At the Childhood Studies unit, unique interdisciplinary research is conducted that combines a focus on children's agency and social interactions with a critical and theoretical awareness of children and childhood's shifting meanings across time and space. The department conducts research training and undergraduate education with a focus on questions about children and childhood. Within undergraduate education, an international master's program is offered, along with standalone courses and teacher education courses. Staff members at the Childhood Studies unit share an interest in critical approaches to cultural, social, political, and historical processes.
We are now seeking a professor who, in their role as a research leader, can build an interdisciplinary research area, through which the Childhood Studies unit can continue to broaden and develop its activities. We invite you as an applicant to describe and justify in your application what this research area should be.
We are looking for someone with a strong drive, willingness, and capacity to collaborate within the department, across the university, and in external national and international networks. It is also a requirement that the holder of this position is skilled at seeking and obtaining external research grants so that the area can grow. The work also involves following national and international developments within your subject area, as well as orienting yourself within the child and youth studies field and broader societal developments that are relevant to the research.
The work tasks include, together with other professors, playing a leading role in creating cohesion and a scientific foundation to guide the Childhood Studies unit into the future. This includes contributing to the department's core activities: research, teaching, mentorship, knowledge exchange, publishing, and academic leadership. You are active within the research community, participate in departmental activities such as seminars and workshops, lead research projects, communicate results through academic publications, and foster academic collegiality.
The work tasks for this position are primarily research, research leadership, teaching at the research level, and research supervision. The position also includes some teaching, including supervision at both undergraduate and advanced levels, in both Swedish and English. The distribution between tasks may vary depending on research projects and teaching needs.
We are looking for someone who is flexible and has the ability to move between different types of pedagogical and scientific contexts. You share knowledge and contribute to the work group's professional development, collegial working methods, and social community. We consider it self-evident that you are present and active in the workplace so that you can perform your tasks in the best way and thrive in the work community.
As holder of this position, you are expected to actively contribute to the university's development work and collaboration. Collaboration is an integrated part of the university's research and education mission. Collaboration in research occurs through disseminating, making accessible, and utilizing research. Collaboration in education occurs through planning, organizing, and implementing good collaboration in educational contexts.
Your Qualifications
For information about the qualifications required for employment, please see the full announcement on our website.
Your Workplace
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You can find more information about the Childhood Studies department here: https://liu.se/organisation/liu/tema/temab
About the Position
This is a permanent full-time position.
Start date by agreement.
For more information about eligibility requirements, assessment criteria, and employment procedures for teachers, see https://styrdokument.liu.se/Regelsamling/VisaBeslut/622784.
A background check may be conducted before an employment decision is made.
Salary and Benefits
Linköping University applies individual salary setting.
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Trade Union Contact Persons
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Application
Welcome to apply for this position by clicking the "Apply" button below. Your complete application, including attachments, must be received by Linköping University no later than September 15, 2026.
Applications and/or application materials received after the final application deadline will not be considered.
Publications in PDF or Word format should be attached in the application form. Publications that you do not have in digital form should be sent by post in three copies to Linköping University, Registry, 581 83 Linköping. Publications must be received by Linköping University no later than the final application deadline. Printed publications will not be returned, as documents received by Linköping University are retained or destroyed according to applicable disposal regulations.
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Linköping University has contracted agreements and requests no direct contact from staffing and recruitment companies or job announcement vendors.At the Childhood Studies unit, unique interdisciplinary research is conducted that combines a focus on children's agency and social interactions with a critical and theoretical awareness of children and childhood's shifting meanings across time and space. The department conducts research training and undergraduate education with a focus on questions about children and childhood. Within undergraduate education, an international master's program is offered, along with standalone courses and teacher education courses. Staff members at the Childhood Studies unit share an interest in critical…