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Associate professor in political science and policy analysis
SDU - Esbjerg
The Unit of Health Promotion Research, Institute of Public Health, Campus Esbjerg, invites applications for a tenured position as associate professor within the area of political science and policy analysis to be filled as soon as possible.
Full job description: See www.jobs.sdu.dk (position no. 121048)
Further information: the Head of the Unit of Health Promotion Research, professor Arja R.Aro, telephone +45 6550 4157, mobile +45 6011 1874, e-mail araro@health.sdu.dk or the Head of the Institute of Public Health, professor Jesper Bo Nielsen, tel +45 6550 4034, email jbnielsen@health.sdu.dk
Closing date: July 9, 2012 at 12:00 hrs. CEST.
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Associate professor in political science and policy analysis
The Unit of Health Promotion Research, Institute of Public Health, Campus Esbjerg, invites applications for a tenured position as associate professor within the area of political science and policy analysis to be filled as soon as possible.
The successful applicant will be expected to conduct and publish internationally competitive research in the fields of political science and health systems.
The research will focus on public health policy analysis. This work will be conducted in an open and inspiring work environment of a group of international researchers coming from different disciplines, such as sociology, political science, psychology, biology, epidemiology and public health.
Current research lines of the Unit for Health Promotion Research are health in all policies, social determinants of health, global health, evidence-informed health promotion and risk analysis. It will be expected that the new associate professor develops her/his research area in collaboration with these research areas.
The successful applicant will be responsible for teaching at courses and supervision of students within the BSc and MSc programs in public health, such as public administration and policy and policy issues in global health.
In addition, the candidate will be expected to teach within programs on environmental and resource management as well as on sociology and culture at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Southern Denmark. Furthermore, teaching will be expected within a new bachelor program in health promotion and health education. Recently the Unit for Health Promotion started to develop this program at the Princess Nora Bint Abdul Rahman University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The successful candidate for the position as associate professor must
• hold a PhD in political science or closely related fields within social science
• have held a position as assistant professor or have equivalent post-doctoral training and experience
• have a good track record of research achievements documented by international peer-reviewed journal articles within the fields of political science and policy analysis, preferably related to issues of health and social welfare, particularly health in all policies research.
• have a documented record of teaching experience and teaching skills in the respective field at the bachelor and master level.
Further assets will be: experience with funding applications and project coordination, international research collaboration and prior work in cross-cultural contexts.
Further information can be obtained from the Head of the Unit of Health Promotion Research, professor Arja R.Aro, telephone +45 6550 4157, mobile +45 6011 1874, e-mail araro@health.sdu.dk or the Head of the Institute of Public Health, professor Jesper Bo Nielsen, tel +45 6550 4034, email jbnielsen@health.sdu.dk
Additional information is available at the University’s website (see the link below).
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Applications will be assessed by an expert committee. Applicants will be informed of their assessment by the university.
The successful applicant will be employed in accordance with the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and AC (the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations).
If the successful applicant has no documented teaching experience corresponding to assistant professor level, the applicant will be engaged on a trial basis for the first 18 months.
The application must contain (as pdf.-files):
• a detailed CV
• a complete and numbered list of publications
• copies of degree certificates (inclusive of Ph.D.-diploma)
• up to 8 publications which the candidate considers as most important for this position
• a teaching portfolio which details the candidate’s prior teaching experience, teaching skills and teaching philosophy
• a research plan which details the candidate’s ideas and plans for her/his future research work
For particulars concerning the application - please see the links below.
The application – including CV, copies of degree certificates, list of publications, teaching portfolio, and research plan attached – must be marked “position no. 121048” and submitted as Adobe PDF-files to The Faculty of Health Sciences by e-mail to elohmann@health.sdu.dk.
Deadline for the application is July 9, 2012, at 1200 hrs. CEST.
It should be emphasized that Denmark has a favourable taxation of the salaries of researchers recruited from abroad for a period of 3-6 years.
The University encourages all interested persons to apply, regardless of age, gender, religious affiliation or ethnic background. However, woman applicants might be given priority due to the research unit’s participation in the new Saudi Arabian program.
Read more:
Institute of Public Health
The Unit of Health Promotion Research
Instructions for applicants for academic posts at the Faculty of Health Sciences
Comments to instructions for applicants for academic posts
Closing date 9 July, 2012 at 12 noon
Location: Esbjerg
Mark application Job ID 121048 and send it to:
by e-mail to elohmann@health.sdu.dk
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