Vacant job

In a time characterized by new challenges and finite resources, the field of interior architecture and spatial design has gained increased societal relevance. To challenge preconceived approaches, meet real needs, and create sustainable environments together, we are looking for you who are innovative, creative, courageous, and wish to inspire and educate tomorrow's interior architects and furniture designers.

We welcome applications from candidates both in Sweden and internationally.

We recruit based on competence and in accordance with the school's strive for increased diversity and freedom from discrimination.

Konstfack is Sweden's largest university college of fine arts, design, and crafts. Since 1844, we have educated a wide range of professional groups within these fields, as well as art and craft teachers. We conduct both artistic and scientific education/research and currently have approximately 900 students and 200 employees. http://www.konstfack.se (http://www.konstfack.se)

The current position is located within the Interior Architecture program at the Department of Design, Interior Architecture and Visual Communication (DIV). At DIV, education and research are conducted within design, interior architecture, and visual communication. The department offers programs at bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels. At the department, artistic practice is combined with critical and society-oriented knowledge development. DIV's research environment is under development, and as a professor, you are expected to actively lead this development for the Interior Architecture program.

Within the subject area of Interior Architecture and Furniture Design, a three-year bachelor's program (180 ECTS credits) and a two-year master's program in spatial design (120 ECTS credits) are offered. Creative and spatial experiments and investigations are combined with furniture design and the creation of prototypes. The education is profession-oriented with theoretical and practical studies located in drawing studios, ateliers, and workshops. The students' artistic development is intertwined with technical, ecological, ethical, as well as societal and market-oriented knowledge.

Main Responsibilities

The duties include:

• Overall responsibility for the artistic and pedagogical leadership within the faculty, as well as the development of the subject area.
• Active participation in teaching at undergraduate, advanced, and doctoral levels.
• Conducting research within the subject area.
• Leading, developing, and expanding the research environment.
• Initiating research applications and seeking external funding nationally and internationally.
• Promoting national and international collaboration with academia, the profession, and societal actors.
• Participating in Konstfack's joint work, and being part of Konstfack-wide and department-specific working groups.

Employment

The employment is for 60–100 percent of full-time work for a maximum of five years, with the possibility of renewal for an additional maximum of five years. The desired start date is January–April 2027. The work is based at Konstfack with several occasions each work week. Remote work from abroad is not possible. In Sweden, there is a requirement of sufficient financial support for those applying for a work permit. To find out how this affects you as an international applicant, please read about the financial requirement (https://www.migrationsverket.se/Privatpersoner/Arbeta-i-Sverige/Anstalld/Krav-for-arbetstillstand/Forsorjningskrav-for-arbetstillstand.html) on the Swedish Migration Agency's website or contact [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]).

Qualifications and Assessment Criteria

Qualifications and assessment criteria for the employment of teachers are specified in the Higher Education Ordinance and in Konstfack's employment regulations. By "qualifications" is meant the minimum requirements that must be met to be considered for the position. By "assessment criteria" is meant the factors that are assessed and weighted in addition to the qualifications, provided the qualifications are met.

The qualifications for this position are:

• A university education at least at an advanced level with relevance to the content of the position, or other professional experience assessed as equivalent with reference to the content of the position.
• Documented pedagogical competence within higher education or other relevant education.
• Documented practice in interior architecture, spatial design, and/or furniture design.
• Documented experience of collaboration within or outside academia.
• Experience of conducting research relevant to the subject area.
• Artistic competence.
• Good language skills in English.

The assessment criteria for this position are:

• Established professional and/or research practice in interior architecture, spatial design, and/or furniture design.
• Good experience in leading collegial development work and good communicative skills.
• Good ability to initiate, lead, and develop research projects and research environments, as well as attract external funding.
• Special competence in interior architecture, spatial design, and/or furniture design.
• Good pedagogical competence.
• Good ability to integrate critical perspectives, including perspectives on sustainability and transition, into research and teaching.
• Good knowledge of current research within the subject of interior architecture, spatial design, and/or furniture design.
• A doctoral degree in a relevant subject area.
• Active in national and/or international networks relevant to the subject area.
• Good organizational and administrative skills.
• Good language skills in Swedish or another Scandinavian language.

University Pedagogical Education

For work as a professor, associate professor, and lecturer (with an employment period longer than two years), it is required that the employee has completed university pedagogical education at Konstfack or another university, or has acquired equivalent knowledge in another way. An applicant who is otherwise assessed as qualified but lacks university pedagogical education must begin the education (equivalent to 7.5 ECTS credits) to acquire the missing qualification no later than within one year from the start of employment.

Contact

Contact Head of Department Jonas Ahnmé, 070 970 35 14 or [email protected], if you want to know more about the position. For general employment terms and the recruitment process, HR Officer Siri Morberg, 08-450 41 31, [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]), is responsible. Union representatives can be reached through Konstfack's switchboard, 08-450 41 00.

Application and Selection

For more information about the application and selection process, please see our vacant positions on Konstfack's website. Vacant Positions - Konstfack (http://www.konstfack.se)