Stillingstittel:
Senior Lecturer / Academic Co-ordinator for the Joint Master's Degree in Governance and Entrepreneurship in Northern and Indigenous Areas (GENI)

Stillingsbeskrivelse:
Jobbnorge ID: 127883

Application date: 5. August 2016

Ref.nr: 2016/6071

 

One position as Senior Lecturer within social sciences is available at the Centre for Sami Studies at the University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway (UiT).

 

For further information about the position, please contact Else Grete Broderstad (Director), tel +47 77 64 69 08, e-mail else.g.broderstad (at) uit.no or Hildegunn Bruland (Head of administration), tel. +47 77 64 55 35, e-mail hildegunn.bruland (at) uit.no  

 

Affiliation

Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education (HSL) has six departments and four centres. The faculty enrolls about 3000 students and employs 400 academic and approximately 130 administrative staff members. The faculty is engaged in research, teaching and outreach activities in a variety of disciplines within humanities and social sciences. It has a leading role in several disciplines within humanities and social sciences in Norway and the Northern region. Much of the tuition is unique in a Northern Norwegian context. In addition, HSL is responsible for the University's overall portfolio in teacher training.

 

The Centre for Sami Studies (Sesam) has three faculty members in permanent positions. In addition, one post doctor, two PhD-students, three adjunct professors are employed at the centre in temporary positions. An academic director is heading the Centre for Sami Studies.

 

The aim of the Centre for Sami Studies is to strengthen multidisciplinary research in Sami and indigenous issues at the University. The centre shall contribute to increased research and dissemination within topics related to Sami and indigenous peoples and strengthen profiling of, and recruitment to, studies focusing on Sami languages, culture, society and indigenous peoples' rights and conditions. The centre's activities shall contribute to the strengthening of Sami languages in an academic context as well as to the development of collaboration with Sami educational and research institutions. Sesam shall moreover assist the leadership of the University and the faculty in Sami and indigenous issues. The centre is responsible for two international master's degree programmes: a two-year full-time Master's Programme in Indigenous Studies (MIS) and the joint Master's programme Governance and Entrepreneurship in Northern and Indigenous Areas (GENI) with a three years duration, flexible and partly online study programme.

 

The position's subject area and field of research

The GENI programme is a joint Master's Degree collaboration between the International Centre for Northern Governance and Development (University of Saskatchewan, Canada) and the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education (HSL) (UiT The Arctic University of Norway). The involved units at HSL are the Centre for Sami Studies, the Department of Sociology, Political Science and Community Planning (ISS) and the Barents Institute (BAI).

 

The programme will provide competence in the fields of governance, consultation and entrepreneurship for northern and indigenous communities. An applied research based internship is one of the core courses. Student mobility, flexible education and online teaching are integrated parts of the programme.

 

The programme is a venue for students interested in comparing governance challenges in a circumpolar context. The graduates will form an international professional network for sharing a common experience and understanding of the current and future challenges of the North, and how to best resolve them in ways that strengthen the position of the co

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Arbeidsgiver Navn: UiT Norges arktiske universitet

Arbeidsgiver adresse: Hansine Hansens veg 18 9019 TROMSØ

Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers

Land: Norge

Region: Troms

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

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