a professor in Media Technology

Södertörns högskola is recruiting a professor in Media Technology with a specialisation in interaction design, Ref.no.289/22/2007 Media Technology is a multidisciplinary discipline within the School of Communication, Technology and Design.Within the academic school, there is close cooperation between the Department of Media Technology and the Department of Tourism Studies. The position includes teaching, supervision and course development at undergraduate and postgraduate level, as well as research and administrative duties.The successful candidate will be required to prepare for the introduction of doctoral studies in Media Technology at the university college.In addition, the successful candidate will be expected to participate in partnerships with the surrounding community and have a well-developed network both within Sweden and internationally.The opportunity to conduct research is dependent on the candidate's ability to attract external funding.The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate research and teaching experience appropriate for the rank of professor. For the current appointment, the following criteria, in the following order, have been determined: 1.Equal importance will be attached to the candidate's competence in teaching and research.2.Internationally proven academic competence within the fields of media technology, interaction design, human-computer interaction, ubiquitous computing, physical interfaces, game design, mobile services, game studies and creation tools.3.Proven experience from initiating, leading and coordinating research projects, ideally in collaboration with the business community.4.Proven experience of building partnerships with the surrounding community, in particular with regard to applied research.5.Proven experience of supervising doctoral and Master's students.6.Proven ability to work as a member of a team.7.Proven experience of planning, conducting and developing courses, particularly at Master's and doctoral level, in interaction design, media technology and multimedia.8.Proven experience from initiating and leading multidisciplinary research.9.Proven administrative ability.10.Because of the multidisciplinary nature of the discipline, the candidate should have an understanding of, and interest in, perspectives from the Humanities, Social Sciences and Technology. The appointment is full-time until further notice.The appointment is expected to commence as soon as possible.Södertörns högskola is an equal opportunity employer.The majority of staff in the Department of Media Technology is male and, therefore, applications from females would be very welcome.Positive discrimination may be applied.The place of work is the university college's site in Haninge until the spring semester 2008 and, thereafter, at the main site in Flemingsberg.The application should comprise a witnessed CV, a doctoral degree certificate as well as a short description of your administrative, pedagogical, and research merits as well as other merits of relevance for the appointment.We require four copies of the application.