The position is placed at the Faculty of Medicine. Departmental placement is determined in connection with the appointment. Facilities, other infrastructure, and resources for the position are financed according to the faculty's current model.
The position will be combined with employment as a specialist physician/senior physician. Since the subject is defined as medical research, there is no specific need to fill. The purpose of the appointment is to recruit internationally competitive researchers with documented ability to conduct independent, high-quality research and with clear potential to develop into future leaders in academia.
Duties
Duties primarily include independent research and development work as well as supervision of master's and doctoral students, but also teaching at undergraduate level, leadership, and administration. Other duties may also be included.
Qualifications
Eligible for appointment as a lecturer according to the Higher Education Ordinance 4 chapter 4 § is a person who has both demonstrated pedagogical competence and completed a doctoral degree or has equivalent scientific competence or other professional competence that is relevant considering the subject content of the position and the duties to be included in the employment.
The applicant must have completed university pedagogical training equivalent to at least five weeks or acquired equivalent knowledge in another way, unless there are special reasons. The employee must then complete university pedagogical training during the first two years of employment to meet this requirement.
Since the appointment as university lecturer is combined with employment as a specialist-trained physician, the applicant must have a specialist competence certificate and possess the necessary knowledge of Swedish required for the medical profession according to the definition of the National Board of Health and Welfare at the time of taking up the clinical position (Swedish language skills, at least level C1 according to the Council of Europe scale, which also accepts equivalent knowledge of Norwegian or Danish).
Assessment Criteria
The applicant must have demonstrated scientific and pedagogical competence of significance to the subject. Special weight will be given to scientific competence in the assessment. The applicant must have demonstrated scientific competence by maintaining a good national and international level as a researcher and have well-documented scientific competence. The applicant must have a doctoral degree within a subject area relevant to the position.
Scientific competence must be documented through an independent research profile that has made an international impact. This means that the applicant has established a distinct research line that is separate from previous advisors or research environments, has ongoing grants obtained in competition with the applicant as principal investigator, experience of a postdoc period conducted in an environment other than where the applicant received their doctoral degree, and publications in peer-reviewed journals. Particular consideration is given to publications with the applicant as a senior author.
Weight will also be placed on pedagogical competence and ability to supervise master's students and doctoral candidates. Pedagogical competence must be demonstrated both in teaching and in supervision at undergraduate, advanced, and doctoral levels.
Consideration will also be given to demonstrated ability in leadership, collaboration, clinical competence, and demonstrated ability to interact with the surrounding society. Regarding clinical competence, experience of independent work in healthcare is required where the applicant has current clinical activity.
In the appointment, scientific development potential will be particularly emphasized. This includes the ability to build and lead a competitive research environment in the long term. The applicant's research profile must further have the potential to strengthen the faculty's international impact and contribute to the development of excellent research environments. Particular weight will be given to the applicant's potential to develop into a future professor, including the ability to build and lead a competitive research environment in the long term.
For teachers at Lund University, the general eligibility requirement is to be suitable and have the ability otherwise needed to carry out the duties well.
Further information is provided by Dean Maria Björkqvist, tel: +46 72 700 71 63, e-mail: [email protected] or Vice Dean Jonas Larsson tel 046-22205 80, e-mail: [email protected]
Information about the application procedure is provided by unit manager Kajsa Johnsson, tel 046-222 08 22, e-mail: [email protected] (returning to work as of August 12)
Please note that response times during the summer may be longer than normal due to vacation.
The appointment is made following a proposal from the Medical Faculty's Teacher Nomination Committee.
Application
The position is applied for electronically via Lund University's application portal no later than 2026-09-10.
Applications are submitted according to the Faculty of Medicine's instructions for applicants for teaching positions (see www.medicin.lu.se/lfn under the heading Merit Summary and CV).
The applicant's name may be stated on the Faculty of Medicine's website on the Internet unless it is clearly stated in the application that the applicant objects to this.
The university applies individual salary setting. Please include your salary expectations in your application.The position is placed at the Faculty of Medicine. Departmental placement is determined in connection with the appointment. Facilities, other infrastructure, and resources for the position are financed according to the faculty's current model.
The position will be combined with employment as a specialist physician/senior physician. Since the subject is defined as medical research, there is no specific need to fill. The purpose of the appointment is to recruit internationally competitive researchers with documented ability to conduct independent, high-quality research and with clear potential…