Assistant Professor in Adult Education

The Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, invites applications for a position as an Assistant Professor in Adult Education. The Assistant Professorship is a full-time and fixed-term three-year position starting on 1 November 2024, or as soon as possible thereafter subject to mutual agreement. The position will be based at the Department of Education Studies.

Job description

As an Assistant Professor in Adult Education, you will contribute to the building of a regarded national and international profile of the Danish School of Education in the field of adult education. You will conduct independent and collaborative empirical research on adult education and learning, adult education institutions, workplace learning, assessment and use of prior learning, and the interplay between formal education and workplace practice. In continuity of your research, you will communicate research-based knowledge to practice fields, media and policymakers, and you will play an active role in the development of the newly established research programme on vocational training and adult education. You will furthermore teach and supervise students at Bachelor’s, Master’s and professional Master’s level, including coordinating course modules. Finally, you are expected to engage in research grant applications and international network consolidation during your period of employment as an Assistant Professor.

Your tasks will mainly include:

• Research of advanced and international quality, published in highprofile international and (if relevant) national journals
• Development of national and international research collaborations
• Researchbased communication to practice fields, media and policymakers at a national level
• Development of grant applications together with internal and external partners
• Researchbased teaching and development of teaching on the Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes in education science as well as the professional Master’s degree programme in adult education
• Supervision of Bachelor’s, Master’s and professional Master’s degree students
• Active involvement in the academic and social environment at the Department of Education Studies.

Qualifications

Appointment as an Assistant Professor/Researcher requires academic qualifications at PhD level. At the Department of Education Studies, we welcome a broad range of academic backgrounds, including Education, Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, History, Political Science, organisation studies and working life studies. Besides outlining how your academic background is relevant for the position, your application should demonstrate a relevant research profile within at least one of the following areas:

• Adult learning, including formal, nonformal and informal learning
• Practice learning
• Workplace learning and workplace practice
• Development of adults’ competences and skills
• Adult education programmes
• Adult education institutions.

Your application should furthermore display your research plans and plans for the development of your academic profile in relation to these areas, as well as your empirical, methodological and theoretical research contributions and interests.

About the Danish School of Education

The Danish School of Education at Aarhus University is Denmark’s largest centre for research and teaching in the fields of education, didactics and learning, with approximately 240 full-time researchers, including 80 PhD students, and 4,500 Bachelor’s and Master’s degree students. The school’s activities are characterised by a high degree of interdisciplinarity and close interaction with society, including businesses, organisations, government agencies and institutions, both in Denmark and abroad.

The position is based at the Department of Education Studies, where you will find colleagues working with a broad range of empirical, methodological and theoretical sources both within specialised research fields and across interdisciplinary research fields. Our Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes focus on historical and contemporary issues related to education, including digital technologies, sustainability, diversity and dominant forms of organisation, management, governance and administration of education. The research environments at the department include researchers working with practice learning, work-based learning and lifelong learning.

Further information

If you need further information, you are welcome to contact Head of the Department of Education Studies, Associate Professor Miriam Madsen, +45 28 84 26 72.
The workplace is the Danish School of Education. The Danish School of Education is a two-campus institute. The workplace can be located in either of the two campuses and is subject to mutual agreement.

Emdrup Campus, Tuborgvej 164, 2400 København NV
Aarhus Campus, Jens Chr. Skous Vej 5, building 1483, 8000 Aarhus C.

International applicants

International applicants are encouraged to check Family and work-life balance and Attractive working conditions for further information about the benefits of working at Aarhus University and in Denmark, including healthcare, paid holidays and, if relevant, maternity/paternity leave, childcare and schooling. Aarhus University offers a broad variety of services for international researchers and accompanying families, including a relocation service and career counselling for expat partners. For information about taxation, see Taxation aspects of international researchers’ employment by AU.

Qualification requirements

Applicants should hold a PhD or equivalent academic qualifications.

Aarhus University offers a broad variety of services for international researchers and accompanying families, including relocation service and career counselling to expat partners: Relocation Services for Professors and Postdocs at Aarhus University (au.dk). Please find more information about entering and working in Denmark here: http://international.au.dk/research/.

Formalities

• Faculty of Arts refers to the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Danish Universities (the Appointment Order).
• Appointment shall be in accordance with the collective labour agreement between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations.
• Further information on qualification requirements and job content may be found in the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Danish Universities
• Further information on the application and supplementary materials may be found in Application Guidelines.
• The application must outline the applicant's motivation for applying for the position, attaching a curriculum vitae, a teaching portfolio, a complete list of published works, copies of degree certificates and examples of academic production (mandatory, but no more than five examples). Please upload this material electronically along with your application.
• If nothing else is noted, applications must be submitted in English. Application deadline is at 11.59 pm Danish time (same as Central European Time) on the deadline day.

Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants.

Shortlists may be prepared with the candidates that have been selected for a detailed academic assessment. A committee set up by the head of school is responsible for selecting the most qualified candidates. See this link for further information about shortlisting at the Faculty of Arts: shortlisting

Faculty of Arts

The Faculty of Arts is one of five main academic areas at Aarhus University.

The faculty contributes to Aarhus University's research, talent development, knowledge exchange and degree programmes.

With its 550 academic staff members, 240 PhD students, 9,500 BA and MA students, and 1,500 students following continuing/further education programmes, the faculty constitutes a strong and diverse research and teaching environment.

The Faculty of Arts consists of the School of Communication and Culture, the School of Culture and Society, the Danish School of Education, and the Centre for Teaching Development and Digital Media. Each of these units has strong academic environments and forms the basis for interdisciplinary research and education.

The faculty's academic environments and degree programmes engage in international collaboration and share the common goal of contributing to the development of knowledge, welfare and culture in interaction with society.

Read more at arts.au.dk/en

The application must be submitted via Aarhus University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website.

Aarhus University

Aarhus University is an academically diverse and research-intensive university with a strong commitment to high-quality research and education and the development of society nationally and globally. The university offers an inspiring research and teaching environment to its 38,000 students (FTEs) and 8,300 employees, and has an annual revenues of EUR 935 million. Learn more at www.international.au.dk/