Tenure-track as Assistant Professor in Human Security, Department of Anthropology, AU

Aarhus University; Aarhus; Sur place; DKK 550 000 - 700 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Aarhus University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor in Human Security within the Department of Anthropology. The position combines teaching and research and will commence on 1 September 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The appointee will coordinate the interdisciplinary master's program in Human Security and contribute to BA, MA, and PhD education. Candidates should hold a PhD, have a strong ethnographic research profile, and proven teaching ability in English.

Qualifications

• PhD degree or equivalent in Human Security or related field.
• Documented teaching qualifications for BA/MA/PhD programs.
• International publication record or list of publications in human security.
• Substantial ethnographic/field-based research experience.
• Teaching in English at BA/MA/PhD levels.
• Experience with interdisciplinary collaboration and external funding.
• Experience supervising student projects and developing talent.
• Engagement with governmental, NGO, or civil society stakeholders.

Responsabilités

• Teach and supervise students across BA/MA/PhD programs in Human Security.
• Coordinate the interdisciplinary MA program in Human Security.
• Contribute to curriculum development and core courses in anthropology.
• Engage in knowledge exchange with governmental, NGO and international partners.
• Develop doctoral training and supervise MA/PhD candidates.

Connaissances

Ethnographic methods

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Teaching in English

Knowledge exchange

Supervision of students

Formation

PhD in a relevant field

Description du poste

Tenure-track position as Assistant Professor in Human Security, Department of Anthropology, AU

The Department of Anthropology, School of Culture and Society, invites applications for a tenure track position as assistant professor in Human Security. The position will commence on 1 September 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter.

An assistant professorship is a full-time, training position that involves research and teaching at the BA, MA and PhD level and includes an obligatory course in university teaching for assistant professors.

The tenure-track position begins with a full-time, fixed-term three-year appointment as assistant professor with a view to permanent employment as associate professor. Tenure as an associate professor is subject to necessary funding and conditional upon the assistant professor being assessed as qualified for the position of associate professor before the end of the third year of employment at the latest or, if the tenure-track candidate requests, before the end of the third year. The assessment is based on the assistant professor’s fulfilment of the qualification requirements that apply to associate professorships and the criteria stated in this advertisement. If the assessment is positive, the candidate will be offered a tenured position as an associate professor at Aarhus University.

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The Position

The position is a combined teaching and research position.
For this position, we are seeking an innovative and dedicated scholar who will contribute to Aarhus University’s core activities in research, education, talent development, and knowledge exchange. The successful applicant will also be expected to coordinate the interdisciplinary master's degree program in Human Security and contribute to our general anthropology programs anchored at the Department of Anthropology.

Research

The Department of Anthropology emphasizes high-quality research and attaches great importance to interdisciplinary collaboration, participation in collective research projects, and the ability to attract external research funding. The successful applicant is expected to have a background in the social sciences or humanities and a strong research profile within human security. We are particularly interested in candidates whose research addresses themes such as crisis, security, pandemics, climate change, conflict, violence, post-conflict recovery, displacement, security governance, governmentality, and nation-building. The position is not restricted to a particular geographical region. However, applicants with documented research experience employing ethnographic and qualitative approaches, including extensive field-based research, will be preferred.

The Department of Anthropology is home to three education programs: A bachelor and master program in anthropology, including a general track and a track in visual anthropology, and an international master program in Human Security. The assistant professor will be expected to teach and supervise students across these programs, at both BA and MSc level. The successful applicant will teach and supervise students in English at all levels (BA, MA, and PhD) and contribute to curriculum development across our educational programs. They will be responsible for developing and coordinating our MA program in Human Security and for teaching core courses. We therefore particularly value candidates who can teach courses related to human security, conflict and violence, humanitarian crises, peace and conflict studies, post-conflict reconstruction, migration and displacement, and ethnographic research methods.

The candidate is also expected to engage in innovative teaching practices and collaborative approaches to student learning. We emphasise the importance of maintaining a dedicated and respectful relationship between staff and students, so applicants should be able to demonstrate and exemplify their commitment to participatory teaching initiatives and student involvement as part of their teaching portfolio.

The successful candidate will contribute actively to talent development within the field of human security. This includes supervising MA students and PhD candidates and developing doctoral-level training in areas related to human security, conflict studies, violence, and ethnographic research methodologies.

