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Oslo Metropolitan University is Norway's third largest university with almost 22,000 students and over 2,500 employees. We have campuses in central Oslo and at Romerike. OsloMet educates students and conducts research that contributes to the sustainability of the Norwegian welfare state and the metropolitan region.
The Faculty of Technology, Art and Design (TKD) offers higher education and research and development (R&D) activities within technical subjects, arts and design. The Faculty has approximately 4.000 students and 400 staff members and is situated at Pilestredet Campus in downtown Oslo and at Kjeller Campus in Viken.
The Department of Product Design (PD) is a creative and internationally oriented institute with approx. 30 employees. We work with products, services and systems and are committed to close links with the business community. We offer a bachelor's programme in product design and a master in design in complexity, as well as a PhD programme in innovation for sustainability. The department has three research fields in the areas of design/aesthetics/materiality, systemic design and design for health.
More information about the The Department of Product design(PD) and the Faculty TKD can be found here.
The Department of product design has a vacancy for a professor in service design. This is a 50% permanent position. We are looking for a candidate with a talent and a passion for teaching, research and innovation.
Candidates will be expected to have extensive experience with research and practice in the field of service design.
The candidate is expected to actively strengthen and shape the academic and research work at the department and will be an active member of the research group on Design, culture and sustainability. The candidate is further expected to contribute and strengthen the university's research community in general, including interdisciplinary work across departments at the Faculty of Technology, Art and Design, as well as in collaboration with other faculties at OsloMet.
The candidate will be expected to initiate and secure external funding for new research activities.
Tasks and responsibilities
Qualifications
The required qualifications for artistic professorial competence is:
The required qualifications for academic professorial competence is:
These requirements are for all applicants:
The general criteria for appointment to a position as Professor are set out in the «Forskrift om ansettelse og opprykk i undervisnings- og forskerstillinger» § 1-2, see details in Norwegian.
Candidates who have no relevant qualifications in pedagogy at the time of appointment must commit themselves to complete OsloMet’s programme for basic pedagogical competence (15 ECTS credits) within two years.
A trial lecture will be required in connection with a personal interview.
If no applicants who are qualified for appointment as a professor apply, an applicant may be appointed to a temporary position as a professor on the condition that he/she qualifies for a permanent position within three years. This is according to the Law for universities and university colleges §6.5.
Desired skills
Emphasis is also placed on the following skills, competence and experience:
We offer
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Contact information
Head of Department Gunnar H. Gundersen: ggunders@oslomet.no, phone: +4791142642
Remuneration
Salary is set in accordance with the Norwegian State Salary Scale, job code 1013 Professor NOK 695 500-893 900. A higher salary may be considered for specially qualified candidates. By law 2% of the salary is deducted as to the State Pension Fund.
According to the Norwegian Freedom and Information Act (Offentleglova) your name may be published on the public applicant list even if you have requested non-disclosure. You will in this case be contacted before your name is published.
Evaluation committee
As an applicant you will be assessed by an expert evaluation committee. All applicants must upload the following documents together with your application by the final date for applications:
Artistic (in this context; design) professorial applicants must upload:
Academic professorial applicants must upload:
If you wish to apply for the position, you must apply electronically by clicking the button at the bottom of the advertisement “Apply for position”. All application documents submitted should be in English or a Scandinavian language.
You must upload all of these documents. Original documents and valid passport must be presented if you are invited for an interview. OsloMet performs document inspections in order to give you as a candidate a proper evaluation and ensure fair competition.
If you have problems uploading documents, please contact HR advisor Mette Bjørtomt, email: metteb@oslomet.no
Please note that incomplete applications will not be considered.
It is important to OsloMet to reflect the population of our region, and all qualified candidates are welcome to apply. We make active efforts to further develop as an inclusive workplace and to adapt the workplace if required. Women are strongly encouraged to apply.
Ref.: 19/00839
OsloMet has implemented the Charter & Code and been certified by the EU Commission with HR Excellence in Research (HRS4R) and is part of the EU network for mobility of Researchers Euraxess.
Type of employment | Permanent position |
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Contract type | Part-time |
First day of employment | Etter avtale |
Salary | NOK 695 500-893 900 |
Number of positions | 1 |
Full-time equivalent | 50% |
City | Kjeller |
County | Viken |
Country | Norway |
Reference number | 19/00839 |
Published | 05.Feb.2019 |
Last application date | 19.Mar.2019 11:59 PM CET |