Professor in INFORMATICS (IDE 15/11)

Scientific focus of the position:
The research in Informatics/Information Systems at Halmstad University has a focus on the area of digital service innovation. This includes a range of research themes such as research on innovation processes, design research on digital services, as well as research on business and market implementation of digital services.
The University has established a strong network of industry and public sector relationships in this research area. The research on digital service innovation is one of the prioritized research areas where continued development of research strength is expected in order to reach excellence in international and national collaborations. This area, which is expected to attract considerable industrial interest also in the future, will be an important research area for Halmstad University in the coming years.

The major part of the employment is intended for research, post-doc mentoring and doctoral education, but teaching and supervising undergraduate and graduate students are also important parts of the employment.

The appointed professor is expected to develop a high-quality funded research program together with colleagues and must be committed to excellence in teaching at both graduate and undergraduate levels.
 
Candidates must write a research program proposal, including ideas about possible cooperation within our larger research environment focusing on Informatics/Information Systems research on digital service innovation and relate to the overall research environment Embedded and Intelligent Systems (EIS). Information about EIS is found on www.hh.se/eis.

Qualifications:
"In order to be considered qualified as a professor within academic areas outside of the performing and visual artistic domain it is necessary for the applicant to demonstrate a record of both scholarly and teaching achievement.
 The same weight will be given to the assessment of teaching merits as with the assessment of scholarly achievement." (The Higher Education Ordinance Chapter 4, § 3).

Candidates must have a distinguished record of original research work in Informatics/Information Systems and proven teaching and leadership abilities. The main emphasis in the assessment of the applicant is on scientific skills and productivity.  A strong emphasis will also be placed upon pedagogical skills as well as skills to attract research funding and ability to co-operate with industry. In addition, administrative skills as well as skills in developing and leading projects and personnel will be judged as being of high value.

Salary level:
The salary is to be settled by negotiation. The application should include a statement of the salary level required by the candidate.

For further information please contact Head of MI-lab Dr. Maria Åkesson, EIS research manager Professor Bertil Svensson, Dean Magnus Larsson or the union representative Inger Wieslander (SACO). All can be reached by phone through the switchboard + 46 (0) 35 16 71 00.
 
Application:
Your application, marked with ref no IDE 13/11 shall be at Halmstad University no later than 2011-09-26 either sent by e-mail to registrator@hh.se or by regular mail to Högskolan i Halmstad, Registrator, Box 823, SE 301 18 HALMSTAD, Sweden.

The application should consist of one electronic or four physical complete parcels each of which contains the following information:

A statement covering the applicant´s scholarly and teaching merits together with other areas of experience.
A statement of intent with a suggested research program and which goals and visions the applicant wishes to achieve if successful.
An attested curriculum vitae with statement of references, clearly documented and attested with enclosed certificates.
A comprehensive list of scholarly publications.
A maximum of eight publications.

All enclosed copies of original documents must be attested.