Senior Lecturer in informatics with specialization in eHealth

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The department of informatics belongs to the faculty of technology and is one of nine departments at the faculty. Activities are carried out at three cities: Kalmar, Växjö and Ljungby.

 

At the department of informatics, research is carried out within three main areas, namely: information management, digital business transformation and interaction design. Furthermore, the research is carried out in the intersection of these areas and their applications across different disciplines such as: eLearning, eHealth, and human-computer interaction.

 

The department of informatics offers six-degree programmes at first and second cycle levels. Several of the courses and programmes are offered as distance courses, both nationally and internationally. Three of the degree programmes are first cycle level and three are second cycle level. The department also offers single subject courses as well as education and research cooperation with other Faculties, for example master program in eHealth.  Additionally, third cycle level education is offered in the programme Computer and Information Sciences which is run jointly with Computer Science and Media Technology department.

 

A large part of the research is tied to regional development, but there is also research in collaboration with national and international collaboration partners, within both the academia and the industry.

 

Field of subject for the appointment: Informatics

Placement city:  Kalmar

Scope of appointment: Full time 

 

Job description:

The appointment includes teaching and supervision at the basic and advanced levels, as well as research activities. Administrative duties and assignments at different committees within the department as well as faculty and university may be included. For this position, the applicant should have competence in the area of interaction design with special focus and applications on eHealth. Primarily, how digital technology can support and be used to develop healthcare systems in order to provide citizens best possible care in an effective, safe and sustainable way.

The applicant is expected to teach courses and conduct research within some of the following areas:


• Interaction design methods applied on eHealth
• Experience on implementation and management of information systems, preferably in health care sector
• knowledge of methods and theories based on systems thinking
• distance learning;
• experience of collaboration with health care organizations, as well as participation in development and research projects, both nationally and internationally.

The department is characterized by theoretical, applied and experimental development activities. Both research and teaching are often cross disciplinary.

As a senior lecturer, you are expected to take responsibility for teaching within the field. This comprises development and implementation of courses and supervision of degree projects and doctoral students. You are also expected to, within the field of subject, collaborate with the industry, in particular with the regional industry, and to develop collaborations with regional companies. The appointment may also involve development of contract education and various forms of academic administrative tasks at the university.

 

Travel between the locations will occur when our teaching and research is conducted in Kalmar, Växjö and Ljungby.

 

Requirements

Qualified for appointment as senior lecturer is a person who has demonstrated teaching expertise and been awarded a doctorate in informatics or equivalent subject, or has equivalent scientific experience considering the subject matter of the post and the duties it will involve (HF, chapter 4, section 4).

 

According to the admission procedures at Linnaeus University the pedagogical skills are to refer to the planning, implementation and evaluation of teaching as well as to supervision and examination. Teaching requires the ability to communicate in Swedish and English, oral and in written. The applicant is expected to collaborate with colleagues and students. Therefore, teamwork and flexibility are of mayor importance. The applicant must also have a demonstrated ability to collaborate and maintain networks with the surrounding society (academy, the industry, and public organisations).

 

Assessment grounds

As assessment grounds for appointment as senior lecturer, the level of skills considered a requirement to be qualified for the appointment is to be in force. Other assessment grounds are proven ability to obtain external funding, which is a very important factor in order to be able to develop both research and third-cycle education. Since teaching and research will be carried out in collaboration, documented experience of collaborations is meriting. The applicant is expected to collaborate with existing researchers within the subject. Moreover, it is expected to include in the application a description of possible collaborations with existing research and education at the department. Since several of our programs are distance based, experience in distance education is meriting.

 

Teaching requires the ability to communicate in Swedish and English, oral and in written. If the applicant does not have the ability to teach in Swedish, he/she will be expected to be able to do so within couple of years from the start of the appointment.

 

Deadline is 2020-09-01.

 

Contacts:

Head of department: Arianit Kurti

Subject responsible: Anita Mirijamdotter                                           

Human resources consultant: Kristofer Stahl