Associate Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor*) in multifunctional urban green areas for human health and biodiversity conservation

Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Science

Department of Urban and Rural Development

This recruitment is part of an excellence initiative – SLU Futures – which aims to attract and support promising young researchers within the strategic themes of Future Sustainable Plant Production Systems, Resilient Ecosystems, and One Health. The objective of the initiative is to create conditions for successful research in future oriented, strong academic environments through long-term employment. Read more here www.slu.se/slu-futures.

The Department of Urban and Rural development offers a unique interdisciplinary research environment including the subjects of Landscape architecture, Agrarian history, Rural development and Environmental communication. Questions about the sustainable use of natural resources and landscapes are central to the department's research, teaching and collaboration.

Read more about the department here www.slu.se/en/about-slu/organisation/departments/urban-rural-development/

Read more about our benefits and what it's like to work at SLU here www.slu.se/en/about-slu/work-at-slu/

Subject area

The subject area is landscape architecture especially landscape management. The focus is on managing multifunctional urban green areas for human health and biodiversity conservation. 

Duties

The Associate Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor will develop their own research profile within the subject of the position. The research is expected to be carried out in close collaboration with researchers within the department and other SLU researchers, as well as through national and international collaboration.

Within the subject for the position the Associate Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor is expected to

• plan, lead and carry out research projects and seek external funding in competition
• publish scientific articles
• contribute to the development of a research group
• participate in postgraduate education as a co-supervisor
• conduct research-based teaching at all levels of the educational cycle
• collaborate with relevant stakeholders linked to urban green

The department has a parallel language work environment. The associate senior lecturer will be able to carry out most of their tasks in English. As the university is Swedish-speaking, however, the holder is expected to be able to work and teach in Swedish within four years of taking up the position. The department will support the holder to achieve this.

Qualifications

Candidates who hold a PhD or have equivalent academic qualifications in a subject linked to landscape architecture or urban ecology or environmental studies or equivalent are eligible for employment as Assistant Professor. Priority will be given to candidates who have received a PhD or equivalent qualifications no longer than seven years before the application deadline. Other candidates may also be considered if there are extraordinary grounds for doing so. Extraordinary grounds refer absence due to illness, parental leave or similar circumstances.

Very good ability to communicate in written and spoken English is required.

Assessment criteria

The assessment criteria for appointment as an associate senior lecturer will primarily be based on the degree to which the applicant/candidate possesses the required qualifications specified for the position. The assessment for appointment as an associate senior lecturer shall be based on the applicant’s scientific expertise within the subject area of the position.

Further, the assessment is also based on the applicant’s research linked to socio-ecological systems in cities and their adjacent areas.

Furthermore, the assessment includes evaluating the applicant’s ability to independently develop a line of research within the subject of the position, and to qualify for promotion to senior lecturer during the employment period.

The position will be offered to the candidate who, after a qualitative overall assessment, is assessed to have the best qualifications to carry out and develop current tasks and contribute to a positive development of the department and SLU.

Place of work

Uppsala

Scope

100 %

Form of Employment

The employment is limited to four years in accordance with the Higher Education Act. A position as associate senior lecturer is a qualifying employment that constitutes the first step in an academic career at SLU. An associate senior lecturer has the right during his/her employment to apply for promotion to senior lecturer (UK) or associate professor (US) on the basis of criteria established when the position as associate senior lecturer was announced.

* Swedish “biträdande universitetslektor”, a tenured position approximately equivalent to Associate senior lecturer (UK) or Assistant professor (US). The applicant who is offered this employment at SLU will be employed as Associate senior lecturer.

This position offers the vibrant research climate at SLU. The benefits of the position include Swedish family health care provisions, parenting support including generous paid leave of absence policies that allow both parents to care for newborns and toddlers. Additionally Sweden has a well-established pre-school structure as well as an educational system that provides no-cost education through university studies. Uppsala has a rich history and culture and is located in the greater Stockholm region, which is an academic and cultural hub. Find out more facts and stories about Sweden at www.sweden.se

Starting date

By agreement.

Application deadline

2025-09-15

Application

It is desirable that the application is written in English, because the applications will be evaluated by expert advisers both in Sweden and abroad.

For the guidance of your application, there is SLU's appointment procedure for teachers at SLU and General assessment criteria for the appointment of teachers, which you can read here.

Please apply by clicking on the apply-button below.

 

The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) has a key role in the development for sustainable life, based on science and education. Through our focus on the interaction between humans, animals and ecosystems and the responsible use of natural resources, we contribute to sustainable societal development and good living conditions on our planet. Our main campuses are located in Alnarp, Umeå and Uppsala, however, the university also operates at research stations, experimental forests and teaching sites throughout Sweden. SLU has around 3,000 employees, 5,000 students and doctoral students and a turnover of over SEK 3 billion. We are investing in attractive environments on all of our campuses. We strive to provide a work environment characterised by inclusivity and gender equality, where different experiences generate conversations between people and pave the way for science, creativity and development. Therefore, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and perspectives.