Associate Professor at the Department of Economics

Department of Economics (http://www.uib.no/econ) is one of seven departments at the Faculty of Social Sciences. The Department offers teaching of economics at all levels, and lead the students to the degree of bachelor, master and PhD. Research and teaching at the Department cover a broad spectrum of sub-disciplines. The Department’s methodological core competencies are within applied micro econometrics and incentive theory. Based on these competencies the Department has research groups in the following three fields:

• Industrial organization and economic organization

• Welfare, social insurance and health

• Natural resources, environmental and development economics

Description of position

The department aims to strengthen its academic expertise and breadth. The vacant position is not tied to any particular research group but it is expected that the successful candidate will contribute to strengthening the department’s research and educational profiles. The associate professor will be hired with a responsibility to teach at all levels, and to engage in other tasks at the Department.

Qualifications and personal qualities

• The successful applicant must have a doctoral degree in economics or equivalent qualifications.

• Applicants must have demonstrated their ability to publish research at a high international level beyond their PhD dissertation.

• The evaluation of the applicant’s scientific work will focus primarily on research published last five years.

• The applicants must be willing and able to teach compulsory courses at both the undergraduate and the graduate level, including tutoring of master degree and PhD students.

• Personal aptitude will be of great importance. Cooperative skills, as well as future plans for research and ambitions when it comes to strengthening the academic expertise of the department in a longer time perspective will be of high importance.

• Basic teaching training is a requirement. The appointee to this position will be offered appropriate pedagogical training if this requirement has not been met previous to appointment.

The teaching language will normally be Norwegian. The successful applicant must be able to teach in Norwegian or one of the other Scandinavian languages within two years of his/her appointment.

We can offer

• A good and professionally challenging working environment

• Salary at pay grade 60-68 (code 1011/pay range 24, alternative 4) in the state salary scale. This currently amounts to an annual salary of NOK 510.100 – 591.400,- before taxes. Further increase in salary will depend on seniority. A higher salary may be considered for a particularly well qualified applicant.

• Enrolment in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund.

• A position in an inclusive workplace (IW).

• Good welfare benefits.

Your application must include:

• A cover-letter

• A summary of planned research initiatives

• CV

• Certified copies of diplomas and certificates

• The contact details of two references

• Complete list of publications

• List with appendices that document your pedagogical qualifications.

The application and appendices with certified translations into English or a Scandinavian language must be uploaded at Jobbnorge.

Based on this information, the expert committee will perform a review of the applicants. Subsequently, the faculty will invite the best qualified applicants to submit scholarly works. Employment is based on the expert assessment and an independent judgment from Head of department including interview and trial lecture.

Closing date: June 15, 2016

The application has to be marked: 16/3778

We kindly ask the applicants to follow the guidelines for applicants to intermediate level positions at the Faculty of Social Sciences closely. The guidelines are obtainable by contacting post@svfa.uib.no. http://www.uib.no/svf

General information             

Additional information about the position is obtainable from the Head of the Department, Professor Jan Erik Askildsen, e-mail: jan.askildsen@uib.no or phone: +47 55 58 92 18.

Practical questions about the application process should be directed to Senior Executive Officer Anita Helen Spurkeland, e-mail: anita.spurkeland@uib.no or phone +47 55 58 90 58.

State employment shall reflect the diversity of the population at large. The University of Bergen has therefore adopted a personnel policy objective to ensure that we achieve a balanced age and sex composition, and the recruitment of persons of various ethnic backgrounds. Persons of different ethnic backgrounds are therefore encouraged to apply for the position.

We encourage women to apply. If multiple applicants have approximately equivalent qualifications, the rules pertaining to moderate gender quotas shall apply.

The University of Bergen applies the principles of public openness when recruiting staff to scientific positions. Information about applicants may be made public even if the applicant has asked not to be named on the list of persons who have applied. The applicant must be notified if the request to be omitted is not met.

The successful applicant must comply with the guidelines that apply to the position at all times. Reference is made to the general University regulations that stipulate that, as part of the normal duties of the position and within his/her academic field, the successful applicant may also be required to teach, supervise and carry out examination related tasks outside the organisational unit to which the position belongs.

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