Associate senior lecturer/Assistant professor in Agricultural Economics
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet / Högskolejobb / Uppsala
2025-06-23
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This recruitment is part of an excellence initiative - SLU Futures - which aims to attract and support promising young researchers within the strategic themes of Future Sustainable Plant Production Systems, Resilient Ecosystems, and One Health. The objective of the initiative is to create conditions for successful research in future-oriented, strong academic environments through long-term employment. Read more here.
SLU is a world-class university in the fields of bio- and environmental sciences, with a vision to play a key role in the development of sustainable life based on science and education. Within this framework, the Department of Economics provides an important platform for research and education in business studies and economics with an emphasis on applied science, often in collaboration with the university's natural science disciplines.
The department's research and teaching focus on knowledge and understanding of the sustainable use, management, and governance of natural resources, including the value chain for agricultural products and food. The department consists of four research groups: Agricultural and Food Economics; Environmental Economics; Decision-Making and Management; and Entrepreneurship and Innovation. In addition to research, these groups provide teaching at the bachelor- and master-level within SLU's agronomy and general business and economics education programs. The department also hosts the AgriFood Economics Centre - a collaborative initiative between SLU and Lund University that provides economic expertise for policy development and decision-making in the areas of food, agriculture, fisheries, and rural development.
We are now seeking an associate senior lecturer for the Agricultural and Food Economics group to work on research and teaching related to the resilience of agricultural systems. This research group has rapidly established itself as a strong and dynamic international research environment, currently comprising ten PhD-level researchers, eleven doctoral students, and a communications officer. The group contributes to the scientific literature in agricultural economics and related disciplines. It maintains strong intra-, inter-, and transdisciplinary collaborations, with for example colleagues in plant ecology, agricultural technology, animal health, and veterinary epidemiology.
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Subject area
The subject area for this position is agricultural economics with a focus on the resilience of agricultural systems and their connection to sustainable production practices.
Duties
The associate senior lecturer is expected to develop an independent research profile within the subject area.
Research should be carried out in close collaboration with colleagues at the department and SLU, as well as through national and international collaborations.
In addition, the candidate should within the subject area
• apply for external research funding in competition and publish scientific articles
• contribute to developing a research group within the subject area
• participate in postgraduate education as a co-supervisor
• teach at first, second and third cycle level, including doctoral level
• further pedagogical training
• actively participate in and initiate interdisciplinary collaborations where relevant to the subject
• collaborate with relevant stakeholders in the industry.
Swedish and English are used in parallel at the department. The holder of the position 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 holder of the position 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, assessment criteria and other information
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Application deadline:
2025-09-15
Place of work:
Uppsala
Scope:
100%
Form of Employment:
The employment is limited to four years in accordance with the Higher Education Act. A position as associate senior lecturer is a qualifying employment that constitutes the first step in an academic career at SLU. An associate senior lecturer has the right during his/her employment to apply for promotion to senior lecturer (UK) or associate professor (US) on the basis of criteria established when the position as associate senior lecturer was announced.
Swedish "biträdande universitetslektor", a tenured position approximately equivalent to Associate senior lecturer (UK) or Assistant professor (US). The applicant who is offered this employment at SLU will be employed as Associate senior lecturer.
This position offers the vibrant research climate at SLU. The benefits of the position include Swedish family health care provisions, parenting support including generous paid leave of absence policies that allow both parents to care for newborns and toddlers. Additionally Sweden has a well-established pre-school structure as well as an educational system that provides no-cost education through university studies. Uppsala has a rich history and culture and is located in the greater Stockholm region, which is an academic and cultural hub. Find out more facts and stories about Sweden at
www.sweden.seStarting date:
By agreement.
Application:
It is desirable that the application is written in English, because the applications will be evaluated by expert advisers both in Sweden and abroad.
For the guidance of your application, there is SLU's appointment procedure for teachers at SLU and General assessment criteria for the appointment of teachers, which you can read here.
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