Ulf Bjereld, Professor, Head of Department of Political Sciences, University of Gothenburg has sent me the following job vacancy:

UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG
Publication Date 2010-03-01

The University of Gothenburg invites applications for a Professorship in Political Science with specialization in Electoral Studies

Reference No. E 311 18/10

The position is placed in the Department of Political Science

Responsibilities
Democracy and Opinion is one of the University of Gothenburg’s dedicated Priority Research Areas. The Swedish National Election Studies Program, which focuses on elections, public opinion formation, and political behaviour, is a central part of this Priority Research Area.

The candidate must be willing to take responsibility for The Swedish National Election Studies Program, including the voter studies regularly carried out in connection with general elections. Furthermore, the successful candidate is also expected to play a leading role in the broad research on elections, public opinion, and democracy, which is carried out in the Department of Political Science. In addition, the duties of the Professor include supervising and teaching. The applicant is also expected to generate external research funding, to contribute to the internationalization of the “Priority Research Area” and to take active part in the debate on current political affairs.

Qualifications
The qualification requirements and the evaluation criteria for the appointment are as specified in Chapter Four of the Swedish Higher Education Ordinance. Candidates are expected to have an internationally outstanding academic record including research, teaching and directing large research programs. Applications must be supported with formal documentation of these skills. Documented skills in teaching in English is a requirement for the appointment. While prior Swedish language skills is not a prerequisite for the appointment, the successful applicant is expected to be in sufficient control of the Swedish language to perform administrative and pedagogical tasks and external cooperation in the Swedish language after two years of employment.

Evaluation Criteria
Primary emphasis in the review process will be placed on the candidate’s quality of scholarship as evidenced by recent publications, success in attracting competitive research funding, and experience in developing and leading research groups. Also, the candidate’s pedagogical skills (teaching experience, track record in designing, developing, and coordinating courses, and doctoral dissertations supervised) will be considered. Consideration will also be given to the applicant’s proven administrative and leadership ability as well as her/his community relations skills. In addition, candidates should have good interpersonal skills and other personal qualifications required to successfully carry out the duties of the position, and be able to demonstrate broad academic competence beyond the candidate’s immediate area of specialisation.

Shortlisted candidates may be requested to make a presentation or give a guest lecture, attend interviews, and provide references.

Additional Information
The University especially encourages applications from qualified women. If candidates are of equal merit, the provisions of the Higher Education Ordinance (Chapter Four, Section 16) regarding “positive discrimination” will apply to this appointment.

Potential candidates are advised to study the document "Rules of the Board of the Faculty of Social Sciences when recruiting and appointing teachers" containing the regulations governing faculty hiring in the University’s social science departments. The document can be obtained from the Faculty of Social Sciences website, www.samfak.gu.se or from the hiring committee secretary Mr. Göran Liljedahl, tel. +46 (0) 31 786 1094 or email Goran.Liljedahl@samfak.gu.se

For further information concerning the Professorship, please contact Professor Ulf Bjereld, Department Chair, tel. +46 (0) 31 786 1240 or email ulf.bjereld@pol.gu.se

Union officials: SACO Martin Selander, tel. +46 (0) 31 786 1987; OFR/S Astrid Igerud, tel. +46 (0) 31 786 1169; SEKO Lennart Olsson, tel. +46 (0)31 786 1173.

Application
Applications should conform to the guidelines in the document "Template for applying for employment as an promotion to professor or senior lecturer in the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Gothenburg" available at http://www.samfak.gu.se/om_fakulteten/Styrdokument/. It is the responsibility of the candidate to complete all submission requirements as outlined in this announcement.

The application should contain a list of supporting materials consisting of a maximum of ten scholarly publications and ten examples of work considered as teaching aids or course materials. Publications and other supporting material are to be submitted separately no later than three weeks from closing date. Candidates should clearly identify the items on the list that she/he intends to submit for consideration. Three identical sets of the supporting material should be mailed to the addresses given to the applicant after closing date. Two references should be provided.

The complete application package quoting the reference number above should be forwarded to: University of Gothenburg, Faculty of Social Sciences, Box 720, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden. Closing date for applications is 2010-04-22