Full professor/Associate professor in Urban Mobility Systems

Information about the research and the department
The mission of the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is to contribute to a sustainable society; it aims on a built environment which promotes health and wellbeing and quality of life, as well as being resource-and cost-efficient. Research reaches from need-driven basic research to applied research and is organised in seven divisions meeting around a number of key areas; water, energy, buildings, environment and transport infrastructure. Examples of activities in the area of transport infrastructure are new structures and composite materials for bridges, in-depth geotechnical knowledge to prevent landslides and problems with bridge foundations and tunnels, sustainability and energy aspects, the environmental impact of transport infrastructure including noise and vibration. One of the key activities in this area is the cooperation with the Norwegian Public Roads Administration on the E39 Coastal Highway Initiative where more than 10 PhD students work in different projects towards the vision of climate neutral ferry free link along the Norwegian west coast. Other key activities inside Chalmers University of Technology relevant for the open position are for instance SAFER (http://www.chalmers.se/safer/) focusing on vehicle and traffic safety aspects, the Centre of Excellence in Railway Mechanics (http://www.charmec.chalmers.se/) as well as the areas of advance in transport (http://www.chalmers.se/en/areas-of-advance/transport/Pages/default.aspx) and building futures (http://www.chalmers.se/en/areas-of-advance/builtenvironment/Pages/default.aspx).

The department is characterized by very good work environment where collaboration and good communication skills are very important. We place great emphasis on personal ability.

Major responsibilities
As full professor/associate professor at Chalmers, you will play a leading role in research and education in your subject area. Duties include performing your own research, teaching on undergraduate, master's and doctoral levels, supervising PhD students and taking part in leadership and administration of both research and other activities. Other important aspects of the position include providing information and communicating about research and current development in the subject area, planning research projects and cooperating within academia and with society at large.?

The applicant is expected to establish and lead a research group working inside these areas in order to reinforce and complement the activities at the department around transport infrastructures. Beside performing and leading research, the successful candidate will develop and teach courses within our educational programmes. One of the department’s missions is to play a leading role in two of the Areas of Advance at Chalmers: Building Futures and Transport. The successful candidate will contribute to and advance our collaboration in these areas.

Position summary
The position is a full-time permanent employment as full professor or associate professor to start as soon as possible.

Qualifications
A position at Chalmers as full professor/associate professor requires scientific expertise on a very high level. You must have the ability to assume a leading role for research in your field. You must be a skilled educator and accustomed to teaching on different levels. For this reason, we place a great deal of emphasis on your pedagogical portfolio. The position requires a minimum of 15 higher education credits in teaching and learning in higher education or corresponding expertise. You have good leadership and cooperation skills. Since your own research and that of PhD students is primarily funded by external sources, we assume you can successfully apply for external funding. Experience from research and development in industry/the public sector and demonstrated innovation capacity are meritorious. 

The applicant for the professorship/associate professorship in Urban mobility systems has her/his main expertise in one of the following areas:?

- Transport in a social, economic and ecological context
- Transport infrastructure and its integration in society with special focus on urban planning
- A sustainable green transport infrastructure including new strategies for promoting and implementing e.g. cycling and walking

The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate the ability to attract external funding, as well as documented proficiency in teaching and supervision at University level.
Well documented ability to collaborate with organisations outside of academia in Sweden an internationally is also of great importance.

The position requires sound verbal and written communication skills in Swedish and English. If Swedish is not your native language, you are expected to acquire sufficient knowledge to be able to teach in Swedish in a few years. Chalmers offers Swedish courses.

Application procedure
The application should be marked with Ref 20160225 and written in English.
Application deadline: 7 November, 2016

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