Senior Lecturer in Practical Philosophy (EXPIRED)

Senior Lecturer in Practical Philosophy, with a specialisation in bioethics  

to the Department of Philosophy. Ref no: SU FV-1156-13. Deadline for applications: June 11, 2013.

Responsibilities: The primary duties are teaching, including supervision of students and course leadership, and conducting own research within Practical Philosophy, with special focus on bioethics. The teaching requirements also include research ethics. The holder of the position shall be prepared to take on administrative duties, including the leadership for Stockholm Bioethics Centre and responsibility for the department’s participation in the Stockholm Centre for Health Care Ethics (CHE).

Qualification requirements: Qualified to be employed as a senior lecturer is a person who has been awarded a PhD in Philosophy with a specialisation in Practical Philosophy, or has the corresponding research competence, and has demonstrated university level teaching expertise. Teaching expertise should be demonstrated through teaching and supervision experience.

The applicant must have the ability to collaborate with others, as well as the ability and suitability otherwise needed to perform the duties well.

Swedish language skills are not a requirement at the time of entering the position. The applicant should, however, be prepared to carry out teaching and administration tasks that require knowledge of the Swedish language within a couple of years.

Assessment criteria: Special and equal emphasis will be paid to scientific proficiency, as demonstrated by own research, and to pedagogical skills in the subject area as demonstrated by teaching and supervision. The teaching expertise is to be well-documented, making it possible to evaluate the quality of the teaching activities.

Emphasis will be paid to a documented ability to collaborate with colleagues, staff members and other researchers. Emphasis will also be paid to administrative proficiency and the ability to collaborate with the surrounding society and to inform about research and development.

Emphasis will also be paid to successfully having applied for and received research funds for projects from external research funding bodies.

Teaching and learning theory: Higher education teaching theory, or corresponding knowledge obtained in another manner, is to be given credit. Candidates lacking formal advanced education in teaching theory, corresponding to a minimum of 7.5 higher education credits, and who are judged not in possession of corresponding teaching skills, must pursue such studies during the first two years of employment.

Additional information: Since most professors at the Faculty of Humanities are men, we particularly welcome female applicants.

Further information about the position can be obtained from the Head of department, professor Staffan Carlshamre, e-mail: staffan.carlshamre[at]philosophy.su.se, or telephone +46 (0) 8-16 33 63. Administrative coordinator, Mr. Kenneth Hjalmarsson, e-mail: kenneth.hjalmarsson[at]su.se, telephone +46 (0) 8 16 2130, will provide further information about the application and appointment procedure if required.

Trade union representatives: Mrs. Anqi Lindblom-Ahlm, (SACO), Mrs. Lisbeth Häggberg (ST), telephone +46 (0)8 16 20 00 (switchboard) and Mr. Gunnar Stenberg (SEKO) +46 (0) 70 316 43 41.

To apply for this position, use the Stockholm University web application form. The application form is found here.

It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that the application is complete, follows the instructions in the vacancy announcement and that it is submitted no later than application deadline.

We recommend you to write your application in English, as it will be reviewed by international experts.

Note that a maximum of 10 scientific papers will be submitted for assessment. .

Deadline for applications: June, 11, 2013.

For further information, please visit our web-sites: 
Stockholm University: www.su.se/english 
Department of Philosophy: www.philosophy.su.se/english/