Knowledge Exchange

The successful applicant will be expected to engage actively in knowledge exchange with governmental, non-governmental, humanitarian, and civil society organisations. Candidates should demonstrate an ability to communicate research findings to broader audiences and contribute to public debates on issues such as conflict, violence, humanitarian crises, post-conflict recovery, and human security. Experience collaborating with practitioners, policy actors, international organisations, or community-based partners working in conflict-affected settings is highly desirable.

Qualifications

Applicants must hold a PhD degree or equivalent qualifications in a field directly relevant to Human Security and have documented teaching qualifications relevant to the department’s degree programs.

• An internationally recognized publication profile in areas relevant to human security. Applicants must submit a full publication list and a maximum of three publications.
• Substantial ethnographic and/or field-based research experience, preferably conducted in conflict-affected, crisis, or post-conflict settings.
• Teaching experience in areas relevant to human security and demonstrated excellence in teaching in English.
• Experience with interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Experience and interest in attracting external research funding.
• Experience supervising student projects and interest in contributing to researcher talent development.
• Experience collaborating with non-academic stakeholders, including governmental agencies, NGOs, humanitarian organisations, or local communities.

Research qualifications will be assessed in relation to the period of active research, the originality and quality of academic contributions, and publications in internationally recognised peer-reviewed journals and leading academic presses. If the successful applicant is not fluent in Danish, he or she will be expected to learn Danish within approximately two years.

Only submitted publications will be assessed; a list of publications is not sufficient. As a result, applications without submitted publications will not be assessed.

References or recommendations should not be included with the application. Applicants who are selected for a job interview may be asked to provide professional references.

The work environment

The Department of Anthropology offers a welcoming atmosphere, a caring and including collegial environment, a superb student population, explorative and internationally orientated research and teaching environments, and good possibilities for career development, project funding, and administrative support at the school and the faculty levels.

The Department of Anthropology is one of Europe's largest and most vibrant teaching and research environments within its field. Scientific staff currently consists of 32 associate and full professors, 12 assistant professors and postdocs, and 28 PhD-fellows, we are also the temporary home of a number of visiting and affiliated researchers.

We are an open and dynamic community of staff and students that explores the fascinating diversity of the worlds that humans inhabit and addresses the burning issues of our time, developing new theoretical and methodological approaches along the way in order to understand and tackle them. We have broad collaborations with various disciplines, including philosophy and history of ideas, biology, and medicine and host numerous externally funded research projects. Our research is critically engaged attending to contemporary issues on a local and global scale while seeking to push the boundaries of the state-of-the-art within our field. See a more detailed description of our research activities here: Research . The department is located at the Moesgaard Campus in the beautiful woodlands south of the city of Aarhus, adjacent to Moesgaard Museum .

As a collegial environment, we emphasize the importance of mutual support and non-hierarchical interaction among all academic and non-academic staff. We are deeply passionate about our educational programs, and we are excited about our students, which is easy because they are brilliant, curious, and brave. We care about each other. Applicants are expected to contribute to the department’s academic and social environment, and the person appointed will therefore be expected to be present at the department a minimum of three days a week, in accordance with school policy.

The School of Culture and Society

The School of Culture and Society is a vibrant research community dedicated to understanding the cultural and social conditions that shape human life. Our work examines how people interact with their environments, from prehistory to the present, and across both local contexts and global dynamics. Through cross-sector and cross-disciplinary partnerships, we aim to drive research innovation and contribute to address themajor questions facing society. In both research and education, we are committed to bringing the humanities into active dialogue with partners beyond the university.

The School is committed to:

• Fostering an international environment characterized by strong academic and interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Embracing an innovative and experimental approach to research, teaching, and communication.
• Cultivating a school that both generates knowledge and educates students for the present and future.
• Advancing a broad engagement with digital humanities.
• Upholding a strong commitment to both local and global societal challenges.
• Creating an inclusive, diverse, and sustainable workplace and organization.

Applicants should hold a PhD or equivalent academic qualifications.

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.

Terms of employment

• Appointment shall be in accordance with the collective labour agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations.

The Faculty of Arts is one of Northern Europe’s most significant faculties for research and higher education in the humanities, theology and education. Within this broad academic scope, the faculty comprises approximately 700 researchers, 200 PhD students, 9,000 Bachelor’s and Master’s degree students, and 1,500 further and continuing education students. We believe that the best ideas arise when different perspectives meet – and that research, teaching and innovation are best developed in dialogue with the surrounding society.
You can find more information here: Faculty of Arts | Aarhus University