Deadline: 30 November 2012
The University of Helsinki is a multidisciplinary research university which
ranks among the leading universities in the world and the top ten universities
in Europe. Some 36,500 students are currently pursuing an undergraduate or
postgraduate degree at the University, which employs a staff of over 8,500. The
University’s current annual budget is EUR 600 million.
The University of Helsinki has introduced a
TENURE TRACK
for teaching and research personnel for the purpose of increasing the
predictability, competitiveness and attractiveness of academic careers while
promoting internationalisation at the University.
The University will recruit talented, motivated academics who have completed
their doctoral degree within the last ten years and have since gained
additional academic and other relevant qualifications and merit in their field.
Successful applicants will be employed as assistant professors. The duration of
the employment contract will be two to five years, depending on the appointee’s
background and experience. If the appointee completes the duties of the
assistant professorship successfully and in accordance with pre-determined
criteria, employment may be continued with a second fixed-term contract, after
which the appointee may obtain tenure as a professor.
The academic qualifications and teaching experience of applicants will be
considered when making the selection. Additional merit will be granted for
working outside Finland, other international experience and experience in
acquiring research funding.
The Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, invites applications for
a tenure-track position in research on population ageing and its social
consequences.
The Faculty of Social Sciences is the most diverse faculty in its field as well
as the largest unit focusing on research and teaching in the social sciences in
Finland (http://www.helsinki.fi/socialsciences/). The tenure-track position will
be located in the Department of Social Research
(http://www.helsinki.fi/socialresearch/), which encompasses the disciplines of
sociology, social psychology, social work, media and communication studies,
statistics, and social and public policy. The appointee will work within the
discipline of sociology, in the specialist option of demography, and as a
member of the Centre for Population, Health and Society (CPHS).
The duties of the assistant professor will include research, teaching and
supervision of theses and dissertations in the field, as well as involvement in
administrative tasks and support, and community relations. The duties also
include participation in undergraduate- and postgraduate-level education in
demography.
The appointee’s previous research, teaching and supervision must relate to the
social scientific debate on population aging in the developed countries. He or
she must also provide proof of an ability to conduct quantitative research of a
high international standard. Special merit will be given for previous research
that supplements and connects with one or several themes in which the CPHS
research community (http://blogs.helsinki.fi/cphs-helsinki/) has solid
expertise and know-how. The appointee must have published internationally and
is expected to acquire external funding for the research projects under his or
her leadership.
Applications must be accompanied by the following English-language documents: a
CV, a list of publications, a report on experience and merits relevant to
assessing the applicant’s teaching skills as well as other documents that may
be relevant to the selection; or, alternatively, an English-language academic
portfolio containing the above-mentioned documents and information (for
instructions, see
http://www.helsinki.fi/socialsciences/administration/positions/portfolio_english.pdf).
In addition, applicants are requested to enclose with their application a report
(max. two pages, in English) on how they intend to develop research in the
field, if appointed. Applicants are kindly asked to be ready, upon request from
the Faculty, to submit for assessment the 10 publications indicated on their
list of publications after the application period. The publications must be
submitted via email as PDF files.
Applications addressed to the Faculty of Social Sciences must be delivered,
together with the required enclosures, to the following address: Registry of
the University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 33 (Yliopistonkatu 4), 00014 University of
Helsinki, Finland, or by email to hy-kirjaamo@helsinki.fi. The application
period ends on the 30th of November 2012 (The Registry closes at 15.45 local
Helsinki time.)
Further information about the position may be obtained from Professor Pekka
Martikainen, pekka.martikainen@helsinki.fi, +358 44 286 1946.
