Professor of Veterinary Immunology

Professor of Veterinary Immunology

SLU - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Uppsala, Sweden

Subject description

The subject is veterinary immunology with a focus on the immunological response to infectious diseases and immune-mediated diseases of relevance to sports, companion or production animals kept in Sweden.

Duties

The applicant will be expected to:

• develop and lead internationally successful research;
• develop, lead and participate in teaching at first, second and third cycle level;
• primarily teach veterinary immunology, in addition to other components at first, second and third cycle level covering the subject;
• develop and maintain national and international networks with academia, the relevant public authorities, industry, organisations and society at large;
• collaborate with other SLU research teams and clinics at SLU Veterinary Teaching Hospital to strengthen interdisciplinary activities at the university;
• apply for external research funding from both national and international sources;
• supervise doctoral students;
• contribute to the strategic development of the department, faculty and SLU;
• communicate research findings and other relevant information to society at large;
• perform administrative duties within the department, faculty and university;
• be prepared to have a managerial role;
• be able to use Swedish as the working language within four years.

The department uses Swedish and English in parallel. The professor should be able to perform the majority of their tasks in English. However, as a public authority, the university has Swedish as its main language according to the requirements of the Language Act and the professor must be able to use Swedish as their working language within four years of beginning the position. The department will provide support with language learning.

Eligibility

The applicant must:

• have an academic master’s degree, a doctoral degree and hold the qualifications required for appointment as a docent or equivalent scientific competence within a subject relevant to the position;
• demonstrate research expertise and actively conduct research in the subject;
• demonstrate teaching expertise and have the ability to integrate research and a scientific approach into their teaching;
• have good knowledge of English.

Grounds of assessment

The assessment criteria for appointment must be the degree of expertise required as qualification for employment.

The assessment of research expertise will be based on:

• completed and ongoing research and its relevance and development potential for the subject, the department and the faculty;
• the ability to independently initiate and run successful and internationally-recognised research;
• the ability to compete for external research funding;
• experience of the role of principal supervisor for third-cycle courses and study programmes and responsibility for postdoctors. As a principal supervisor, the applicant should normally have supervised doctoral students throughout their studies and until they are awarded their doctoral degree.

The following will be taken into consideration when assessing teaching expertise:

• planning, implementation, examination and assessment of teaching and education within the subject relevant to the position;
• experience of theoretical teaching at first, second and third cycle level;
• the ability to integrate research and scientific approaches into teaching work;
• supervision and examination at first, second and third cycle level;
• training in teaching and learning in higher education or the equivalent knowledge;
• pedagogic vision.

The following abilities will also be assessed:

• developing and leading activities and staff within academia;
• communicating and collaborating internally;
• collaborating with external stakeholders and society at large;
• communicating work with research and development.

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