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Dec 31, 2025, 4:54:42 AM (11 days ago) 12/31/25
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Description of the subject area
Education as a subject area deals with questions about the processes by which people are shaped and changed in various social, cultural and institutional contexts, as well as questions about the growth and development of education institutions and the conditions under which they operate. The Department of Education conducts multifaceted research in the subject area, combined with development projects of various kinds. The core research questions in the subject area at the Department concern, for example, how and why different forms of values, knowledge and skills arise, are maintained and change within and between generations, groups and individuals. This also includes questions related to governance, evaluation and management, as well as digital media, communicative practices and diversity aspects.Duties
The successful applicant will play a central role in academic leadership, administration and further development of the subject area education, in research and the courses given in the Bachelor’s programmes, Master’s programmes, pre-school teacher and other teacher education programmes (including the Special Needs Teacher Education Programme) and courses and study programmes at third-cycle level. The professor’s duties largely consist of research, research management, teaching and supervision at first-, second- and third-cycle levels, as well as overall planning of these activities such as formulating research applications. Assignments of an administrative nature and third-stream activities are also included in the professor’s duties. The position may include leadership roles at department or faculty level.
About the position
This is a full-time (100%) position. Appointment to be taken up in December 2026 or by agreement. Location: Uppsala.
More information about the position is available from: Head of Department Jonas Almqvist, e-mail: pref...@edu.uu.se Phone number: +46(0)18-471 24 06
See also Uppsala University’s Appointment Regulations and the Supplementary guidlines to the Appointment Regulations for Uppsala university.
Please submit your application by 16 February 2026 UFV-PA 2025/733.
More: https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us/jobs-and-vacancies/job-details?query=806567
Education as a subject area deals with questions about the processes by which people are shaped and changed in various social, cultural and institutional contexts, as well as questions about the growth and development of education institutions and the conditions under which they operate. The Department of Education conducts multifaceted research in the subject area, combined with development projects of various kinds. The core research questions in the subject area at the Department concern, for example, how and why different forms of values, knowledge and skills arise, are maintained and change within and between generations, groups and individuals. This also includes questions related to governance, evaluation and management, as well as digital media, communicative practices and diversity aspects.Duties
The successful applicant will play a central role in academic leadership, administration and further development of the subject area education, in research and the courses given in the Bachelor’s programmes, Master’s programmes, pre-school teacher and other teacher education programmes (including the Special Needs Teacher Education Programme) and courses and study programmes at third-cycle level. The professor’s duties largely consist of research, research management, teaching and supervision at first-, second- and third-cycle levels, as well as overall planning of these activities such as formulating research applications. Assignments of an administrative nature and third-stream activities are also included in the professor’s duties. The position may include leadership roles at department or faculty level.
About the position
This is a full-time (100%) position. Appointment to be taken up in December 2026 or by agreement. Location: Uppsala.
More information about the position is available from: Head of Department Jonas Almqvist, e-mail: pref...@edu.uu.se Phone number: +46(0)18-471 24 06
See also Uppsala University’s Appointment Regulations and the Supplementary guidlines to the Appointment Regulations for Uppsala university.
Please submit your application by 16 February 2026 UFV-PA 2025/733.
More: https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us/jobs-and-vacancies/job-details?query=806567
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