Senior university lecturer in practical philosophy (EXPIRED)
Department of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies, Umeå University, Sweden
Job category | Junior faculty / Tenured, continuing or permanent |
AOS | practical philosophy: ethics (including metaethics) and political philosophy |
AOS categories |
Ethics |
AOC | Open |
Workload | Full time |
Vacancies | 1 |
Organization's reference number | AN 2.2.1-748-17 |
Location | Umeå, Västerbotten, Sweden |
Start date | July 1, 2018 or by agreement |
Job description |
Senior university lecturer in Practical philosophy Umeå University, Faculty of Arts Umeå University is dedicated to providing creative environments for learning and work. We offer a wide variety of courses and programmes, world leading research, and excellent innovation and collaboration opportunities. More than 4 300 employees and 31 500 students have already chosen Umeå University. We welcome your application! The Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies is seeking a Senior university lecturer in Practical philosophy. The Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies at Umeå University’s Faculty of Humanities conducts education and research in the fields of archaeology, philosophy, history, history of ideas, religious studies and theology. Philosophy offers study programmes and degrees at first-cycle (undergraduate), second-cycle (Master’s) and third-cycle (doctoral) level. Further information about the department and the philosophy subject can be found at www.idesam.umu.se/english/. Description and work duties Eligibility requirements Evaluation criteria Scientific competence must have been demonstrated through independent research output. The criteria for assessing scientific competence are:
A candidate’s pedagogic skills shall be assessed from three different perspectives: the teacher’s work with students; the teacher’s own pedagogic development; and the teacher’s contributions to pedagogic developments at an institutional level. In order to qualify for appointment as teacher, the applicant is required to demonstrate the following knowledge, skills, and approaches in relation to higher education pedagogy:
A substantial part of the teaching included in the position is focussed on the following core areas of practical philosophy: ethics (including metaethics) and political philosophy. Particular weight will be given to scientific competence and pedagogic skills within these core areas of practical philosophy. A good knowledge of Swedish (or another Scandinavian language) and English, as well as the ability to teach in these languages, are requirements for the position. Within one year of commencing employment, the successful candidate must be able to take on work duties that require the ability to communicate in Swedish. Weighting of evaluation criteria Application Your application must be submitted to Umeå University’s recruitment system not later than 13.10.2017. Log in and apply using the button at the bottom of the page. Other information Umeå University applies positive discrimination of underrepresented gender. There are currently fewer female than male teachers in philosophy, and we are therefore keen to receive applications from female applicants. We look forward to receiving your application! |
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Application type | Online |
Web address to apply | https://umu.mynetworkglobal.com/en/?jobtoken=1495f... |
Hard deadline | October 13, 2017, 7:59pm CET |
Contact | |
Web address for more information | https://umu.mynetworkglobal.com/en/?jobtoken=1495f... |
Contact name | Jonas Nilsson |
Contact email | |
Contact phone | +46 90 786 99 90 |
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Time created | August 29, 2017, 8:24am UTC |
Scheduled expiry date | October 13, 2017, 7:59pm CET |
Expired on | October 14, 2017, 8:46pm CET |
Last updated | December 14, 2017, 3:00pm UTC |
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