Within the ERC Consolidator Grant “Towards a transdisciplinary demographic theory of birth and death trajectories”, we are opening one or more positions as assistant professor in demography at the Danish Centre for Population Research of The Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics (CPop) at the University of Southern Denmark, Campus Odense. The position is expected to start on October 1 or soon thereafter. It is a fixed term position of three years, with a possibility of extension by one year.

The basic idea of the ERC Consolidator Grant is to use established methods and models of mortality research and apply those to discover and model macro level regularities in fertility patterns. The new assistant professors are expected to contribute to this ERC research, and eventually also to develop their own projects supported by external grants.

The Centre is one of the leading teams in the world for demographic mortality modelling and forecasting. One of the prime directions of the Centre’s research is ageing in modern societies and its diverse implications. We study patterns of changing mortality and morbidity, mostly in human populations but also in non-human species. We maintain a strong and unique profile in analytical demography and are expanding to also include more application-oriented research like pension schemes, covid-19 demography, and climate change.

The Centre is part of the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences and collaborates with researchers in economics and political science, as well as researchers in other fields including evolutionary ecology, conservation biology, mathematics and data analysis in the Faculty of Natural Sciences, epidemiology, biostatistics, biodemography and health economics in the Faculty of Health Sciences, and literature and media science in the Faculty of Humanities. Across the disciplines, the Centre is now expanding towards fertility research.

As of Fall 2024, the Centre will start a new Master's programme on Population Studies and the assistant professors are expected to contribute to teaching and student supervision. However, teaching load will be small.

You – the applicant

• You are a quantitatively minded researcher with a talent for and experience in modeling, ideally of mortality and/or fertility patterns.
• You are experienced in working with population data, and holding a Ph.D. in demography, economics, actuarial science, public health, epidemiology, statistics, or a related field.
• You have knowledge of or strong interest in formal demographic methods, experience with statistical analysis and preferably experience in working with human fertility data.
• You are creative and would be excited about innovating formal demographic methods for fertility research.
• You thrive in interdisciplinary collaborations, and you can coordinate joint work in such groups.
• You have a team spirit and are ready to contribute to CPop scientifically and through institutional building.

Fluency in programming (e.g., R) to conduct research is desirable.

Working language is English.

More information
For further information please contact Director Annette Baudisch, phone +45 6550 9355, email [email protected].

The successful applicant will be employed in accordance with the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and AC (the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations).

Assessment
A panel will assess the qualification of the candidate for the described post based on the submitted material, which should include (as .pdf files):

• a motivation letter
• a detailed CV
• degree certificates (inclusive of Ph.D.-diploma)
• a complete and numbered list of publications
• three scientific peer-reviewed publications considered by the applicant to be the most important for this position. Please note that one .pdf file must be attached for each publication. If your publications have been co-authored, please briefly describe the extent of the co-authorship or your contribution to the individual joint publication. You can do so by using this form or you can describe the co-authorship in such a way that the committee can assess the extent of your contribution.
• a teaching portfolio detailing the candidate’s prior teaching experience, teaching skills, and teaching philosophy. Formal application instructions and a guide for the teaching portfolio may be found here.
• a research plan detailing the candidate’s ideas and plans for her/his future research work.

The assessment committee evaluates the applications based on the appointment guidelines of the department.

The committee may request additional information, and if so, it is the responsibility of the applicant to provide the necessary material.

All non-Danish documents must be translated into English. Only applications written in English will be accepted for evaluation.

Applications that are incomplete regarding the above requirements will not be assessed by the committee.

Shortlisting and tests may be used in the assessment process.

When the assessment committee has submitted its report, 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 appointment committee. The appointment committee will manage and complete the job interviews, should such be conducted.

The University wishes our staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background.

Applications must be submitted electronically using the link "Apply online". Uploaded files must be in Adobe PDF (unlocked) or Word format.

Each field can only contain a single file of max. 10 Mb.

Read the guideline for the applicants.