University Lecturer in Business Administration with a focus on Organization and Leadership

Mälardalen University (MDU) is Sweden's newest university. With our vision to be a progressive and collaborative university where we together shape a sustainable future, we want to make a real difference.

Would you like to contribute to our development?

Together we contribute to a more sustainable future through knowledge and innovation. We believe that new knowledge and new perspectives are best created and achieved in collaboration with others - colleagues, students, industry, and the public sector both nationally and internationally.

At the Academy of Business, Society, and Technology, our students are trained as bachelor and master engineers, political scientists, and economists. We have research orientations in industrial economics and organization, and future energy. Our work is conducted in collaboration and strategic agreements with companies, organizations, and authorities in the region.

Employment Information

• Employment type: Fixed-term employment
• Employment period/start date: 5-6 months starting January 1, 2026, or by agreement at the start of the semester
• Extent: Full-time with the possibility of a lower extent by agreement
• Number of positions: 1-2
• Application deadline: 2025-12-05
• Location: Västerås
• Academy/unit/department: Academy of Business, Society, and Technology (EST)

For a detailed description of the basic eligibility requirements and assessment criteria for a position as a university lecturer at MDU, please refer to the employment regulations at MDU here (https://www.mdu.se/om-mdu/jobba-med-oss/lediga-jobb).

Job Responsibilities

As a university lecturer at MDU, your main responsibilities will be teaching. Teaching also includes supervision, examination, course evaluation, and course development. At our university, research and education are closely intertwined, and research forms the basis for our educational programs. Collaboration is also an integral part of our research and educational mission, and as a university lecturer, you will actively contribute to the university's development work. Your responsibilities will also include general administration and professional development, as well as participating in the daily operations of the subject and the academy.

MDU's Academy of Business, Society, and Technology is undertaking a comprehensive initiative to promote a more holistic understanding and deepen research on the industrial, technological, economic, human, and political dimensions of sustainable and just societal development in a geopolitical context. The initiative aims to create opportunities to address climate, environmental, green economy, and justice issues in an integrated manner and develop multidisciplinary knowledge that can support society's climate adaptation and transformation work with a critical and pluralistic approach.

The Department of Organization and Leadership has about 40 employees. We are a progressive and engaged group that continuously discusses business economics as a subject and its role in society, and we work in various ways with collaboration in both teaching and research. We are responsible for a number of courses in organization and leadership, across various business programs and the master's program in industrial economics.

We are now looking for someone who feels that they would thrive and fit in our environment. Your responsibilities will include:

• teaching and taking responsibility for courses related to organizational and leadership theories; in our business programs and in the master's program in industrial economics,
• supervising theses, teaching qualitative methods, and taking responsibility for thesis courses,
• contributing to the development of the subject and the faculty in organization and leadership and in business economics/industrial economics through active participation in seminars and other joint activities,
• contributing to quality development and accreditation work related to programs and courses.

Eligibility Requirements

We are looking for someone who has demonstrated pedagogical skills and has obtained a doctoral degree or has equivalent scientific competence relevant to the subject and profile of the position.

The scientific and pedagogical skills must be documented in such a way that the quality of previous work can be assessed.

To be employed as a teacher at MDU, higher education pedagogical training or equivalent knowledge is required. Those who are employed but lack higher education pedagogical training will be offered to undergo such training within two and a half years of employment. The higher education pedagogical training at Mälardalen University corresponds to ten weeks of training.

For this position, the following eligibility requirements apply in addition to those established in the Employment Regulations at MDU. You must have good oral and written communication skills in Swedish and English to perform regular tasks within research, teaching, and administration.

Assessment Criteria

This advertisement is shortened. To see the full advertisement including assessment criteria, go to here (https://www.mdu.se/om-mdu/jobba-med-oss/lediga-jobb).

Application

You submit your application by clicking the “Apply” button below.

The scientific publications that you are unable to attach in digital form in the application should be sent by post no later than the application deadline in 3 copies to:

Mälardalen University
HR Department
Ref.no: 2025/3250
Box 883
721 23 Västerås

As an applicant, you are responsible for ensuring that the application is complete in accordance with the advertisement and received by the university no later than the application deadline.

Welcome with your application!

Union Representatives:

Saco-S: [email protected]
Susanne Meijer ST-OFR/S, tel: 021-10 14 89

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