicants will be advised in writing of the outcome.

Application

Applications must be submitted online by the closing date of 26.05.2019.

The electronic application must contain:

• Letter of application including reasons for applying
• Complete CV summarizing education, positions held, teaching and research experience, publications, administrative experience and other qualifying activities
• Copies of diplomas, transcripts and certificates
• Complete copies of up to 15 of the most relevant publications / academic works that the applicant wishes to be considered, along with a list of those submitted. The list should include five publications that the applicant believes to be most important, along with the reasons why. The doctoral dissertation should be included.
• Documentation of other activities which the applicant considers relevant to the position and desires to be considered in the assessment.
• Contact information for 2-3 referees

Candidates should — to the extent possible – document teaching experience and other activities relevant to the position that are to be considered in the committee’s evaluation of the applications.

All documentation to be considered is to be uploaded as attachments to the application.

Complete documentation in electronic form must be submitted by the closing date for applications.

After the application deadline has expired a list of applicants will be published. Note that, in special cases, information about particular applicants to a position may be made public even when that applicant has requested that their application be processed confidentially. Applicants requesting an exemption from publication of their details must explain their reasons for doing so in their application. In this case, advance notice will be given in the event of a decision to make public any information about the applicant.

Application deadline: 26.05.2019.

Ref.nr. 30071926

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