Senior Lecturer in Forest Management with specialisation in Urban Forestry

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The Faculty of Technology offers a broad spectrum of activities across nine different departments and is central to the technical education and research conducted at Linnaeus University. The Department of Forest and Wood Technology offers wide-ranging thematic activities from the forest seedling to the finished wood product. Benefits for the climate arising from forests lie at the centre of all department activities. Based on this theme, the department meets societal challenges whilst contributing to two of the Linnaeus Knowledge Environments: Green sustainable development and Advanced materials.

 

This lectureship position is funded through and part of a long-term collaboration among Södra (Sweden’s largest forest-owner industry group), IKEA and Linnaeus University, the objective of which is to develop and enhance competence, knowledge and education. The collaboration, based on innovation and proximity, brings with it a creative and dynamic exchange of knowledge and skills between academia and participating industries for the clear benefit of businesses, owners, customers, researchers/teachers, students and society. Our vision is to set knowledge in motion and develop high-quality research and study programmes for a student-centred sustainable social development.

 

Subject expertise required: Forest Management with specialisation in Urban Forestry

Location, until further notice: Växjö

Extent of employment: 100%

 

Job description:

Key areas of focus for this position include how to manage urban forests for the benefit of public health and outdoor activities whilst maintaining an attractive urban and residential environment. Furthermore, urban forests create opportunities for the protection of nature, income for the municipality and the supply of raw materials to, for example, local power plants. Hence, the management and adaptation of urban forests are particularly important and multifaceted, not only in terms of recreation and outdoor activities, but also in terms of other aims and objectives. The subject of Urban Forestry is to be developed alongside ‘the benefits of forests on human health’ - a soon to be vacant lectureship position at the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. Work as a Senior Lecturer includes teaching and supervising degree projects and doctoral students in addition to which, due to the project management and research nature of the role, the successful applicant will be required to write scientific articles.

 

Teaching and research activities are planned and incorporated into the work based on the level of competence of the applicant. Teaching is through distance learning in addition to excursions and campus-based practical meetings and lectures. Currently available courses in Forest and Wood Technology attract a large number of student applications. Hence, the position of Senior Lecturer plays an important role in the Master’s Degree in Forest and Wood Engineering and also adds to the competence of the teaching team as a whole.

 

The position involves fostering contacts and collaborations with other research institutions and industries and further developing national and international networks. In addition, the work involves actively participating in and contributing to the internal and external work of the department as well as supporting gender-equality and securing external research funding.

 

It is also important for teachers and lecturers at Linnaeus University to keep abreast of developments within their own specialist subject and any other societal developments that may be of importance to their work at the University. Linnaeus University is committed to equal opportunity forming the basis of all our activities.

 

Eligibility requirements

Those qualified for appointment as a lecturer are those who, on the one hand, have displayed educational ability and, on the other hand, hold a doctorate or possess corresponding scientific ability with regards to the subject content and work tasks pertaining to the appointment.

 

In accordance with Linnaeus University’s appointment procedure, pedagogical proficiency is deemed to embrace the planning, implementation and evaluation of teaching, supervision and examination.

 

In addition to the eligibility requirements specified above, the applicant must fulfil the following criteria:

 

A doctoral degree in a subject of relevance to Forest Management.

 

Independent research experience in the specialist subject of the role.

 

Experience of interacting and collaborating with external and industrial partners.

 

Assessment criteria

The assessment criteria valid for the appointment of a Senior Lecturer  are the level of competence and eligibility required to qualify for the employment. The pedagogical competence of the applicant is given as much consideration as her/his scientific expertise, experience and ability to collaborate.

 

Other merits and favourably viewed qualifications include:

 

Knowledge of Swedish is deemed an additional merit and applicants who, at the time of their employment, are not able to teach in the Swedish language will be expected to do so within a period of two years.

 

Experience of conducting research into and teaching about Nordic forests and forestry.

 

Documented experience of outdoor teaching and knowledge of distance learning using Learning Management Systems and other ICT tools.

 

When the University employs new teachers, the selection of suitable applicants is based on a qualitative assessment of their overall competence and skills as well as prerequisites for implementing and developing the work tasks and contributing to the advancement of the University’s operations.

 

 

Contacts:

Please do not hesitate to contact us should you require any clarification or further information about this position and relevant research area:

Professor Johan Bergh, +46 470 76 75 42, johan.bergh@lnu.se


Head of Department, Jimmy Johansson, +46 470 70 80 33

 

For employment-related matters, please contact Kristofer Stahl, HR Partner, on

+46 470708036, kristofer.stahl@lnu.se