Welcome to Linnaeus University! Here you will meet 2,200 employees and 40,000 students who together follow the vision of putting knowledge in motion for sustainable societal development. With us, research and education are conducted with an eye toward the future. Our proximity to the business community, both locally and globally, gives us far-reaching impact and opportunities for change that make a difference. All that is needed is a place where ideas have room to meet and grow. That is what we have created – and you are invited.
Change starts here!
Linnaeus University has been given a unique opportunity to create a modern and exciting legal science environment, where we build upon and develop the legal science discourse from other universities. We are now recruiting a lecturer in procedural law who wants to be part of building something new, developing the established, and in collaboration create a complete academic environment that makes an impact both within and beyond the university world. See more at http://www.lnu.se/rv-miljo
The Department of Legal Science is organizationally part of the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Subject area for the position: Legal Science with focus on Procedural Law
Work location: Kalmar
Employment extent: 100 percent, permanent. Probation is normally applied.
Start date: By agreement.
Job description
Work tasks consist of research, education planning, teaching and examination in specialized legal science education such as the upcoming law program. Some teaching in other professional programs with legal science elements may occur.
During the first two years, 50 percent research is included in the position, in year three 30 percent, thereafter according to applicable working time agreement (currently 20 percent). This means actively conducting research and contributing to the establishment and development of education and research environments within legal science.
Travel between the university's two campuses may occur since teaching can be included at both Kalmar and Växjö.
Qualifications
Eligible for employment as a lecturer is a person who has demonstrated pedagogical skills and holds a Doctor of Laws (Juris Doctor) degree or has equivalent scientific competence within a relevant subject area.
The position requires that the applicant has documented good collaboration skills in relation to both student groups and colleagues within work teams and research environments.
Ability to teach in Swedish and English is required.
Assessment criteria
The degree of skill required for eligibility for employment as a lecturer shall serve as the assessment criteria for employment. The assessment of pedagogical skills shall receive equal care as the assessment of other eligibility requirements.
Guiding principles for assessing scientific skills are the independence, scope and quality of one's own research. Pedagogical skills shall be demonstrated through teaching and concern development, planning, implementation and evaluation of teaching, as well as supervision and examination. Pedagogical skills shall demonstrate a reflective approach to students' learning and to one's own teaching role.
When the university hires new teachers, applicants shall be selected based on a qualitative overall assessment as those deemed to have the best preconditions to carry out and develop current work tasks and contribute to successful development of operations.
We welcome your application no later than September 30, 2026!
Contact persons:
Dean Katarina Hyltén-Cavallius, [email protected], 0702 21 87 63
HR Partner Karolina Österdahl, [email protected], 0470-708674
Linnaeus University has the ambition to utilize the qualities that equal gender distribution and diversity bring to the organization.
Would you like to know more about the Department of Legal Science? Read more at https://lnu.se/mot-linneuniversitetet/Organisation/fakulteten-for-samhallsvetenskap/mot-fakulteten/rattsvetenskap/
Register your application via the "Apply" button at the bottom of the announcement. Your application shall be formatted according to the Application Template which you can find in Supplementary Guidelines - Employment Regulations under the section "important documents" at the bottom of the announcement. The qualifications you cite shall be supported by certificates and should be attached digitally to your application. Other documents, such as various types of scientific work, should be submitted digitally together with your application. The application and other documents shall be marked with the employment reference number. All documents cited shall be received by the university no later than 23.59 on the last application day. We decline telephone calls from job announcement vendors.
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Linnaeus University is an employer that meets the requirements of the European Charter for Researchers and follows recruitment guidelines. Therefore, the university has received HR Excellence in Research certification. Please note that identification must be presented at the interview.Welcome to Linnaeus University! Here you will meet 2,200 employees and 40,000 students who together follow the vision of putting knowledge in motion for sustainable societal development. With us, research and education are conducted with an eye toward the future. Our proximity to the business community, both locally and globally, gives us far-reaching impact and opportunities for change that make a difference. All that is needed is a place where ideas have room to meet and grow. That is what we have created – and you are invited.
Change starts here!
Linnaeus University has been given a unique…