Job description

A full-time associate professor position in the field of Information Systems is available in the section for Digitalization and Entrepreneurship at the Department of Informatics. The department is seeking a potential scientific leader with clear research visions and educational skills as well as administrative skills for research management, who will strengthen our research and education connected to digitalization processes in organizations, sectors, and society at large.

The Digitalization and Entrepreneurship section conducts interdisciplinary research on digitalization, innovation, entrepreneurship and design of technology with a focus on sustainability. The section’s researchers teach in several study programs: Informatics: design, use, interaction (bachelor and master), Entrepreneurship (master), ICT and Management (executive master), and Informatics: digital economy and management (bachelor, also master from 2020).

Our study programs attract a high number of well-qualified students, and our external collaboration with organizations and industry is growing. The research and education activities of the position should contribute to strengthen the study program Informatics: digital economy and management.

The program has a mixed profile of informatics and business subjects, and we especially seek to strengthen its business, strategy, and economics profile. A successful candidate is expected to conduct research within the field of Information Systems (IS) addressing issues related to digital economy, network economics, and digital platforms and infrastructures. We pursue a model of engaged scholarship to generate relevant research orientations, and aim for publication in premier outlets such as the Senior Scholars’ Basket of Eight journals

Qualification requirements

The candidate must have a PhD (or equivalent) in Information Systems or an adjacent research field. Our existing research portfolio is based on qualitative, empirical studies of work and organizational processes related to digital technologies, specifically information infrastructures and digital platforms. Nevertheless, we welcome applicants with competence in conducting quantitative, computational and mixed method studies. While theoretical and methodological novelty is valued, the candidate is expected to have experience with this theoretical and methodological approach and to engage with and contribute to the ongoing debates around digitalization, digital platforms and information infrastructures in the Information Systems field. The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

• competence in empirical research in collaboration with organizations around core aspects of the digital economy and digitalization,
• a scientific track record that confirms capacity to address relevant and challenging issues, including scholarly publications in leading international journals,
• contribution to the research front in studies of digitalization, digital economy, and digital platform
• pedagogical qualifications, teaching and supervision experience at master and PhD level,
• competence and ability to deliver high quality teaching on business, strategy and economics subjects,
• an active approach to the dissemination of research results and knowledge.
• Fluency in both written and spoken English is a prerequisite.

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 offer

• salary NOK 631 700 – 731 400 per annum depending on qualifications in position as Associate professor (position code 1011)
• a professionally stimulating working environment
• attractive welfare benefits and a generous pension agreement, in addition to Oslo’s family-friendly environment with its rich opportunities for culture and outdoor activities
• the opportunity to apply for promotion to full professorship at a later stage

How to apply

The application must include:

• Application letter
• A research position paper (1-4 pages) describing the applicant’s vision and ambitions for the nearest future
• Detailed CV (including complete list of education, positions, pedagogical experience, administrative experience, project acquisition and coordination experience, funding and awards, and other qualifying activities)
• Copies of educational certificates, PhD diploma, transcript of records and letters of recommendation
• A complete list of publications and academic merits and awards (if not included in the CV)
• Full text of up to 10 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
• 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, and up to a page describing teaching philosophy
• Description of dissemination activities beyond scientific publications
• List of 3 reference persons (name, relation to candidate, e-mail and phone number)

The application with attachments must be delivered in our electronic recruiting system. Please submit the documents as PDF-files (maximum 2 MB / file). Please note that all documents should be in English (or a Scandinavian language).

In the evaluation of the qualified candidates the full range of these criteria will be explicitly addressed and assessed.

Relevant candidates will be called for interviews and requested to hold trial lectures, and references may be consulted.

Formal regulations

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.

The successful candidate must demonstrate mastery of both English and one of the Scandinavian languages as working languages. If an appointee is not fluent in a Scandinavian language, the appointee will be expected within a two-year period to learn sufficient Norwegian to be able to participate actively in all functions the position may involve.

The basis for assessment will be the scholarly production of the applicant, other qualifications, pedagogical or educational, the applicant’s qualifications within leadership and administration as well as the general personal suitability. In ranking the competent applicants, the full range of qualifications will be considered and explicitly assessed.

Please see the rules for Appointments to Professorships and Associate Professorships and Rules for the assessment and weighting of pedagogical competence.

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.

The University of Oslo has an agreement for all employees, aiming to secure rights to research results etc.

The University of Oslo aims to achieve a balanced gender composition in the workforce and to recruit people with ethnic minority backgrounds.

Contact information

• Associate Professor Knut Rolland, email: knutr@ifi.uio.no, tel. +47 928 82 331
• Professor Bendik Bygstad, email: bendikby@ifi.uio.no, tel. +47 976 58 061

For technical questions about the recruitment system, HR Adviser Torunn Standal Guttormsen, email: t.s.guttormsen@mn.uio.no, tel. +47 22 85 42 72

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