Senior lecturer in Informatics

Background

Recent growth in the research activities and the well-established educational programs of the School of Information Technology (ITE) is enabling a significant expansion.

In 2018 the total research expenditures exceeded 70 MSEK and the school hosted over 850 students. Over the next two years, the School will grow significantly. The Department of Intelligent Systems and Digital Design (ISDD) at Halmstad University is seeking to appoint a senior lecturer in informatics.

Informatics at Halmstad University develops the Scandinavian Informatics tradition, which integrates Information Systems and Human-Computer Interaction research. We profile the research towards Digital Service Innovation (DSI). This implies a focus on how value is co-created with users, organizations, and society through combining, re-combining, and integrating resources into digital services. We also investigate how and why DSI may promote or create improvements in different societal actors' wellbeing by studying, for example, digitalization, stakeholder involvement in innovation processes, digital service logics and architectures, innovation ecosystems, and value network governance.

Research is often carried out interdisciplinary and in collaboration with companies and the public sector. The research on digital service innovation is one of the prioritized research areas where continued development of research strength is expected in order to reach excellence in international and national collaborations. This area, which is expected to attract considerable industrial interest also in the future, will be an important research area for the two research profiles at Halmstad University: Health Innovation, and Smart Cities and Communities.

Informatics at Halmstad University has two bachelor programs (Digital Design and Innovation, Enterprise Systems), an international master program in Digital Service Innovation, and a doctoral school in Informatics.

Description 

A senior lecturer shall mainly be engaged in research and education. We are looking for an applicant experienced and interested in informatics research within smart mobility, AI and automation in the public sector/healthcare, digitalization and ethics, or wants to help develop new research areas with a strong foundation in design-oriented informatics.

The appointed senior lecturer will teach in the two bachelor programs and the master and Ph.D. education. Informatics at Halmstad University represents a progressive education aiming at educating tomorrow's ERP, Interaction, UX, and Service Designers with a strong focus on digital innovation and transformation. The programs implement forward-looking pedagogical approaches and have integral relations with external companies and partners actively involved in the education.

The appointed senior lecturer is expected to:

- conduct research of high international quality within Informatics
- develop research in DSI in collaboration with industrial partners, including applying for external funding
- conduct high-quality teaching and develop courses at different levels within the three educational programs in informatics
- contribute to developing research on DSI where collaboration with other scientific areas is important 

Qualifications

The position is intended for applicants with a doctoral degree and an already established academic career in informatics, preferably merited as associate professor (docent). The applicant should be an active researcher with a strong publication record and have experience of applying for and receiving research funds from external funders. Experience in leading applied research projects with industrial partners is desirable. Education is an important part of our work and the position requires pedagogical training in teaching in higher education. The applicant should have comprehensive experience teaching at different levels in informatics. Furthermore, the applicant should be interested and engaged in teaching and willing to explore new ways of education to enhance the student learning experience at all levels. The applicant must be able to examine students in both Swedish and English.

We especially appreciate applicants who are engaged, structured, accountable, have good interpersonal skills and can take the initiative to develop research and education in informatics. Excellent leadership, innovation ability, pedagogical competence, and experience in cooperation with industry are desirable.

Salary level

Individual salaries are applied at Halmstad University. The application should include salary requirements.

Application

Applications should be sent via Halmstad University's recruitment system Varbi (see link on this page). The application package shall consist of (preferable as one pdf file):

- a cover letter stating the purpose of the application and a brief statement of why you believe that your goals are well-matched with the goals of this position, together with a description of future research plans
- a CV that includes at least
- a list of previous degrees, with dates and institutions
- a complete list of publications with 2-3 most relevant ones for this position marked
- a description of previous research and other work experience and links to online copies of the most important publications
- contact information for at least three references.
 

General Information:

We value the qualities that gender balance and diversity bring to our organization. We therefore welcome applicants with different backgrounds, gender, functionality and, not least, life experience.

The working language at Halmstad University is English and knowledge of the Swedish language is not required to start working. Also for daily life, English is spoken widely and Sweden has the highest English Proficiency index in the world. Learning to speak Swedish will make it easier to interact with public and private services, to follow local and national issues, to participate in teaching junior students, and to participate in administrative and leadership roles.

Read more about Halmstad University at http://hh.se/english/discover/discoverhalmstaduniversity.9285. html