ANNOUNCE Faculty Position at University of Bergen

[""Erling Moxnes"" <Erling.Mox]

Posted by ""Erling Moxnes"" <Erling.Moxnes@geog.uib.no>

Associate Professor in System Dynamics
University of Bergen

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN SYSTEM DYNAMICS

A permanent position as Associate Professor in System Dynamics is open in the Department of Geography, the System Dynamics Group.

A description of the position with details of curriculum and area of responsibility, particular duties and other circumstances which will be stressed at the time of appointment is available at http://www.svf.uib.no/fstyreweb/Utlysin ... %20eng.htm,
or from Senior Officer Gunhild Eide, the Secretariat for the Faculty of Social Sciences, phone no.: +47 55589056, email: gunhild.eide@svfa.uib.no

Additional information on the position is obtainable from professor Erling Moxnes, phone no.: +47 55584119, email: erling.moxnes@geog.uib.no or professor Pål Davidsen, phone +47 55584134, email: pal.davidsen@geog.uib.no

The successful applicant must have a doctorate in System Dynamics or corresponding qualifications by the closing date for applications. Candidates are preferred who have a strong background in one or preferably several of the following areas:

* experimental investigations of knowledge transfer using System Dynamics teaching methods;
* interdisciplinary, large scale modelling of complex dynamic systems;
* development planning using dynamic models;
* model - based policy analysis of environmental and natural resources management problems.

Ability to teach is also valued, particularly the ability to develop students' intuition of complex, dynamic systems.

The teaching language for this position is English. The successful candidate will be given the opportunity to participate the Norwegian language training course at the University of Bergen.

Basic teaching training is a requirement. The successful candidate will be offered appropriate training if this requirement has not been met before the appointment.

The initial annual salary for this position is NOK 403,700 (level 56 on the state salary scale - code 1011). A higher salary may be negotiated for especially well-qualified applicants.

Women in particular are invited to apply. If, in the opinion of the evaluation committee, several applicants have approximately equivalent qualifications, the rules on equal opportunities laid down in the Personnel Regulations for Academic Positions will be applied.

State employment shall reflect the multiplicity of the population at large to the highest possible degree. The University of Bergen has therefore adopted a personnel policy objective to ensure that we achieve a balanced age and <b>***</b> composition and the recruitment of persons of various ethnic backgrounds. Persons of different ethnic backgrounds are therefore encouraged to apply for the position.

The University of Bergen applies the principles of public openness when recruiting staff to scientific positions.

The successful applicant must comply with the guidelines that apply to the position at any time, http://www.svf.uib.no/fstyreweb/Utlysing/Guidel appl Assprof.htm

Applicants must state the works or parts of works they wish to be given particular attention in the evaluation of their applications. These should not exceed 10 in number. The application must contain an overview of the attachments and provide evidence of the applicant's teaching qualifications. The application, which must contain a complete overview over the applicant's education and earlier work, must include copies of certificates and diplomas, testimonials and scholarly works with a list of these (in three copies), is to be sent to the University of Bergen, The Faculty of Social Sciences, PO Box 7802, N-5020 Bergen, Norway, by June 11, 2007.

The application must be marked with: Sak 7/ 6853.


Our best regards,

Pal Davidsen and Erling Moxnes

ps. Contact us as soon as possible if you have problems with meeting the deadline.
Posted by ""Erling Moxnes"" <Erling.Moxnes@geog.uib.no> posting date Fri, 18 May 2007 09:25:08 +0200 _______________________________________________