Faculty Positions Available in Arctic Marine Ecology and Physical
Geography at The University Courses on Svalbard (UNIS)
For more information see the position announcements at:
http://www.unis.no/
Deadline for Marine Ecology position is 1 February 2003
Deadline for Physical Geography position is 15 February 2003
Full/Associate Professor in Arctic Marine Ecology
The successful applicant will be expected to pursue research in some
area of organismal or population ecology of marine invertebrates.
It is expected that the person appointed to this job will conduct an
active, productive research programme in his\her field, and will
co-supervise Masters and Doctoral students in cooperation with the four
mainland Norwegian Universities or Universities from other co-operating
nations.
The teaching associated with this position includes responsibility for
one of four core courses in UNIS's one-year senior-undergraduate
programme: AB 202 Marine Arctic Biology, as well as teaching in other
undergraduate and graduate course offerings within the Institution.
The position will be offered to the best candidate in terms of quality
and quantity of research, as well teaching experience. An additional
consideration will be the specific field of research of the candidates -
as the successful applicant must complement the current staff in the
department, and must fit the department's long-term research-profile
objectives.
Applicants must be able to document their qualifications as
Full/Associate Professor. To be considered for the position of Associate
Professor, a Ph.D., or its equivalent, is the minimum requirement. A
candidate may (under exceptional circumstances) be employed as an
Assistant Professor without a Doctorate. To be considered for a position
as Full Professor, the applicant must already occupy such a position at
another institution, or previously have been found qualified at this
rank. Deadline for applications is 1 February 2003
Full/Associate Professor in Physical Geography
The foundation for the research at the Department of Geology is
field-related activities that exploit both the geographical position and
the natural advantages of Svalbard. With its numerous geological
exposures, landscape types and the adjacent shelf, Svalbard offers a
range of unique opportunities to study processes related to development
and infill of sedimentary basins. For the next years the general
research at the department will focus on sedimentary basins at high
latitude and the processes controlling their development and infill
through time and space, including tectonics, sea-level changes, climatic
changes and present-day high-latitude terrestrial and marine processes.
The professional background of the applicant should be related to this
scientific platform and to the courses offered by the department within
Physical Geography (AG-204, AG-304 and AG-305). Applicants should have a
geomorphological research background in glacial-, periglacial- or
permafrost-related processes. Previous research experience from Svalbard
or other Polar regions will be considered an advantage. Also previous
teaching experience and formal pedagogical education will be
considered. It is expected that the successful applicant will carry out active,
productive research in her/his special field, will supervise Masters and
Doctoral students and will actively be involved in both research and
teaching at the department. Research, teaching and supervision at UNIS
are expected to be highly field-related.
Applicants for the position must be able to document their
qualifications as Full or Associate Professor. To be considered for the
position of Associate Professor a Ph.D. in an appropriate field, or its
equivalent, is the minimum requirement. Deadline for applications is 15
February 2003.
For more information including application instructions see the position
announcements at:
http://www.unis.no/