[Jobs] stats prof in stockholm

[Leora Lawton]

Stockholm University invites applications to the position described below.

Lars Lyberg

PROFESSOR OF STATISTICS with a specialization in official and other
statistics production
at the Department of Statistics. Last date for application is June 7, 2011.
Reference no. SU 611-0816-11
The subject area comprises the development of methods for official and other
statistics production. Methods include those for collecting and processing
of data for such statistics, usage of statistics, analysis and evaluation,
as well as other issues associated with the production and use of
statistics, such as the importance of cognitive issues in data collection.
The specialization also includes methods for making microdata and statistics
accessible both for general use and for secondary analyses by researchers,
subject-matter investigators and other interested parties including the
general public.
Job description
The applicant chosen is expected to take a leading role in research,
teaching and supervision in the field of statistics production. Research
includes conducting own research as well as assuming responsibility for the
department’s research activities and graduate studies within the subject
area and to actively seek external funding for research. The applicant
chosen should participate in the development, teaching, and examination of
the department’s courses at the basic, advanced, and graduate levels. The
applicant chosen should also participate in the department’s international
research and education networks and to the general educational development
of the topic of statistics.
The applicant chosen is expected to collaborate with Statistics Sweden and
other producers of official and other statistics. Examples of such
collaboration are supervising PhD and Masters students, providing guidance
to researchers and methodologists, and participating in projects run by
organizations conducting statistics production. The applicant chosen is also
expected to collaborate with researchers in other disciplines on problem
areas of relevance to statistics production.
The applicant chosen might also be requested to assume leading
administrative duties.
Qualification requirements
To be eligible for employment as professor, the applicant must demonstrate
scientific excellence in statistics, as well as excellence in teaching.
The scientific skills should be demonstrated by independent research work
that substantially exceeds the requirements for an associate professor
(docent), both in quality and quantity. Experience in planning and managing
research will be taken into account.
Teaching skills should be demonstrated by teaching experiences at the basic,
advanced, and graduate levels. The assessment of the applicant’s teaching
skills concerns all aspects of teaching, i.e., planning, actual teaching,
evaluation of teaching, supervision and examination. The applicant’s
teaching skills should be thoroughly documented and in such a way that the
quality of the teaching skills can be judged.
The applicant should have the ability to cooperate as well as the ability
and suitability otherwise needed to fulfil the obligations of the position
in a professional manner.
Bases for assessment
In judging each applicant’s merits, special attention will be paid to the
scientific skills, especially the quality and quantity of his or her own
research. Merits achieved within the field of statistics production will be
given larger weights than merits achieved within other areas of statistics
when applicants are compared.
Great emphasis will be put on pedagogical and teaching skills and the
ability to communicate research results.
Great emphasis will be put on documented ability to collaborate with
work-mates and research colleagues.
Emphasis will be put on administrative skills and the ability to interact
with the surrounding community, both nationally and internationally,
experience of project management and ability to lead and develop operations
and staff.
Courses in higher education teaching and learning are given credit in the
selection of applicants.
Other information
A majority of the professors within the Faculty of Social Sciences are men.
Therefore, we especially welcome applications from women.
Your application should be written in English.
If the applicant chosen lacks courses in higher education teaching and
learning, and do not have corresponding merits, he/she must undertake such
courses during the first two years of employment.
Understanding Swedish is not a requirement at the time of employment. The
applicant should, however, be prepared within a few years to demonstrate an
understanding of Swedish in order to fulfil certain administrative and
pedagogical work requirements.
To apply for this position please use Stockholm University’s web-based
application form. To access the form for the current position go to
www.su.se/lediganstallningar
Guidelines for the application are given in the Template for application for
employment and for promotion to the rank of professor or senior lecturer at
Stockholm University. The template can be downloaded from
www.su.se/nyanstallning or be provided by the administrative coordinator. It
is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that the application
follows the template and that it is submitted before the closing date.
Information about the position can be provided by the head of the Department
of Statistics, Hans Nyquist, tel.+ 46–8-161132, e-mail:
hans.nyquist at stat.su.se
Questions regarding the application and appointment procedure will upon
request be answered by faculty administrator Agneta Karlsson, tel. +
46-8-163426, e-mail: agneta.karlsson at samfak.su.se
The union representatives are Bo Ekengren (SACO), Lisbeth Häggberg (ST-ATF),
tel. +46 8 16 20 00 (switchboard), and Gunnar Stenberg (SEKO), tel. +46 70
316 43 41.
Relevant websites for further information:
• Rules of Employment, the application template, etc:
www.su.se/nyanstallning
• Stockholm University: www.su.se
• Department of Statistics: www.statistics.su.se
Please submit your application, quoting ref. no. SU 611-0816-11, not later
than June 7, 2011.
In the event of a discrepancy between the Swedish original vacancy and the
English translation, the Swedish version shall take precedence.

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Dr. Leora Lawton
Executive Director, Berkeley Population Center
 & Lecturer, Sociology Dept.
112A Survey Research Center
Corner Channing & Bowditch
(510) 643-1270 (office)
(510) 928-7572 (cell)