Full Professor in Education - lifelong learning - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Are you interested in contributing with your experience expertise in lifelong learning? If so, you may well be the professor in education who we seek!

Lifelong Learning is a research group pursuing studies of lifelong learning in a wide perspective. We focus on three different themes: a) lifelong and adult learning, b) human resources and leadership and c) gender, equality and inclusion. We are currently focusing particularly on developing research into the learning of the elderly. Our group is inter-disciplinary and has 15 members to date representing education, psychology and business administration.

Our research supports the Human Resources Programme which has two different orientations: one toward a first degree in psychology and the other toward a first degree in business administration. Associated with the group is also Encell—a national centre for lifelong learning operating by Government commission to research and disseminate knowledge of lifelong and adult learning nationally. The Centre for Educational Leadership devoted to the study of leadership in and the management of schools is also associated with the group.

Work specifications
As professor in education with an orientation toward lifelong learning you will pursue your own research, initiate research and lead research in co-operation with other members of the group, in particular with the scholars of lifelong learning. You are expected to lead our current research effort into the learning of the elderly as well as to support other researchers in their professional development.

As professor you will supervise doctoral students, teach, examine and assess course quality on both advanced and research levels. In addition, in line with university policy, you will be expected to initiate research and development projects in co-operation with external stakeholders and actively seek external research funding. Your professorship will strengthen our group by your leadership and by co-operating with both national and regional stakeholders in the area of adult learning. As with all professors of the university you will also be expected to participate in the development of the university as a whole.

Qualifications
As professor you are expected to develop and apply the knowledge of your field and to demonstrate originality and creativity in your scientific endeavours. You are expected to possess competence contributing to the unique academic ethos of Jönköping University based on co-operation, entrepreneurship, innovation and internationalisation.

To be formally qualified to apply for a professorship you must have gained a bona fide doctoral degree in education or in a relevant academic field. You will need to present documentation demonstrating your experience of academic leadership as well as an ability to plan, organise and manage a team, its members and their pursued research. You must also present documentation that you have successfully supervised at least two doctoral students and that you have obtained specific training in research supervision or, alternatively, have gained equivalent experience and knowledge. We expect you to be a skilled teacher as documented by demonstrating examples of course development and quality assessments of which you have been in charge.

Together with your application you will also need to add evidence of having successfully attracted external and competitive research funding and being able to demonstrate a willingness, and a flair for, co-operating with others both on and off campus. We think it particularly important that you have a well-established network of contacts and that you have a documented experience of your experience of such co-operation in the field of lifelong and adult learning.

As an individual we expect you to be effective in creating and maintaining regional, national and international networks, have an ability to initiate, organise and lead a research group and its projects in an inter-disciplinary setting where you work inclusively so as to support the development of less experienced researchers.

Since Jönköping University and its School of Education and communication attract colleagues and students from all corners of the World it is essential that you are proficient in communicating effectively both in English and in Swedish.

Employment conditions
The professorship is a permanent full-time position. All academic positions, however, have an initial six-month probationary period before a position becomes legally permanent as per contract.

Working conditions for all employees are decided jointly between Unions and University management.

You begin your work at Jönköping University as agreed upon.

How to apply
Your application should be made via our online recruitment system no later that 15 April 2019. It must include all of the following—files in PDF-format are preferred:

1. A cover letter in which you explain why you have applied for this particular position
2. A full Curriculum Vitae
3. A certified diploma of your doctoral degree
4. Certified evidence of completed training on how to teach and supervise research in higher education (or its equivalent)
5. A formal and complete list of your merits
6. Your most important studies, published in peer-reviewed journals and relevant to the applied-for position, should be submitted in full text. Note that no more than 10 texts may be submitted
7. A complete list of publications
8. A brief outline of potential research projects relevant to the research team with which you intend to work
9. Also, provide the names and contact details of three independent referees whom the university may contact and who have also agreed to act as your referees
10. In addition, propose the level of salary which you intend to negotiate for