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Assistant, Associate or Full Professorship in Mathematical Logic, Helsinki (Finland), Deadline: 31 Aug 2017
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/open-positions/assistant-professorassociate-professorprofessor-mathematical-logic
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics in the Faculty of Science at
the University of Helsinki invites applications for a
PROFESSOR OR ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN MATHEMATICS
The field of the position is mathematical logic. The successful applicant
may be appointed to a permanent professorship or a fixed-term
associate/assistant professorship (tenure track system consisting of two
stages, each 3 5 years), depending on his or her qualifications and
career stage.
The appointee will be responsible for leading and developing the teaching
in mathematical logic. Experience of teaching and research in at least one
of the research areas in mathematical logic at the department (Dependence
logic, Generalized quantifiers, Infinitary logic, Model theory,
Set-theoretic model theory, Set theory) is a requirement.
The appointee must be able to take advantage of national and international
research funding opportunities, participate in Departments teaching
activities and doctoral education, and actively participate in the
interaction between science and society at large.
According to Section 33 of the Universities Act (No 558/2009), a professor
will carry out and supervise scientific research, provide teaching based
on it, follow developments in research and participate in societal
interaction in his/her field and in international cooperation.
According to the Regulations of the University of Helsinki, a professor
must hold a doctoral degree and have high-level academic qualifications,
experience in heading scientific research. The professor must also be able
to provide research-based teaching of high quality, supervise
dissertations and theses as well as evidence of international cooperation
in the field.
An assistant/associate professor must hold a doctoral degree and ability
for independent scientific work as well as teaching skills required by the
position. Furthermore, the successful candidate is expected to have
competence and motivation for scientific career proven by scientific
publications and other academic activities.
When assessing the qualifications of each candidate, attention will be
paid to scientific publications and other research results of scientific
value, teaching experience and pedagogical training, the ability to
produce teaching materials, other teaching merits, and, if deemed
necessary, teaching skills as demonstrated in a lecture, as well as
participation in doctoral education. Furthermore, attention will be paid
to the applicants activities within the research community, success in
obtaining research funding, research work abroad and elected positions in
international organisations.
Professors salary will be based on levels 8 10 of the demands level
chart for teaching and research personnel in the salary system of the
Finnish universities. An average starting salary for a newly appointed
professor is ca. 5700 euros/month. The salary of an assistant (associate)
professor is based on level 7 with the starting salary of about 4700
euros/month (5200 euros/month).
Applications must have the following enclosures (in English): 1) an
academic portfolio approved by the Faculty (as set out at
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-of-science/faculty/join-us/academic-p...)
containing a) a summary of supervision duties of masters and doctoral
theses and a presentation on how the applicant plans to develop his/her
field and its teaching; b) a list of those publications and other relevant
documents on competence and merits that the applicant wishes to be taken
into account in the selection process.
On the Facultys request, applicants should prepare to submit up to 10
publications of their choice to be sent to assessors after the application
period. The publications shall be submitted the University of Helsinki
Recruitment System upon request of the Faculty.
Please submit your application using the University of Helsinki
Recruitment System via the link Apply for job.
Applicants who are employees of the University of Helsinki are requested
to leave their application via the SAP HR portal.
The dead line for applications is 31 August, 2017.
More information can be obtained from the head of the Department of
Mathematic and Statistics, Professor Mats Gyllenberg, +358 2941 51480,
mats.gyllenberg(at)helsinki.fi.
Apply at latest 31.08.2017
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