Stillingstittel: Associate professor (ref.nr. 16/00578)

Stillingsbeskrivelse:

Hedmark University of Applied Sciences (HUAS) has 4 departments: Faculty of Education and Natural Sciences, Campus Hamar, Faculty of Business Administration, Campus Rena, Faculty of Public Health, Campus Elverum and Faculty of Applied Ecology and Agricultural Sciences, Campus Evenstad and Campus Blæstad. The central administration is located at Campus Elverum. HUAS currently has approximately 8000 students and 550 employees.

The Faculty of applied ecology and agricultural sciences consists of two departments: Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Campus Evenstad and Department of Agricultural Sciences, Campus Blæstad. The Faculty has over 400 students and about 70 employees and offers studies within Forestry, Wildlife Management, Hunting and Fishing, Agronomy, Agricultural engineering, Organic Farming, and Applied Ecology. In addition, the Faculty has various programmes offered in English language, including semester programmes, master programmes and a PhD programme in Applied Ecology. We manage a network for improving the quality of education with Nordic and Baltic universities (www.nordnatur.net).

Research at the Faculty of Applied Ecology and Agricultural Sciences is dedicated to the sustainable use of biological resources. The Faculty manage a large number of research projects, an International Research School in Applied Ecology (www.irsae.no) and has at any time between 15 and 20 PhD students. We emphasise the presence on campus of both students and employees.

Situated in a marvellous landscape of forests, mountains, lakes and agricultural fields, both Campus Evenstad and Campus Blæstad offer students interested in agriculture, natural ecosystems and outdoor recreation a great platform for study.

Associate professor (eventually full professor) in forestry - Campus Evenstad - Avdeling for anvendt økologi og landbruksfag

The Faculty of Applied Ecology and Agricultural Sciences invites applications for a permanent position of an associate professor in Forestry. We also welcome applicants who are qualified for a full professorship. The holder of the position will be based at Campus Evenstad and will also be connected to an interdisciplinary research group at the research unit of Evenstad Innovation Center. Evenstad Innovation Center (EIC) will focus on economic, ecologic and social sustainability in the innovation and commercialization of biological resources. EIC will have a unit related to innovation and commercialization and a research unit. The present position is connected to the research unit. It is expected that members of the Research unit collaborate in relevant research grant applications, supervision of students, and research accomplishment and publications. As present we announce 3 positions Connected to the EIC research unit (within forestry, agroecology and applied ecology), but expext to expand this Group in near future. Please click here for a full job description

Job description

• Associate professor or full professor
• The research focus of the position should be within any field of Forestry that can be connected to the sustainable use and management of the forest resources, and further development of the Bioeconomy strategies in Norway. This could for instance be silviculture, forest economy, forest engineering, logistics, forest ecology, forest biometrics, or forest monitoring techniques
• The successful candidate is expected to teach and supervise students at both undergraduate and graduate level

Qualifications

• To be found qualified for a position as associate professor it is required that the candidate holds a PhD
• Candidates qualified for a position
  
  Minstelønn: 0
  
  Maksimal lønn: 0
  
  Arbeidsgiver Navn: Høgskolen i Hedmark
  
  Arbeidsgiver adresse: Anne Evenstads vei 80 2480 KOPPANG
  
  Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers
  
  Land: Norge
  
  Region: Hedmark
  
  Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge
  
  Lønn valuta: NOK
  
  Lønn periode: Pr. år
  
  
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