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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 Electric Power Engineering group in Skellefteå enjoys a strong national and international reputation for its leading research. It is internationally recognized as a world leader in power quality and is also highly regarded nationally for its undergraduate education in electric power systems. Over the years, the group's research results have attracted significant attention from both industry and academia.

Subject Description

The research subject Electric Power Engineering covers studies of sustainable systems for the production of electrical energy, the transport of electrical energy, and the interaction between the power grid, electricity production, and electricity consumption.

Duties

Associate Professors are normally expected to be engaged in the university's education, pedagogical development activities, and research. Responsibilities also include keeping abreast of international developments within the discipline and supervising doctoral students. Associate Professors are expected to contribute to the university's development efforts, work to secure external research funding for the subject area, and be available for leadership and administrative assignments.

Associate Professors are also expected to lead research projects, communicate their results through academic publications, and maintain an active presence within the research community of their field.

As an Associate Professor, you will strengthen the research group and broaden its research activities, supervise doctoral students, and teach students. Possible research specializations include:

• Operation and operational reliability of future transmission and distribution networks
• Planning, hosting capacity (grid capacity limits), and reliability of future transmission and distribution networks
• Protection of future transmission and distribution networks

Qualifications

Qualified for an appointment as an Associate Professor are those who have demonstrated both research and teaching expertise. As much attention must be given to the assessment of teaching expertise as to the assessment of research expertise.

To meet the requirements for the employment as an Associate Professor, the applicant:

• must have demonstrated a research profile showing clear progress after the completion of the doctoral thesis, and scientific contributions corresponding to at least two doctoral theses including the doctoral thesis;
• must have worked as an independent researcher, and thus has experience of research-related commissions of trust, for example, as a reviewer for journals, and/or as an external reviewer; experience of applying for and being granted, in competition, external funding for research and/or development projects; experience of having leading roles in research projects; must have published research output together with researchers within research environments other than the applicant's own environment.
• must have experience of supervising doctoral students and must have been the assistant supervisor for at least one doctoral student for at least two years, unless there are exceptional reasons to the contrary;
• must demonstrate pedagogical expertise through proven experience, teaching expertise, and teaching development;
• must have completed higher education pedagogy courses equivalent to 7.5 higher education credits or otherwise have acquired equivalent knowledge;
• must demonstrate the ability to collaborate with the wider community by means of, among other things, making new knowledge available to the wider community; incorporation of societal needs into educational and/or research contexts.

Assessment Criteria

The following assessment criteria are applied for the position:

• research expertise
• teaching expertise
• other assessment criteria

Other assessment criteria, weighted equally:

• Administrative competence relevant to the subject area and to the duties included in the position.
• Ability to collaborate and engage with the wider community and society.
• Ability to secure external research and development funding.
• Ability to communicate research and development activities.
• Ability to teach in Swedish.
• Good proficiency in both English and Swedish.
• Ability to develop courses at both undergraduate and advanced (master's) levels.
• Published research results, within one or more of the proposed specializations, in leading international journals.

Information

For further information about the position, please contact Professor and Head of Subject Sarah Rönnberg, 0910–585721, [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

Union representatives:

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

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

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

Application

We prefer that you apply for this position by clicking on the apply button below and attach the requested application documents including diplomas (certified and translated into Swedish or English), pedagogical self-reflection, and publications, etc. We prefer that applicants follow the template at https://www.ltu.se/download/18.27fd965b18df224ef099841d/1710402295167/EngelskaAns%C3%B6kningsmall.pdf. Note that the applicant's educational qualifications should be particularly documented. Mark your application with the reference number below. Your application, including diplomas, must be written in English or Swedish.