Tenure-track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor of Financial Mathematics

Tenure-track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor of Financial Mathematics
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Faculty of Science
University of Copenhagen

The Department of Mathematical Sciences invites applications for a position as associate professor or tenure-track assistant professor in Financial Mathematics. The application deadline is 19 November 2023, and the starting date is 1 April 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter, subject to negotiation.

We are looking for candidates who can broaden and strengthen our existing activities in financial mathematics. Applications are welcome from candidates with research in all areas of financial mathematics.

The position may be applied for at the tenure-track assistant professor level or at the associate professor level. Please note that it is possible to apply at both levels. We encourage you to do so if in doubt. If you apply at both levels, two separate applications must be submitted (see below).

Tenure-track assistant professor
Applicants for a tenure-track assistant professorship must have an academic standing showing internationally competitive research, have an internationally recognized potential for outstanding research achievements, and have an aptitude for working on industry-related projects.

The tenure-track assistant professor’s duties will primarily involve research, including publication and scientific communication, and research-based teaching with associated examination obligations within financial mathematics. To a limited extent, the position may also include other duties. Research and teaching obligations include activities with industrial partners in industry-related research projects and in our Continued Professional Development programme.

Assessment of applicants for the tenure-track assistant professorship will primarily consider their level of documented, original internationally competitive research. The ability to attract external funding and outreach qualifications will be considered too. Teaching qualifications are not mandatory, but documented teaching qualifications and teaching experience will be considered.

Associate professor
Applicants for an associate professorship are expected to have an internationally recognized record of outstanding achievement in research, have made ground-breaking contributions to the applicant's area of specialization, to have strong, documented university-level teaching credentials, and to have an aptitude for working on industry-related projects. They must be able to explain and reflect upon their own teaching practice and portfolio. Pedagogical training or supervision equivalent to the University of Copenhagen teacher training programme for assistant professors is necessary. Candidates are also expected to have managerial qualifications, for instance in managing their own research group, and outreach experience.

Duties include furthering the applicant’s own research, development of the scientific field, research assessment tasks, grant applications, and research management including research supervision. The successful applicant must also teach, supervise, prepare and participate in examinations within financial mathematics, and fulfil other tasks requested by the department. Research and teaching obligations include activities with industrial partners in industry-related research projects and in our Continued Professional Development programme.

Assessment of applicants for the associate professorship will primarily consider their level of documented, original scientific production at an international level, including contributions to developments in their field, as well as their documented teaching qualifications. The ability to attract external funding will also be considered as will managerial and out-reach qualifications.

University of Copenhagen’s criteria for recognising merit
Six overall criteria apply for assistant professor/associate professor appointments at the University of Copenhagen. The six criteria (research, teaching, societal impact, organizational contribution, external funding and leadership) are considered a framework for an overall assessment of the candidates. Furthermore, each candidate must be assessed according to the specific requirements stated in the job advertisement.

Criteria for Tenure Track Assistant professors: https://www.math.ku.dk/english/research-files/forms/MATH_Criteria_for_recognising_merit_Assistant_professors.pdf

Criteria for Associate professors: https://www.math.ku.dk/english/research-files/forms/MATH_Criteria_for_recognising_merit_Associate_professors.pdf

The tenure-track assistant professor programme
The tenure-track programme is a career programme and an assigned mentor will provide the tenure-track assistant professors with guidance related to career development, other academic topics and administrative procedures.

The performance of the tenure-track assistant professor will be followed via internal yearly evaluations and a mid-term and final international evaluation by an assessment committee. If the ‘final appraisal’ is positive you will be promoted to associate professor. Performance and progression towards the criteria below will be evaluated with due consideration of differences between research fields.

After a 6-year tenure-track period tenure-track assistant professors are expected to meet the criteria for appointment of associate professors at the University of Copenhagen.

Terms of employment
The position is covered by the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff. Terms of appointment and payment accord to the agreement between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations on Academics in the State. Negotiation for an individual salary supplement is possible.

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

The Department
The Department is a leading mathematics institution with a vibrant and friendly international research environment that spans several areas of pure and applied mathematics. It has strong groups in, e.g., financial and actuarial mathematics, statistics, mathematical biology and quantum information theory. The department teaches a programme in mathematics & economics that attracts many excellent students. Good opportunities to apply for research funding are available in Denmark. For information about the Department of Mathematical Sciences, please visit our website https://www.math.ku.dk/english/.

Inquiries about the position can be made to the Head of Department, Professor Mogens Steffensen, [email protected]

Copenhagen is among the most livable cities in the world with a rich culture within music, theater and associations (https://www.visitcopenhagen.com). Life for families is made easy by a publicly supported daycare and health care system, maternity/parental leave and six weeks of annual vacation. International candidates may find information on living and working in Denmark https://www.workindenmark.dk. Useful information is also available at The International Staff Mobility office at the University of Copenhagen (https://ism.ku.dk) that offers a variety of services to international researchers coming to and working at the University of Copenhagen.

Filing of application
The application including all attachments must be in English and submitted electronically by clicking APPLY NOW below.

If you are applying for the tenure-track assistant professorship, please include

• Curriculum vitae including:
  • Please describe and document international network and relations
  • Please describe and document internationally based activities
  • Positions held at universities/research institutions outside Denmark
  • Outreach activities, i.e. popular lectures or other activities in the media
  • Grants held, personal or in part. Career development grants.
  
  
• Diplomas (Master’s and PhD degree or equivalent)
• Research plan - description of current and future research plans
• If available, description and documentation of teaching and supervision experience and qualifications- please describe and document:
  • Experience with supervision of BSc and MSc students
  • Teaching experience
  • Formal pedagogical training
  
  

• Complete publication list
• Separate reprints of up to 5 particularly relevant papers

If you are applying for the associate professorship, please include

• Curriculum vitae including information about external funding
• Diplomas (Master’s and PhD degree or equivalent)
• Research plan – description of current and future research plans
• Description and documentation of teaching experience and qualifications according to university guidelines
• Complete publication list
• Separate reprints of 5 particularly relevant papers

The deadline for applications is Sunday 19 November 2023, 23:59 GMT +1.

After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the authorized recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the Interview Committee. Note that being on the short-list is not equivalent to being assessed qualified for the position. Short-listed candidates may potentially be deemed “not qualified” by the Assessment Committee. A sub-set of the qualified short-listed candidates will be selected for a formal interview by the Interview Committee.

You can read about the recruitment process at http://employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process/.

Interviews will be held on 23 and 28 February 2024.

Please refer to the following no. in future communication in this case:

211-0187/23-2NTenure-track assistant professorship of financial mathematics.

211-0548/23-2EAssociate professorship of financial mathematics.

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