KTH Royal Institute of Technology, School of Engineering Sciences

Subject field

Mathematics with specialization in mathematical statistics.

Subject description

The subject comprises mathematics with focus on probability theory and statistics theory, and applications in financial mathematics or insurance mathematics.   

Duties

Independent research in the subject area as well as the development and implementation of education in the subject area at basic, advanced, and doctoral levels,  including supervision of undergraduate degree projects and doctoral students. Participation in some administrative duties and knowledge exchange with society at large is expected. The associate professor is expected to be able to teach in Swedish within three years. If needed, a language support plan will be devised at the time of employment.

Eligibility

Those qualified for appointment as an associate professor are persons who have:

  1. been awarded a PhD or has the corresponding research competence or some other professional expertise that is of value in view of the subject matter of the post and the duties that it will involve, and
  2. demonstrated teaching expertise.

Grounds of assessment

The assessment criteria for appointment as an associate professor at KTH shall be the degree of expertise required as a qualification for employment. In addition, the assessment criteria stated in the KTH appointments procedure, section 1.2., apply in relation to the employment profile laid down.

Of highest importance is that the applicant has

  • research expertise in the subject field, among other things demonstrated by publications in high quality international journals.
  • pedagogical skills in the subject field, including high-quality teaching of significant scope at the basic or advanced level as well as student supervision.

Of second highest importance that the applicant has

  • expertise to develop and lead activities and staff. This includes knowledge of diversity and equal treatment issues with a particular focus on gender equality.
  • ability to work in collaboration with others.

It is also important that the applicant has

  • administrative skills.
  • the ability to pursue third-stream activities and also provide information about research and development work.

Trade union representatives

Contact information to trade union representatives can be found at KTH's webpage.

Application

Your application should follow KTH's CV template for employment of teachers. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that the application is complete according to the requirements in the ad and CV template.

Your complete application must be received at KTH no later than the last day of application, midnight CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time).

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For more information regarding KTH's assessement, see Appointments procedure at the Royal Institute of Technology

Other

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Type of employment Permanent position
Contract type Full time
First day of employment According to agreement
Salary Monthly pay
Number of positions 1
Full-time equivalent 100%
City Stockholm
County Stockholms län
Country Sweden
Reference number VL-2021-0014
Contact
  • Jimmy Olsson, Professor, , jimmyol@kth.se
Published 19.Feb.2021
Last application date 14.May.2021 11:59 PM CEST

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