Vacant job

Luleå University of Technology is experiencing rapid growth and possesses world-leading expertise in several research areas. Our scientific and artistic research and education are conducted in close collaboration with international, national, and regional companies, the public sector, and leading universities. Luleå University of Technology has an annual turnover of just over SEK 2.3 billion. We have more than 1,800 employees and nearly 21,600 students.

The subject Applied Geochemistry belongs to the Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, where research and education in the mining, construction, and environmental areas contribute to the development of a long-term sustainable society. We are now employing a Professor/Head of Subject in Applied Geochemistry to lead and develop the subject in conjunction with society’s transition to greener technology. The subject has successfully combined applied research with basic research. Basic research aims to understand the concentration levels and mobility of elements under natural conditions. The applied research covers pollution effects from different types of human activities and measures to reduce pollution emissions and limit their harmful effects. The mining industry's environmental issues have been and will be one of the subject’s most important research areas, but the subject has great opportunities to be broadened to applications in infrastructure development. Analytical chemistry, isotope geochemistry, and environmental forensics are important parts of the subject’s research areas.

Duties

The position as Professor/Head of Subject is a leadership role with overall responsibility for leading and developing the subject, including research, postgraduate education, as well as education at undergraduate and graduate levels. For a professor, this also includes following the international development of the subject, supervising doctoral students, and assisting with teaching. In addition, the assignment involves further developing collaboration within the department and with other subjects at the university, and strengthening the link with relevant national and international research environments.

The Head of Subject has a particular responsibility for attracting external funding and securing funding for his/her own research, as well as for promoting the academic environment at large. An important task for the Head of Subject is to build a strong research subject where doctoral students, staff, and students grow and develop. The position of Professor as well as Head of Subject is a permanent position.

Qualifications

Qualified for employment as a professor is someone who has demonstrated both research expertise and teaching expertise. As much attention must be given to the assessment of teaching expertise as to the assessment of research expertise.

In order to meet the requirements for employment as a professor, the applicant:

• must be prominent within their subject area and have presented scientific activities of high international standards demonstrating clear progress in terms of quality;
• must have produced a total scientific output that must be equivalent, in terms of quantity, to at least three doctoral theses, including the doctoral thesis;
• must demonstrate academic leadership through, among other things, - experience of research-related commissions of trust such as subject specialist, external reviewer, and/or member of an examining committee; - experience of leading research projects; - experience of applying for and being granted, as the main applicant and in competition, external funding for research projects; - experience of internal missions at the University; - experience of educational leadership;
• must have experience of supervising doctoral students and, unless there are exceptional reasons, must have been the principal supervisor for at least one doctoral student for the entire period from admission to doctoral degree;
• must demonstrate pedagogical expertise through proven experience, teaching expertise, and teaching development;
• must demonstrate the ability to collaborate with the wider community by means of, among other things, - making new knowledge available to the wider community, - incorporating societal needs into educational and/or research contexts.

In addition to the qualification requirements for professors, emphasis must be placed on leadership skills when recruiting a professor/head of subject. These skills are demonstrated in, among others,

• experience of line management responsibility and staff development;
• self-knowledge and capacity to reflect on their own leadership experience;
• experience of budget responsibility or other financial responsibilities.

Assessment criteria

The following assessment criteria are applied for the position:

• research expertise
• teaching expertise
• ability to lead and develop operations
• other assessment criteria.

Other assessment criteria, weighted equally:

• good contacts with international research networks engaged in mining-related environmental research or other applied geochemical research
• ability to obtain external research and development funding
• fluent knowledge of English in speech and writing
• contacts with industry and students require that non-Swedish speaking applicants acquire a good knowledge of Swedish in speech and writing within 1–2 years after employment
• ability to interact internally within the university and with the surrounding community

Information

For further information about the position, please contact: Head of Department, Charlotta Johansson, mailto:[email protected], phone +46 (0)920-49 18 67

Union representatives: SACO-S Diana Chroneer, 0920-49 2037 mailto:[email protected], OFR-S Marika Vesterberg, 0920-49 1721 mailto:[email protected]

In case of different interpretations of the English and Swedish versions of this announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence.

Application

For full ad and application go to: Job vacancies | Luleå tekniska universitet

Final day to apply: September 1, 2026

Reference number: 2274-2026