University Lecturer in Commercial Law

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 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 study to become, among others, engineers, political scientists, and economists. We have research orientations in industrial economics and organization and future energy. Our work is carried out in collaboration and strategic agreements with companies, organizations, and authorities in the region.

Employment Information

• Employment type: Permanent position starting with a possible probationary period
• Employment period/start date: By agreement
• Extent: Full-time
• Number of positions: 1
• Application deadline: 2026-01-09
• 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. This includes supervision, examination, course evaluation, and course development. Here, research and education are closely intertwined, and research forms the basis for our education. Collaboration is an integral part of the role, and you will actively contribute to the university's development work.

MDU intends to hire a lecturer in commercial law who wants to realize the university's vision and help meet today's and tomorrow's societal challenges.

The position involves teaching in commercial law, primarily legal foundational courses in our business administration programs. It also includes teaching law in other programs, both on-campus and online. Teaching will be conducted in courses with commercial law content such as general property law, tax law, insolvency law, and corporate law, as well as administrative law and labor law.

The position entails close collaboration with business administration subjects and programs, which requires a good understanding of business perspectives and the ability to integrate law into economics education.

Teaching will be conducted in Swedish and English. The subject group of commercial law is part of the Department of Marketing & Strategy and the research area of Industrial Economics and Organization (IEO).

Eligibility Requirements

We are looking for someone who has demonstrated pedagogical skills and has obtained a doctoral degree or has equivalent scientific competence.

The scientific and pedagogical skills must be documented so 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 lacking such training must complete it within two and a half years.

For this position, in addition to the general eligibility requirements in MDU's employment regulations, you must have:

• Doctor of Laws (or equivalent scientific competence).
• Documented pedagogical skills
• Teaching experience, including supervision, in the relevant subject areas for the position
• Very good knowledge of Swedish and English and the ability to express yourself precisely in speech and writing

You must have very good knowledge of Swedish and English and be able to express yourself precisely in speech and writing.

Assessment Criteria

The assessment criteria will be the degree of skill required for the position and the ability and suitability required to perform the tasks well.

In addition to the assessment criteria established in the employment regulations at MDU, special emphasis will be placed on the following:

The assessment of pedagogical skills should be given as much care as scientific skills.

Experience in quality work within higher education and pedagogical initiatives, such as the development of pedagogical methods or new forms of teaching, as well as work with diversity and gender equality issues in teaching, is meritorious.

Particularly meritorious is documented experience of teaching within business administration programs and having previously worked in environments where law is integrated with economic subjects. It is also meritorious to have experience in research related to broader issues that combine business administration and law.

It is also meritorious to have participated in international collaborations and to demonstrate the implementation of research projects with external funding.

In a comprehensive assessment, personal abilities will also be considered. All employees at MDU are expected to collaborate and treat colleagues and students with respect, take responsibility for the operations, and contribute to a good working environment.

For this position, the following personal qualities are particularly important: good collaboration skills and the ability to plan and execute work effectively, collegially, and inclusively.

We also value the qualities that a balanced age and gender distribution as well as ethnic and cultural diversity bring to the organization.

Application

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

The scientific publications that you cannot attach in digital form in your application should be sent by post no later than the application deadline in 3 copies to:

Mälardalen University
HR Department
Ref.no: 2025/3157
Box 883
721 23 Västerås

You as the applicant 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:

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Susanne Meijer ST-OFR/S, tel: 021-10 14 89

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