Associate senior lecturer in industrial work-integrated learning with a focus on organizing university-industry collaboration - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Associate senior lecturer in industrial work-integrated learning with a focus on organizing university-industry collaboration

Subject area:
Industrial work-integrated learning (I-WIL) is a prioritized area within University West. I-WIL were created with aim of reflect the specific challenges and opportunities of the industry sector. I-AIL research are expected to further develop the WIL focus of the University West, regard to research and education. I-AIL are also expected to take a particular responsibility in develop end design activities for collaboration and co-production with the industrial sector. I-WIL is an interdisciplinary subject linked to reference disciplines such as organizational science, business administration, industrial engineering and management, production systems, pedagogy, sociology, media and communication science, work science and cognitive science.

In I-WIL we pay attention to research and education related to knowledge about methods, models and support techniques for the “new” workplaces that are being transformed, for instance under the wave of industry 4.0. Knowledge of how we as individuals and organizations can learn, collaborate, and make decisions in such situations becomes invaluable to efficiently perform in organizations of Industry 4.0 and Production 2030.

This position will be a fundamental part of building I-WIL’s research area (I-WIL). The core of the I-WIL group now consists of 3 professors, 5 associate professors, 8 doctors and 4 PhD students. The group has about 7 running projects and has about 25 million SEK turnover in budget in 2020.

The associate senior lecturer's scientific work:
The task will consist of research as well as education and teaching at bachelor and advanced level. An important part of the work is to engage in relationship-building activities of I-AIL within university West. You are also expected to become involved in existing industrial partnerships as well become engaged in developing new, actively be involved in and take responsibility for research applications and other activities to allocated external funding for research area of I-AIL, as well relevant research projects as well as manage student projects.

The research focus in the advertised position will be oriented towards University-industry collaboration, with a particular emphasis how such collaboration is organized and designed and what is produced in the intersection of industrial and academic actors engaged in joint collaborative research projects. There is strong discourse in the contemporary debate emphasizing the importance and value of university-industry collaboration in producing competitive and sustainable conditions for technical and social development. Within University West, this ambition is mirrored and expressed in the focus on collaborative design in research projects and its emphasis on coproduction of research results. However, considering the central role given to university-industry collaboration and the number of now ongoing research project within University West, designed with this focus in mind, we still know little of the effects of such collaboration both in terms of practical implication for the actors involved, and as a research approach able to produce and publish relevant, and state of the art academic results. A particular conceptual interest within this research theme is how, if at all, researcher and company representatives’ balances shifting, and potentially conflicting, interests such as practical usefulness, industrial relevance, professional integrity, and academic rigor, inherent in this type of close collaborative research designs.

A further aim with this project, and with a particular value for University West, is to provide useful input and to become involved in the development of strategies, methods, and techniques for a sustainable, balanced, and functional university-industry collaboration – what we refer to as Quality Models for Understanding Learning - within Primus in particular, and for university-industry collaboration more generally. Given the research focus for the proposed position, interest and understanding of theories and perspectives related to socio-technical studies as well as practice theory is welcomed, as both human and technical abilities and activities will form essential elements of the research and educational practice.

Qualifications:
In order to be qualified for the position as an associated senior lecturer you need to have obtained a doctoral degree or achieved equivalent competence within in industrial work-integrated learning or equivalent area. Applicants who have obtained a doctoral degree or achieved the equivalent competence in five years or less prior to the end of the application deadline will be given priority.

- Excellent oral and written communications skills in English.

- Ability to teach in Swedish.

- Necessary personal capabilities to fully carry out the duties of the appointment in collaboration with the rest of the group.

The following skills will be considered meritorious:
When assessing skills, abilities consideration is given to the subject area of the employment, subject description and tasks described above.

• Scientific skills in the subject area.
• Documented skills to collaborate, disseminate and apply research and development results in close collaboration with companies and organizations and/or communication and collaboration in cross-functional and/or diverse organizations/environments.
• Experience of planning, initiation, management and development of research applications and projects.
• International contact areas and academic networks.
• Administrative proficiency, as well as the ability to take responsibility for and undertake teaching in all levels as well as in postgraduate studies about the subject.
• Degree of skill and experience in developing and leading university activities at the university will be considered,
• Ability to collaborate with colleagues and the surrounding community and to inform about research and development work.
• Scientific skills in the subject field and the ability to develop research- and educational activities in collaboration with colleagues and surrounding community.
• pedagogical skills in the subject field will be assessed.

Assessment criteria
Special importance will be given to scientific skills in the subject field and the ability to develop research- and educational activities in collaboration with colleagues and surrounding community. In addition, pedagogical skills in the subject field will be assessed. The subject field of the employment, the field description and work tasks should be taken into account, when evaluating the applicant’s skills.

Terms of employment: 
The position can be held for a maximum of four (4) years. It is expected that an associate senior lecturer applies for a promotion to a senior lecturer. If the candidate is deemed suitable and fulfills the criteria for promotion established by the faculty board he/she shall be promoted to a senior lecturer. Such a promotion implies a permanent position as a senior lecturer.

Other
In the selection process, interviewing, referencing and proof reading may be relevant. The applications should be made digitally via our recruitment tool.

For information about the design of the application, see guidelines for the employment and promotion of teachers at the University West: University West - Job opportunities (hv.se)

The documents that cannot be sent digitally, such as books and publications; should be labelled with reference number R 2021/73 and sent in two copies.

Application is made to:
University West
HR
461 86 Trollhättan
Sweden

Deadline for application is 2021-05-05.

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