Associate Professor in Play Design

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Design School Kolding invites applicants for a position as Associate Professor in Play Design

At Design School Kolding, research activities are organized in the three laboratories: Lab for Sustainability and Design, Lab for Play and Design, and Lab for Social Design. Present position is linked to the Lab Design for Play.

Design research, artistic development work and knowledge from practice jointly form the knowledge base for our educations including continuous education. Generating new knowledge by experimenting through doing and making is in the center of our work. We will therefore prioritize candidates who can document experiences with research through design / practice-based design research / experimental design research.

The position
The field of play design, children and play artefacts is an emerging field of research. The ideal applicant must have a relevant background in design. It is highly valued that the applicant has a strong research field of play and children aiming at understanding designing play artifacts, play materialities, toys, and children´s use of toys.

LAB Design for Play is an internationally oriented university in terms of both research and teaching. With many international MA students and colleagues, the associated professorship is situated within a multi-disciplinary environment at the Design School Kolding.

Research
We are looking for an applicant with a research profile that is strongly situated within the field of play design, play artifacts, play materialities, toys, and children.

Applicants with a strong qualitative- and /or design methodological profile, are of interest to qualify and develop scientific knowledge which can strengthen the methodological and theoretical approaches going on in Lab for Play and Design.

The ideal applicant must be experienced in collaborating with other researchers both when it comes to collaborative data analysis and collaborative research seminars.

The applicant must be able to document varied research production independently and collaboratively at a high international level, as well as research contributions to theoretical, methodological, and thematic development in the field of play design.

The applicant must have experience with different kinds of project management and be able to lead national and/or international research funding.

Teaching profile:
The applicant must be prepared to teach and supervise in both Danish and English at both Bachelor, Master's and PhD level within the themes:

  • Industrial Design and other design disciplines

  • Qualitative research methodology

  • Design methodology

  • Design anthropology

  • Sensory practices and materiality

  • Play and playful practices



Talent development:
It is expected that an associate professor will contribute to talent development, supervise MA-students and PhD students and develop PhD courses and Master classes.

Qualifications:
Applicants for the associate professorship must have a PhD in the field of design/industrial design - with an emphasis on play, toys and children, as well as research and teaching qualifications equivalent to those acquired in an associate professorship. The applicants must be able to document:

  • A research profile in design with a specific profile within play artifacts, play materialities, toys, play and children.

  • An internationally oriented research profile

  • A strong, relevant international publication profile

  • National and international research networks participation

  • Participation in collective research projects

  • Teaching experience in areas of relevance to play design.

  • Experience of attracting external research funding

  • Experience of supervising student projects

  • Interest in researcher talent development.


Applicants must publish and teach in English. If the successful applicant does not speak Danish, the apllicant must learn Danish within a period of approximately 2 years.

Applicants will be expected to contribute to the development of the academic environment of Kolding Design School and also a strong interest in collaborative working relationships, both among colleagues with background in design and other fields

Application and process:
As a school we emphasize a strong synergy between research and teaching through research-based teaching and teaching-based research. All applicants must document that they hold a PhD degree and document both research and teaching experiences which are relevant for the position. In the application you shall describe how your research and teaching are relevant for both general design field and the Design for Play field. Besides we would like you to also explain how you can contribute to one or more of the BA-specializations mentioned above. A both strong theoretical foundation and teaching portfolio will be valued.

The applikation must contain:

  • A motivation letter of a maximum of 3 pages.

  • A detailed CV

  • Degree certificates (including PhD-diploma).

  • A maximum of 5 peer-reviewed publications.

  • A complete and numbered list of published publications with clear indications of which of these have been peer reviewed.

  • A teaching portfolio detailing the candidate’s prior teaching experience, teaching skills, and teaching philosophy. In addition, a list with suggestions of courses or topics one could offer in relation to one or more of the BA-programs and the MA Design for Play program.

  • A research plan detailing the candidate’s ideas and plans for future research work including how it contributes to the research in Lab Design for Play.



Only applications written in Danish or English will be accepted. Please apply through Design School Kolding’s recruitment system which you find on the advertisement at the school’s website.

Design School Kolding values diversity and welcome both national and international applicants. We wish to reflect our surrounding community and encourages anyone who are qualified to apply for the position, irrespective of personal background.

The application deadline is June 1, 2023 at 23.59 CEST

After the application deadline, a shortlist of the most promising applicants will be made, which will then be assessed. When the committee has finished its review procedure, each shortlisted applicant will receive an assessment of the application.

Interviews are expected to take place shortly after the hearing process has finished.

We expect the successful applicant to start as soon as possible and October 1st. at the latest.

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

For further information, please contact secretary of research and development, Christina Stind Rosendahl, [email protected], +45 91333004 or professor in play design Helle Marie Skovbjerg, [email protected]

Please read the Design School Kolding Research Strategy or pay a visit to the school website.

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Jobbet er oprettet på vores service den 2.5.2023, men kan have været deaktiveret og genaktiveret igen.

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  • Torsdag den 01. juni 2023

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