Project assistants: Futures of higher education

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top 100 universities. The University has 40 000 students and more than 8 000 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.


The Faculty of Social Sciences at Lund University is one of the leading education and research institutions in Sweden and operates both in Lund and Helsingborg.

The Department of Political Science combines ancient traditions with modern research and education. The department safeguards disciplinary breadth and diversity and has long been successful in competition for external research funding. Key research fields include democracy and democratisation, power and administration, diplomacy, peace and conflict, globalisation, political psychology, gender, environmental policy and welfare. The strong research profile of the Department of Political Science is reflected in its teaching. The educational environment has long been strongly international.



Project assistants: Futures of higher education

About the position
The Department of political science is announcing at least one position as project assistant.

The positions are mainly related to the initiative “LU@375 - Ingenuity and exploration through troubled times”, which is a collaborative project on the future of higher education, and funded through LU Futura. Through a series of short, playful and creative workshops with a wide variety of LU people, we will collect and explore ideas and visions of how higher education might change, and how it might not. With the material generated by these workshops, we will communicate the possible outcomes of trends in higher education in the Swedish context in an accessible and entertaining form; a jubilee-version of LU’s magazine ‘LUM’ from 2041 (please see the project summary for more info). 

We are looking for people with a profile that contains, for example:

- Experience with design and implementation of (participatory) futures-oriented methodologies.
- Experience with workshop design and facilitation for diverse stakeholder groups, using online tools
- Familiarity with publication design, editorial and production processes
- Ability to analyse and synthesize workshop outcomes to create outputs suitable for use in continued research
- Familiarity with (design) research methods
- Familiarity with Storytelling / narrative design methods

Qualifications

- Excellent command of English (oral and written)
- Adaptable and proactive, able to work with deadlines and manage workload.

Job description
Since we are searching for at least one project assistant, suitable candidates could have complementary profiles. One person could be oriented towards workshop design while the other toward storytelling or general project facilitation. To be able to take the lead in designing and facilitating the series workshops, the first three bullet points are mandatory requirements. 

The project assistant will support the team with the preparation, execution and follow-ups of the workshops. Work tasks may include conducting desk research, facilitating participant invitations, fielding queries from prospective participants and project stakeholders, collecting and logging data (note-taking) during workshops, proof-reading and formatting documents, supporting the project team with data management,  overall administration. 

Scope of the employment: 3 or 7 months, 20 – 50%.  Employment from 1st of April to (no longer than) October 31, 2021.

Lund University welcomes applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We regard gender equality and diversity as a strength and an asset. We kindly decline all sales and marketing contacts.


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