Vacant job

The Department of Physics at the University of Gothenburg is located in central Gothenburg and has approximately 100 employees. Communication opportunities are good, both nationally and internationally. The research is focused on the subjects of atomic and molecular physics, condensed matter physics, spintronics, complex systems, and biophysics, and is conducted in an international environment with extensive national and international collaborations. The education at the department includes teaching at bachelor's and master's programs in physics, physics in teacher education programs, and physics courses aimed at the general public. The Gothenburg Physics Centre, a close collaboration with three other departments within the Faculty of Science and Chalmers University of Technology, creates an innovative environment for all the department's researchers and students. More information about the activities at the Department of Physics can be found at www.physics.gu.se. Additional information about the Gothenburg Physics Centre can be found at www.chalmers.se/en/centre/physics-centre/Pages/default.aspx

Subject Description

The Department of Physics has a long-term commitment to the subject teacher program at the University of Gothenburg. Teacher education is undergoing a transformation, and the need for teachers in science subjects is extensive. The department's mission includes participating in several of the teacher education programs for which the University of Gothenburg has degree-awarding authority. The Department of Physics also conducts continuing education for teachers and preschool teachers in collaboration with both the Swedish National Agency for Education and the Faculty of Education and Sociology at the University of Gothenburg.

The department's mission includes both teaching and participation in various collegial contexts, such as program councils where the university's departments participating in teacher education meet. Within the framework of the teacher education mission, the Department of Physics also participates in relevant forums for teacher education within the Faculty of Science and Engineering.

The department is also engaged in the university-wide doctoral school CUL (Centre for Educational Sciences and Teacher Research), where supervision of doctoral students contributes to guaranteeing a scientific foundation for the department's pedagogical development.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities are focused on the department's teaching activities in physics and technology, primarily within teacher education, pedagogical development, quality assurance of education, teaching administration, and the department's collaboration with the Faculty of Education and Sociology. This includes administrative responsibility, contacts with other units involved in teacher education, both within and outside the University of Gothenburg, responsibility for the practice-based education (VFU) of subject teacher students, and supervision of subject teacher students' independent work. Teaching, development of the department's laboratory activities, and course development within both regular program courses and continuing education courses. The teaching need, in addition to the above, also includes CAD, artificial intelligence, and Python, quantum physics for teachers, subject courses for teachers grades 4-6, astronomy, electricity, and control and regulation technology, as well as collaboration assignments aimed at the general public and the school world. Some time for own research is included in the responsibilities.

Qualifications

Qualification for employment as a teacher is regulated in the Higher Education Ordinance Chapter 4 and the University of Gothenburg's appointment regulations.

Eligible for appointment as a university lecturer in non-artistic activities is someone who has demonstrated pedagogical skill and has obtained a doctoral degree or has equivalent scientific competence or other skill that is significant with regard to the subject content of the appointment and the tasks to be included in the appointment.

For qualification for this appointment, the applicant must further have a teacher's degree or teacher certification for teaching physics or equivalent education aimed at upper secondary school or grades 7-9 of compulsory school. Furthermore, the applicant must have higher education pedagogical competence through documented training in higher education pedagogical courses.

It is also a requirement that the applicant can communicate fluently in Swedish, both in writing and orally.

For complete information about the position, including responsibilities, assessment criteria, and contact details for questions, please see the full advertisement on the University of Gothenburg's website via the link below.

University of Gothenburg | Acting University Lecturer in Physics and Technology with a focus on Teacher Education

Application

You apply for the position via the University of Gothenburg's recruitment portal by clicking the "Apply" button. As an applicant, you are responsible for ensuring that the application is complete in accordance with the advertisement and that it is at the university's disposal by the last application date.

• Personal letter.
• CV, including a complete publication list.
• Account of scientific merits and justification for the selection of up to ten scientific publications you wish to cite.
• Research plan with a description of ongoing and planned research as well as other planned activities relevant to the appointment (maximum two pages).
• Account of pedagogical merits, with information on the scope and type of teaching as well as an assessment of its quality, and a pedagogical reflection.
• Account of merits in leadership, administration, and collaboration.
• Complete electronic copies of your main publications (maximum ten).
• Certificates and other documents you wish to cite.

As an applicant, you are responsible for ensuring that the application is complete in accordance with the advertisement and that it is at the university's disposal by the last application date. Send publications that cannot be attached to the digital application:

Department of Physics  Ingvar Albinsson, Proprefect  

Origovägen 6B 

412 96 Gothenburg  

We would prefer your application to be written in Swedish.

Apply by: 2026-06-05