CREES

Principal Duties and Responsibilities
A professor in IMER at Malmö University is required to:
be competent in a number of the department’s research areas;
be able to work with research and education issues within international migration and ethnic relations at the IMER Department, the university on the whole, and the surrounding community;
be able to work with and develop further international collaborative projects within the sphere of international migration and ethnic relations; supervise postgraduate students;
teach at undergraduate level, preferably at master’s level, to the extent of at least 20% of the position.

Qualifications
The successful applicant will be able to show both scientific and pedagogic skills. Both areas are adjudged equally important (HF 4 chap. 5 §).

A position of professor at Malmö University also requires:
good ability to work in the community and inform about research and development work; good ability to develop, implement and lead education and research; good ability to lead personnel; good ability to work cooperatively.

In addition, this position requires: documented experience of working in a multidisciplinary research environment; international experience; experience of teaching in English; the ability to procure research funding; the ability to work cooperatively with the surrounding community; the ability to initiate commitment and participation amongst personnel and students.

Selection Criteria
The basis for assessing the applicant’s eligibility for this position
is his/her level of skill and ability in terms of the requirements
outlined above. Scientific and pedagogic skills are regarded as equally important, and the successful applicant must show competence in both these areas. The applicant’s level of administrative ability and that of other skills the university considers relevant for the subject content and the duties attached to this post will also be taken into consideration (HF 4 chap. 15§).

Experience of working with or knowledge of Malmö University’s
perspectives is deemed a merit.

Other Information
Duties will commence as per agreement. This is a full-time, permanent
position at the Department of IMER. Malmö University adopts individual
salary structures and may offer a trial period of employment.

Malmö University is committed to gender equality and diversity in the
workplace.

Further Information
Contact: Per-Markku Ristilammi, Vice Dean, Culture and Society (tel: +
46 (0)40 6657356)

Applications
Please mark your application with the relevant reference number and
send it to Malmö University, Culture and Society, Registrar, 205 06
Malmö. The last date of application is March 1, 2009.

The application should include the following:
1. A signed CV
2. Certified copies of academic certificates
3. A brief presentation of any scientific teaching and/or any
experience that is relevant to the position.
4. A list of your scientific and educational work.
5. Examples of your most prominent scientific and educational work (a
maximum of ten in each field).
6. References.

Please submit three (3) complete sets of all documents. Malmö
University’s “qualifications portfolio” for teachers/researchers
at the university contains guidelines for documenting your
qualifications. See also Malmö University’s “employment
guidelines.”

Union Representatives
SACO/S, Marie Böiers, tel +46(0)40- 665 80 43
OFR/Lärarförbundet, Carl-Erik Blomberg, tel +46(0)40- 665 82 89
OFR/ST, Peter Gustafsson, tel +46(0)40- 665 72 37
SEKO, Arnar Sveinsson, tel. +46(0)733- 610 421

Fil. dr. Magdalena Nordin
IMER, Malmö Högskola
205 06 Malmö
040-665 73 88