Associate professorships in Psychology

The Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences invites applications for associate professorships in Psychology. The associate professorships are full-time and permanent positions, starting in June 2027 or as soon as possible subject to mutual agreement. The Department’s educational programme covers the subfields of Social and Personality Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Pedagogical Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Work and Organizational Psychology. In addition, the Department participates in the Flexible Master’s Programme in Public Leadership Education.

Applicants will be shortlisted for full assessment based on their qualifications and the Department’s need for broad recruitment across the subfields. Hence, applicants not shortlisted will not receive a full assessment. The Department expects to offer up to four associate professorships. The final number of positions to be filled will depend on the assessment of the applicants.

Job description
The announced associate professorships are permanent positions with research and teaching obligations within the specified fields outlined above. The positions come with 50 % teaching, 40 % research and 10 % administration. The successful candidate is expected to take on responsibility for research leadership in the dedicated field, publish in international peer-reviewed journals, attract external funding, develop courses and methods, participate in the Department's day-to-day activities (lecturing, seminars, workshop collaborations, etc.), undertake supervision of students and PhD students as well as participate in administrative and organizational tasks.

Your qualifications
To be considered for shortlisting, applicants must indicate which specific subfield (and potentially another supplemental subfield) they want to apply within.

Relevant candidates are expected to have published a substantial amount of research at a high international level as well as high-quality teaching within the subfield specified by the applicants.

As the successful candidates must participate in all of the department's main activities, including teaching, examination and administration related to the subfield, non-Danish speaking candidates are required to acquire the necessary language skills within a short period of time (max. 2 years).

Permanent employment as associate professor at Aarhus BSS requires completion of, within a two year period, the supervision course and also the course Online and blended learning provided by Centre for Educational Development at Aarhus University.

The required qualifications are elaborated below:

1. Substantial research production at a high international level
To qualify for the position as associate professor, a substantial research production is required. Publication records can have different profiles and should be evaluated in the context of the relevant subfield(s) and in relation to the applicant’s general academic profile. However, because publication statistics display important information regarding researchers' publication merits, applicants are encouraged to provide relevant publication statistics (e.g. number of peer reviewed publications, h-index, citations etc.).

2. Didactical/pedagogical competences and experiences at a high level, including a positive, written evaluation of these competences
Teaching and supervising students at different levels is a main activity of an associate professor. Applicants must submit a teaching portfolio that describes which teaching activities they have been involved in, explicates how and why these activities have been planned and implemented in the way they have and presents the results of one’s teaching activities (e.g., by way of student comments and evaluations, letters of recommendation etc.). A written evaluation of the candidate´s teaching abilities should be enclosed. Applicants should specify which of the subfields mentioned above (one, or alternatively two), that they consider the most obvious areas for teaching activities. Note further, that applicants for applied fields (i.e., Clinical, Pedagogical, and Work and Organizational psychology) are encouraged to document concrete contact and experiences with the relevant societal profession.

3. Experiences with organizational management, knowledge sharing with the public and external funding
It is expected that associate professors at The Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences are responsible and stimulating capacities in their research fields, in their teaching activities and as a colleague at the department. In the assessment of candidates, it will be evaluated if they have:

• Experience with participating in organizational activities and departmental services
• Experience with societal collaboration and knowledge dissemination
• Experience from teaching in other areas of relevance for psychology.
• Experience with attracting external funding.

Who we are
The Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences is part of Aarhus BSS, Aarhus University – a top 100 university. Aarhus BSS has achieved the triple-crown AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS accreditations.

At the Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, we teach and conduct research into the most significant subject areas of psychology. The department employs around 55-60 academic staff members and 40 PhD students. Our researchers have a strong tradition for collaborating with Danish as well as international researchers from many different academic fields such as health and psychiatry, education, pedagogic, linguistics, philosophy, religious studies, organizational development and management, economics and neuroscience.
For more information about the Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, please visit: http://psy.au.dk/en/

Further information
For further information about the position, please contact Head of department, professor, Jan Tønnesvang, e-mail: jan@psy.au.dk

If you need help uploading your application or have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact HR Coordinator Charlotte Thomsen, tel.: +45 93509350, email: Charlotte@au.dk.

Place of work
Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Bartholins Allé 11, DK-8000 Aarhus C.

International applicant?
Aarhus University offers a broad variety of services for international researchers and accompanying families, including relocation service and career counselling to expat partners. Please find more information here:
https://internationalstaff.au.dk/relocationservice/

Please find more information about research opportunities at Aarhus University here: http://international.au.dk/research/

Terms of employment
Salary and terms of employment are governed by the Cirkulære om overenskomst for akademikere i staten (in Danish). You will be employed as associate professor at base pay level 4–8 with additional supplements in accordance with the Cirkulære om protokollat om visse ansættelsesvilkår for videnskabeligt personale ved universiteter (in Danish).

The job content and qualification requirements are described in further detail in the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.

Application procedure
When you apply for this position it is mandatory to attach the following:

• Application
• Curriculum Vitae. You are encouraged to declare any periods of leave without research activity, including, for example, maternity leave, since your research activities are assessed in relation to your actual research time
• Education (diploma for master's, PhD and possibly higher doctoral degree)
• List of publications (the enclosed publications must be clearly marked on the list of publications)
• Publications. Up to five publications can be included in the application. In the event of several authors the publications must be accompanied by a co-author statement concerning the applicant's share of the collaborative work with the consent of the co-authors. This template may be used for the purpose
• Teaching portfolio. The specific requirements regarding the documentation can be found here

Materials which cannot be uploaded together with the application may be submitted in five copies to Aarhus BSS HR & PhD, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 16, DK-8000 Aarhus C.
Read more about how to apply for an academic post at Aarhus BSS here

The evaluation process
Shortlisting is applied. This means that an appointment committee (assisted by the chair of the assessment committee) advises the head of department on which applicants possess the qualifications, competencies, experience and potential described above under “Your qualifications”, notably in fields with specific departmental research and teaching needs and in accordance with the faculty’s criteria and guidelines for evaluating candidates to permanent positions.

Through the shortlisting process, the head of department selects the applicants who will receive a thorough assessment of their professional qualifications. The applicants will then be assessed by an expert assessment committee. All applicants will be notified whether or not their application has been shortlisted and forwarded to the assessment committee for evaluation. Shortlisted applicants will be informed about the composition of the committee.

Please note that the assessment of applicants is based solely on the material received prior to the application deadline.

Read more about the recruitment process, shortlisting procedure and guidelines for assessment committees here.

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 37,000 students (FTEs) and 8,700 employees and has an annual revenue of EUR 1.106 billion. Learn more at www.international.au.dk/