The Department of Archaeology, Ancient History and Conservation, Uppsala University, is seeking an Assistant Professor in Archaeology with placement at Campus Gotland in Visby. The position involves being part of a dynamic and expanding research environment with close to one hundred employees in both Visby and Uppsala. The combined departmental environment includes seven main subject areas with teaching at undergraduate, advanced, and doctoral levels: Ancient Culture and Society, Archaeology, Assyriology, Egyptology, Conservation, Osteology, and Global Environmental History.
The Department's activities at Campus Gotland are in an expansive phase and currently include about thirty employees working in conservation, archaeology, and osteology. We wish to further strengthen the environment by recruiting an Assistant Professor in Archaeology. In close collaboration with other staff members, the person is expected to contribute to quality-driven teaching at undergraduate and advanced levels, course development, and pedagogical development work. Through their research competence and scientific commitment, the applicant is expected to contribute to the strategic focus area Cultural Heritage at Uppsala University Campus Gotland by actively participating in the research environment and contributing to interdisciplinary research that promotes interdisciplinary synergies and develops cultural heritage research.
Employment Period and Promotion
Employment as an Assistant Professor can be held for a maximum of four years with the possibility of being considered for promotion to Associate Professor. The Assistant Professor is expected to apply for promotion to Associate Professor toward the end of the four-year period. Criteria for promotion to Associate Professor are found in Uppsala University's employment regulations and the Faculty of Philosophy's supplementary guidelines to the employment regulations.
Duties
Teaching, examination, research, and administration in archaeology. Teaching includes course responsibility and course administration as well as supervision of both students and doctoral candidates. Teaching takes place through lectures, seminars, and practical fieldwork at all levels. Parts of the teaching are conducted via video link. The proportion of teaching, including course administration, amounts to a maximum of 50 percent.
Research comprises at least 50 percent of the full-time position. The research aims to strengthen and develop the department's research profile in archaeology, as well as the focus area of cultural heritage in collaboration with Campus Gotland's other main subject areas. Research also includes actively working to secure external research funding and thereby contribute to increasing the proportion of grant-funded research and increased recruitment of doctoral candidates and researchers at the department.
Qualification Requirements
Eligible for employment as an Assistant Professor in Archaeology is someone who has completed a doctoral degree in archaeology, or has equivalent scientific competence, and has demonstrated pedagogical skill. It is required that both pedagogical skill and scientific skill are relevant to the subject content of the position and the duties involved.
Primarily, applicants who have completed a doctoral degree or reached equivalent competence no more than seven years before the application deadline will be considered.
The applicant must have completed higher education pedagogy training relevant to university activities comprising five weeks or have acquired equivalent knowledge. To be eligible as a doctoral supervisor, completion of supervisor training is required.
For eligibility, documented ability to teach and administer in Swedish and English is required.
Selection Criteria for Applicants Meeting Qualification Requirements
When selecting among eligible applicants, particular weight will be placed on both scientific and pedagogical skill. Special weight will be placed on scientific skill. Administrative skill and ability to collaborate will also be assessed.
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Application Process: All qualifications must be documented so that both quality and scope can be assessed. The application must include the following:
Brief account of scientific, pedagogical, and other activities (CV)
Presentation of scientific qualifications
Description of planned research
List of publications
Presentation of pedagogical qualifications
Presentation of other qualifications
Scientific and pedagogical works cited in full text (maximum five)
Self-reflective account of future research, pedagogical, and other qualifications
Grades, certificates, and other relevant documents
Names and contact information for reference persons (maximum two)
Information about the position is provided by Assistant Dean Christoph Kilger, 018-471 83 12, [email protected]
About the Position
The position is time-limited, 48 months, with a 6-month probationary period. The position is full-time, 100%. Start date by agreement. Location: Visby
Welcome to submit your application by August 31, 2026.
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Trade union representatives: Saco-S - [email protected], Seko - [email protected], ST (OFR/S) - [email protected]The Department of Archaeology, Ancient History and Conservation, Uppsala University, is seeking an Assistant Professor in Archaeology with placement at Campus Gotland in Visby. The position involves being part of a dynamic and expanding research environment with close to one hundred employees in both Visby and Uppsala. The combined departmental environment includes seven main subject areas with teaching at undergraduate, advanced, and doctoral levels: Ancient Culture and Society, Archaeology, Assyriology, Egyptology, Conservation, Osteology, and Global Environmental History.
The Department's…