Assistant Professor, Interaction Design

Southern Denmark, Kolding, invites applications for a position within Interaction Design. The position is available from 1 August 2022.

The Department of Design and Communication develops the fields of IT Product Design, Design Studies, Tourism, Library Science, International Business Communication and Web Communication through research, teaching and dissemination. For more information, see https://www.SDU.dk/en/om_SDU/institutter_centre/idk.

The position will contribute to the ‘Design and Participation’ research programme. We combine research within interaction design, design anthropology, social design, participatory innovation and participatory entrepreneurship, and our aim is to help facilitate societal change. We have built a strong tradition of practice-based research and close collaboration with industry (manufacturing, medical, toys) and public organisations (healthcare, public administration). In particular, we pursue the design of physical IT, design games and tangible artefacts. The successful applicant will bring experience from interdisciplinary collaboration with researchers from adjacent fields, and will be able to combine theoretical and practice-based design research.

Applicants must demonstrate original and independent research contributions to interaction design at an international level. We are particularly interested in applicants with competencies within tangible and embodied interaction, design making and wearable design.

Applicants must have a Master’s degree within design and a PhD in interaction design.

Teaching responsibilities for the position relates to the MSc programme in IT Product Design. Here, we have nurtured a tradition of engaging students in our research. Applicants must demonstrate excellent competencies in studio-based teaching and preferably experience in supervising thesis students. The position as Assistant Professor will provide the opportunity to complete professional postgraduate teacher training.

The teaching and research languages at the Faculty of the Humanities are Danish and English.

For further information, please contact Professor Jacob Buur. Phone: +45 6550 1661, email: [email protected]

If you are not a Danish speaking applicant, please make sure to enter the electronic application form via the English website in order to receive further information in English.

Application, salary, etcThe successful applicant will be employed in accordance with the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and AC (the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations), Cirkulære om overenskomst for Akademikere i staten 2019 (the document only exists in Danish).

An assistant professorship is a 3-year position. Employment stops automatically by the end of the period. It applies for all positions that they will only cover teaching requirements from related areas, including interdisciplinary teaching activities and Cand. Negot. courses.

To qualify for the position you must have completed a PhD-degree by the time of employment.

An application must include:

• Application letter
• Curriculum Vitae
• Certificates/Diplomas
• Information on previous teaching experience, please attach as Teaching portfolio
• List of publications indicating the publications attached
• Up to 3 of the most relevant publications. Please attach one pdf-file for each publication. For any publication with a co-author, a co-author statement must be submitted as part of the pdf-file

Application and all appendices must be in Danish, English or one of the Scandinavian languages. Only material in Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and English will be assessed. Please always include a copy of original diploma/certificates.

Please always include a copy of original diploma/certificates. We only accept files in pdf-format no more than 10 MB per file. In case you have more than one file per field you need to combine the pdf-files into a single file, as each field handles only one file. We do not accept zip-files, jpg or other image files. All pdf-files must be unlocked and allow binding and may not be password protected.

Applications will be assessed by an assessment committee and the applicant will receive the part of the evaluation that concerns him/her. The assessment report will subsequently be forwarded to the Head of Department who will assemble an appointments committee. An interview may form part of the overall assessment of the applicants' qualifications. The committee may request additional information, and if so, it is the responsibility of the applicant to provide the necessary material.

If the application does not meet the requirements mentioned above, the Faculty of Humanities may reject your application without further notice. Applications received after the deadline will neither be considered nor evaluated.

Shortlisting and tests may be used in the assessment process. Please note that only a shortlisted applicant will receive an assessment.

Applications should be sent electronically via the link "apply online" and the Faculty expects applicants to read the information "How to apply" before applying.

We recommend that as an international applicant you take the time to visit Working in Denmark where you will find information and facts about moving to, working and living in Denmark, as well as the International Staff Office at SDU. The University wishes our staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background.