Stillingstittel: Professor/Associate professor

Stillingsbeskrivelse:
The University of Oslo is Norway’s largest institution of research and education with 28 000 students and 7000 employees. Its broad range of academic disciplines and internationally esteemed research communities make UiO an important contributor to society.Department of Special Needs EducationProfessor/Associate professor - Neuroscience in special needs education

A permanent position is available at The Department of Special Needs Education for a professor (SKO 1013)/an associate professor (SKO 1011) within the subject area of Neuroscience in special needs education.

The Department of Special Needs Education at the University of Oslo is one of the three departments at the Faculty of Educational Sciences. The department focuses on basic and applied research and education of bachelor-, master- and doctoral level candidates within the field of special needs education in Norway.

Neuroscience in special needs education is an emerging field that brings together researchers from special education, cognitive neuroscience, educational technology and neuropsychology to investigate the relations between biological processes and learning in people with special needs. Current topics in this interdisciplinary field include the neural mechanisms of language processing, reading, numerical cognition, social cognition and their associated difficulties and impairments. The field aims to generate basic and applied research that can lay the foundation for improved practice in special education. Moreover, an important goal is to encourage dialogue between researchers in the fields of special education and biological sciences.

The Department of Special Needs Education has a bachelor program and a master program. The master program gives specialization within five subject areas:

• Hearing, language and communication science
• Intellectual and developmental disabilities
• Social and emotional disturbances
• Speech and language therapy
• Specific Learning Difficulties

Teaching and research will especially be linked to the neural mechanisms involved in learning and cognition as well as their development and associated impairments. The position will involve teaching and supervision of students at the bachelor-, master- and PhD levels.

The Department of Special Needs Education is in the process of establishing an “Assessment and Learning Lab” aiming to investigate cognitive-, linguistic and social abilities and learning in children, adolescents and adults. It might be possible for the successful applicant to be a scientific partner in the work going on in the lab.

It is expected that the successful applicant will participate in one of the research groups at the Faculty of Educational Sciences: http://www.uv.uio.no/english/research/groups/

Job description:

• Promote the development of the subject area through research, publication of academic work nationally and internationally, and participation in national and international networks. Active participation in relevant research groups at the Faculty is required.
• Participate in the planning of study programs, teaching, supervision and examinations as well as related tasks at all levels from Bachelor’s to PhD level, and maintain the educational quality of the teaching programs the selected candidate participates in or is given responsibility for. Teaching research methodology at the Master’s and PhD levels may become part of the job description.
• Research dissemination targeted at both professional actors and the general public.
• Administrative tasks in accordance with the applicable provisions.

Qualifications:

• The applicant must be able to document research competence linked to the advertised subject area
  
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  Maksimal lønn: 0
  
  Arbeidsgiver Navn: Universitetet i Oslo, Faculty of Educati
  
  Arbeidsgiver adresse: 0313 OSLO
  
  Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers
  
  Land: Norge
  
  Region: Oslo
  
  Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge
  
  Lønn valuta: NOK
  
  Lønn periode: Pr. år
  
  
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