Assistant professor in psychotherapy and psychopathology

At the Department of Communication and Psychology, the Faculty of Humanities, Aalborg University, a position as Assistant Professor in psychotherapy and psychopathology will be open for appointment as of 1st of October or as soon as possible thereafter. The selected candidate will conduct research and teaching within at least one of the following areas:

• Psychotherapy
• Psychopathology
• Personality and individual differences
• Developmental psychopathology
• Research methods

The appointment will be a fixed term (3 years), full-time position, which will include both research and teaching activities.

During the employment as an Assistant Professor, the selected candidate will be expected to:

• Deliver high quality teaching, supervision, and associated examination, as required across the range of modules offered on the psychology programme within areas such as: personality psychology, educational psychology and quantitative and qualitative methods
• Undertake research and publish research output of an internationally recognized quality
• Engage in external research networks and collaborations
• Engage in knowledge collaboration within the portfolio of the position
• Participate positively and constructively in the day-to-day activities of the Department of Communication and Psychology.

The position includes research within the Inge Lehmann project “Trajectories of Adolescents’ Individual Lives: Unchartered routes to psychopathology and functioning (the TRAIL project)” funded by the Independent Research Council, Denmark. The project aims at examining how personality influences individual trajectories of psychopathology and functioning in adolescence.

In relation to research, applicants should document:

• Experience, skills and achievements that demonstrate the ability or potential to produce high quality research outputs and publish in international journals
• A personal research plan which is consistent with the Department of Communication and Psychology research strategy and demonstrates the potential to develop new research projects
• Experience, skills and achievements that demonstrate the ability or potential to develop external and/or international networks and collaborations
• Experience, skills and achievements that demonstrate the ability or potential to engage in activities with actors outside academia to enhance the impact of research.

In relation to teaching, applicants should document:

• Experience, skills and achievements that demonstrate the ability or potential to deliver high quality teaching, using a range of pedagogical approaches including problem-based learning, project supervision, group work, interactive seminars and lectures
• Ability to teach, supervise, and assess written and oral performances in Danish.
• Given the international elements in some of the Danish degree programmes, the successful applicant must be able to teach in English as well as Danish. International applicants are expected to learn Danish within a foreseeable timeframe.
• Aalborg University works with a problem-based learning approach (PBL) and documented experience with this learning approach will be welcome but is not a prerequisite.

In relation to general competences, applicants should also:

• Document experience, skills or achievements which demonstrate the ability or potential to work collaboratively with colleagues, participate fully in the day-to-day activities of the Department and research group, and encourage foster a positive and collegial working environment
• Demonstrate great written and oral communication skills.

The position is primarily affiliated with the research section Cognition, Development, and Clinical Psychology. Emphasis within this section is on conducting research in these specific areas of psychology, which focuses on conducting research in these specific areas.

Applicants should be able to work together with others and be capable of creating and sustaining relations with other researchers in an international research environment. Both national and international research networks will be advantageous. Applicants need to be willing to participate actively in all aspects of daily work in the Department. More information about the research profile of the Department can be found here: http://www.kommunikation.aau.dk .

Kvalifikationskrav
Ansættelse som adjunkt forudsætter videnskabelige kvalifikationer på ph.d.-niveau. Ved den samlede vurdering af den enkelte ansøger lægges vægt på ansøgerens forskningspotentiale.  

Ansøgning 
Din ansøgning skal indeholde følgende:  

• Ansøgning, hvori begrundelser for at ansøge, kvalifikationer i forhold til stillingen samt intentioner og visioner for stillingen angives 
• CV  
• Eksamensbeviser (kandidatbevis og ph.d.-bevis) 
• Publikationsliste med angivelse af de vedhæftede publikationer, du ønsker tages i betragtning ved bedømmelsen. Du må maksimalt vedhæfte fem publikationer. Hvis du søger en stilling ved Det Humanistiske og Samfundsvidenskabelige Fakultet (SSH), skal du sende en medforfattererklæring, se skabelon til medforfattererklæring 
• Dokumentation for undervisningsmæssige kvalifikationer. Afhængig af ved hvilket fakultet du søger ansættelse, bedes du se vejledning til undervisningsportfolio på Det Tekniske Fakultet for IT og Design, Det Ingeniør- og Naturvidenskabelige Fakultet og Det Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakultet eller vejledning til undervisningsportfolio på Det Humanistiske og Samfundsvidenskabelige Fakultet. Hvis dette ikke er medsendt, så skal du vedlægge begrundelse herfor. 
• Formidlingsmæssige kvalifikationer, herunder deltagelse i udvalg, bestyrelser, foreninger o.l. 
• Øvrige kvalifikationer i forhold til stillingen 
• Referencer/anbefalinger 

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Ansøgning sendes via Aalborg Universitets rekrutteringssystem, som kan tilgås under stillingsopslaget på Aalborg Universitets hjemmeside. 

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Øvrige informationer  
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