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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 Department’s 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 applicant’s activities within the research community, success in 
obtaining research funding, research work abroad and elected positions in 
international organisations.

Professor’s 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 master’s 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 Faculty’s 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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