The Department of Peace and Conflict Research was established in 1971 to conduct research and offer courses in peace and conflict studies. The Department is a young, dynamic and international academic environment with around 90 employees and 300-400 students from all over the world. The field of peace and conflict research is the multidisciplinary study of the causes, dynamics, and resolution of violent conflict. Education and research at the Department are problem-driven, and the focus is on explaining empirical phenomena and their patterns, thereby integrating theory, methods, and empirical research. More information about the Department can be found here: https://www.uu.se/en/department/peace-and-conflict-research/. 

 

Period of employment

 

The position as associate senior lecturer can be held for a maximum of four years, with a possibility of promotion to senior lecturer. A person who is employed as associate senior lecturer must, upon written application, be promoted to senior lecturer if they are considered, upon expert assessment, to satisfy the qualification requirements that have been set by the relevant disciplinary domain or faculty board and have been set out in the job vacancy information. Other criteria for promotion to senior lecturer may be found in Uppsala University’s Appointment Regulations and in Faculty of Social Sciences Supplementary Guidelines (section 2f).

 

Duties

 

Research and teaching in peace and conflict research. The candidate should be able to teach classes in scientific method as well as core courses on the onset, development and resolution of armed conflict. Teaching includes responsibility for courses, supervision and course administration. The position may also include administrative duties. The share of teaching and administration is maximum 49%.

 

Required qualifications

 

A person qualified for appointment as an associate senior lecturer is a person who has been awarded a PhD or has the corresponding research expertise, and who meets the requirements for teaching expertise. Preference will be given to applicants who have completed their PhD or attained equivalent expertise no more than five years before the deadline for applications. Furthermore, the applicant must meet the requirements laid down in the Appointment Regulations for Uppsala University (Section 39) and the Faculty of Social Sciences Supplementary Guidelines (section 2 e).

 

The teaching expertise, research expertise and professional skill must be relevant to the subject matter of the position and the duties that the position involves.

 

As stipulated in the Appointment Regulations for Uppsala University, one general qualification required for teaching staff is that applicants must be able to work with other people and otherwise meet the demands of suitability required to perform the duties of the position well.

 

For now, all teaching and most seminars and meetings are held in English. To meet the qualification requirements, documented ability to write and teach in English is a requirement. Since Uppsala University is a state agency with Swedish as the main language, administrative meetings and documents are often in Swedish and cannot always be translated. It is therefore desirable that an employee learns Swedish as soon as possible in order to fully contribute to the collegiate activities at Uppsala University.

 

Assessment criteria: research and teaching expertise

 

When selecting among qualified applicants, particular weight will be given to research expertise. In view of the nature of the position as a career-development position, applicants’ research and teaching qualifications will be assessed primarily in terms of quality. Hence, if an applicant has a quantitative advantage attributable to longer professional experience, this should not be decisive.

 

Research expertise refers to the track record in research. Publications in highly esteemed academic journals and with major academic presses are meritorious. In assessing research expertise, research quality will be the primary consideration. The scope of the research, in terms primarily of its depth and breadth and experience from using quantitative and/or qualitative methods, will also be taken into account.

 

Teaching expertise will be evaluated as carefully as research expertise. Teaching expertise refers to the track record in education, with a focus on the quality of teaching. The scope of teaching experience, in terms of both breadth and depth, will also be taken into account.

 

Assessment criteria: other expertise

 

Administrative and other expertise is important in the position and will be accorded weight. Administrative expertise is demonstrated, for example, by the ability to plan, organise and prioritise work in an efficient and appropriate manner. Weight will also be given to the ability to interact both within the scholarly community and with the wider community.

 

Qualifications must be documented in a manner that makes it possible to assess both their quality and their scope.

 

When the University appoints new teachers, it will select the applicants who, upon a qualitative overall assessment of their competence and expertise, are judged to have the best potential to perform and develop the duties concerned and to contribute to the positive development of the department/equivalent.

 

In this recruitment, the recruitment committee may make use of interviews, trial lectures and references. Applicants should therefore provide a list of reference persons who can shed light on their professional proficiency and personal qualities that are relevant to the position, e.g. team-working abilities, leadership abilities and working methods.

 

Personal circumstances (parental leave, part-time employment because of childcare, union responsibilities, military service, etc.) that may be considered to the applicant’s advantage when evaluating qualifications should be taken up in connection with the account of qualifications and experiences.

 

Application process: A complete application is to be submitted via Uppsala University’s recruitment system and should comprise:

 

• Letter of application
• List of attachments
• Curriculum vitae
• Presentation of research qualifications
• List of publications
• Presentation of educational qualifications
• Presentation of other qualifications
• Scholarly (maximum 5) and any (if any) teaching and learning publications cited
• List of reference persons (name, contact details, previous working relationship)

 

Instructions for drawing up the application are available in Faculty of Social Sciences Supplementary Guidelines (section 8).

 

Please note: The application, including attachments, is to be submitted electronically in the recruitment system Varbi. Any publications cited that are not available in electronic format should be sent in triplicate to the Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 256, SE-751 05 Uppsala. Mark the package with the reference number UFV-PA 2024/3882.

 

For further information, see Uppsala University’s Appointment Regulations and section 2e in Faculty of Social Sciences Supplementary Guidelines.

 

About the position: The position is temporary, for a maximum of 4 years. The position is full-time. The salary will be set individually. Starting date by agreement. Place of work: Uppsala.

 

For further information about the position please contact: Head of department Ashok Swain, tel. +46 18 471 7653, email; ashok.swain@pcr.uu.se.

 

Questions about the appointment procedure may be addressed to: Faculty Officer Karin Andersson Schiebe, email; samfak@samfak.uu.se.

 

Deadline is 30 January 2025.

 

 

In the event of any disagreement between the English and the Swedish versions of this announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence.