Two Positions Available
University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)
Svalbard, Norway
Application Deadline: Monday, 20 December 2004
For further information, please go to:
http://www.unis.no/Default.htm
The Department of Arctic Technology at the University Centre in Svalbard
(UNIS) invites applications for two faculty positions.
POSITION #1
Faculty Position in Arctic Environmental Technology
This position will carry the principal responsibility for the
development of environmental technology at UNIS. This includes
technological competence aimed at teaching and research on the spread
and clean-up of pollutants both on- and offshore.
The department has established research activities within two topics:
- pollution from petroleum activity in the Arctic, and
- persistent organic pollutants in the Arctic.
Applicants that can continue the activity within one of these two topics
will be preferred. UNIS will also, by the end of 2005, have established
a new laboratory for organic environmental chemistry.
Applicants must have a Ph.D. or a documentation of their competence as
Associate Professor. Experience from Svalbard and other polar areas is
preferred.
POSITION #2
Faculty Position in Arctic Geotechnical Engineering
This position will be responsible for the development of courses and
research within the following area: Arctic geotechnical engineering,
construction and structures in the Arctic, both on- and offshore,
geohazards. The requested academic background for this position is
geotechical engineering, statics, mechanics and physical environmental
loads with special emphasis on thermal and mechanical properties of
soil, permafrost, and snow.
It is expected that applicants for both positions will conduct research
within the general activity at UNIS and participate in the supervision
of master and Ph.D. students in co-operation with other universities.
Applicants are also expected to actively participate in the recruiting
of students to UNIS.
The application deadline for both positions is Monday, 20 December 2004.
To apply for either position, please submit three copies of:
- Curriculum vitae (including a full list of publications & previously
held grants)
- Education, pedagogic, or teaching certificates (including a list of
previously supervised graduate students, where applicable)
- Five publications (authored or co-authored by the applicant) that
he/she wants to have evaluated for consideration for appointment to this
position
Send applications to:
The University Centre in Svalbard
P.O. Box 156
N-9171 Longyearbyen
Norway
For further information, please go to:
http://www.unis.no/Default.htm