The Department of Business and Economics, Odense, invites applications for a vacant professorship in International Economics, to be filled as soon as possible.
The successful applicant will be part of the department’s Economics Group. The group currently comprises twelve academic staff members and six Ph.D. students, conducting research within the broad areas of international economics and applied microeconomics, as well as econometrics and statistics applied in these fields. In addition, the group collaborates with researchers from other departments at the Faculty of Social Sciences as well as from other domestic and foreign institutions. The department is responsible for teaching economics and econometrics to BSc and MSc in Economics, Business Administration and Mathematical Economics, and to a number of supplementary education programmes.
Applicants will be assessed according to their record of achievement in research at international level in the broad field of international economics, including open macroeconomics, international trade, and development economics. Applicants must be able to document a high level of original scientific production of international standard and must have contributed to the development of the academic field. Furthermore, applicants should have experience with research management, and they are expected to have been supervisor for Ph.D. students. Finally, substantial teaching experience in the fields of economics at undergraduate and graduate levels is required.
The successful applicant is expected to further develop the research and teaching activities within the broadly defined area of international economics. She/he should act as a kind of research manager for the group respecting the individual researcher’s right to free research. She/he is expected to extract external funding, and the successful applicant is expected to take part in the Economics Group’s teaching.
The University of Southern Denmark is a modern, multi-campus university with more than 1,000 researchers and 17,000 students in a wide variety of scientific disciplines. The Department of Business and Economics is located at the main campus in Odense, which with approximately 186,000 inhabitants is the third-largest city of Denmark. Odense is beautifully located on the island of Funen in the heart of Denmark, and can be reached in around 90 minutes from Copenhagen, Aarhus, or the Danish/German border.
Further information can be obtained from Professor Nikolaj Malchow-Møller, Department of Business and Economics, tel.: +45 6550 2109, e-mail: nmm@sam.sdu.dk.
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Application, salary, etc.:
The successful applicant will be employed in accordance with the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and AC (the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations). The salary will correspond to LR 37 (pay bracket 37). To this must be added a pension-qualifying supplement.
The application should include a CV with a complete list of publications, documentation of teaching experience and qualifications, and a brief statement of the applicant’s plans for the development of the academic field in regard to both research and teaching. The application should be sent in six (sorted) hard copies, and it should be received by the end of the deadline. It is not possible to apply on-line or by e-mail. Please mark with an asterisk on the publication list which publications (up to 10) are enclosed for assessment.
The application must include a list of all the enclosures, each of them numbered, supplied with the name of the applicant, and assembled in sets.
In connection with the application the applicant must complete the teaching portfolio. Formal application instructions and guide for teaching portfolio may be found at: http://www.sdu.dk/sam/portuk.
Applications will be assessed by a committee. Applicants will be informed of their assessment by the university. Be advised that the selection committee is only obliged to include the sections of the enclosed material which the committee finds necessary to form an assessment. The committee can demand the inclusion of further material, in which case it lies with the applicant to procure the necessary copies of the material. The committee reserves the right to arrive at a decision solely based on the material submitted.
The Faculty encourages all interested persons to apply, regardless of age, gender, religious affiliation, or ethnic background.
Please send your application marked “Position No. 341/526-095641” and enclosures in six sorted copies to: Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark. The closing date is September 1, 2009 at 12 noon.
Closing date 1 September, 2009 at 12 noon
Location: Odense
Mark application Job ID 341/526-095641 and send it to:
Det Samfundsvidenskabelige Fakultetssekretariat
Syddansk Universitet
Campusvej 55
5230 Odense M
Syddansk Universitet
Important dates:
Publication date:
06/16/2009
Application deadline:
09/01/2009
Start date of employment:
Recruitment as soon as possible
Company Offers:
Type of employment:
Regular position
Weekly working hours:
Full time (37 hours)
Contact:
Professor Nikolaj Malchow-Møller
+4565502109 (Direct work number)
E-mail: nmm@sam.sdu.dk
Employer:
Syddansk Universitet
Campusvej 55
DK 5230 Odense
DenmarkWritten
Job ID:
2385199 |
