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Do you want to develop your research and teaching in an environment where collaboration with industry and society is a given? With us, you will work with engaged colleagues, have access to modern research infrastructure, and good opportunities to attract external funding. You will have the space to make a real difference for your students, your research, and society at large.

The position of Assistant Professor is at the Department of Systems and Space Technology, where we have gathered research within areas such as computer science, information systems, signals and systems, as well as automation.

Job Responsibilities

The responsibilities involve research and teaching within information security and information classification. The research associated with this position is linked to total defense in the northern domain and building resilient societies under hybrid threats. Our research in this area is focused on critical (information) infrastructure for societal vital functions – from the seabed to space systems – and their relation to the strategic prerequisites for governance, vulnerability, and resilience in the northern domain.

Based on the unique geographical, infrastructural, economic, and demographic conditions in the far northern part of the world, the work is expected to contribute to knowledge development regarding how critical infrastructure and governance systems can be designed and coordinated to withstand hybrid threats and armed conflicts, thereby enabling a future-oriented total defense in a geographically exposed region. In addition to research, the role includes participation in a research academy for young researchers, in national and international networks for northern total defense, and in a collaboration platform for societal resilience that connects academics with public and private stakeholders.

The teaching within the scope of the position is linked to our Master's program in information security, and specifically to the subjects of information classification, risk analysis and management, as well as governance and management of information security in organizations.

As an Assistant Professor, you will, together with professors and others within the subject, be responsible for the development of the subject at the undergraduate, advanced, and doctoral levels. You are expected to strengthen our research and education profile and contribute to establishing the area internally, both in the form of existing and future courses and as a research area on our campus in Luleå. Specifically important for this professorship is a close relationship and collaboration with actors in the region and the surrounding society.

The position entails that you will:

• Be responsible for developing, teaching, and examining courses within information security
• Supervise students and follow the international development of the subject
• Work on research tasks (such as applying for external research funding, leading and collaborating in research projects, communicating and disseminating research results via academic publications and presentations of results to various stakeholder groups, and other research communication)
• Network and collaborate with actors in the region and in national and international contexts
• Be active in the research community within your own subject

Qualifications

Eligible for appointment as an Assistant Professor is someone who has completed a PhD or has a foreign PhD considered equivalent to a PhD.

Priority should be given to candidates who have completed their PhD no more than five years before the application deadline. If there are special reasons, the PhD may have been completed earlier. Special reasons refer to leave due to illness, parental leave, clinical service, trust-based positions, or similar circumstances.

Evaluation Criteria

The following evaluation criteria apply to the position:

• Scientific proficiency
• Other evaluation criteria

Other evaluation criteria (weighted equally):

• Ability to lead and develop research initiatives
• Experience from practice-oriented research projects related to information security
• Knowledge of risk analysis and management, information security, and classification
• Experience in research data management
• Experience from national/international research collaboration
• Experience in teaching within the security area at undergraduate and/or advanced levels, as well as educational efforts for other users
• Ability to collaborate with the surrounding society
• Ability to collaborate within the university
• Knowledge of the prerequisites in the northern domain and continuity planning in the public sector
• Ability to obtain external funding for research and development
• Good communication skills in Swedish and English, both orally and in writing.

Employment Period

This employment is for a period of four years.

Assessment for Professorship

An Assistant Professor should, upon application, be promoted to Professor and given a permanent position. If he/she is eligible for a position as a Professor and, upon assessment, is deemed suitable for such a position according to the evaluation criteria specified below.

For assessment, it is required that the Assistant Professor has completed higher education pedagogical training equivalent to 7.5 ECTS credits or otherwise acquired equivalent knowledge.

During the employment period, the Assistant Professor must also have independently, to a significant extent and with high quality, contributed to the university's research and shown good pedagogical proficiency.

Information

For the complete job advertisement, please see ltu.se/ledigajobb. The position is located in Luleå. Start date by agreement.

This position may be classified in accordance with the Security Protection Act (2018:585).

For further information, you are welcome to contact: Acting Subject Representative Diana Chroneer (+46) 920–492037 mailto:[email protected] Department Manager Johan Wenngren (+46) 920–492059 mailto:[email protected]

Union Representatives:

SACO-S Diana Chroneer, 0920-49 2037 mailto:[email protected]

OFR-S Marika Vesterberg, 0920-49 1721 mailto:[email protected]

Application

For application, see the complete job advertisement on ltu.se/ledigajobb.Last date for applications: June 18, 2026Reference number: 3369–2026