Associate Professor in Historically Oriented Research on Professions, Knowledge and Expertise - OsloMet

About the position

The Centre for the Study of Professions (SPS) is seeking to appoint a permanent full-time Associate Professor in historically oriented research on professions, knowledge and expertise. The successful candidate is expected to play a central role in the further development of historically oriented research at the Centre.

SPS is an internationally recognized research and doctoral training environment for the study of professions and hosts a PhD programme in the Study of Professions. The Centre is theoretically and methodologically diverse, and the successful candidate will join an interdisciplinary team of researchers and doctoral candidates from fields such as sociology, education, history, philosophy, political science, social anthropology, health sciences, economics and psychology.

The academic field of the position includes historical perspectives on:

• professions in the Norwegian welfare state
• knowledge and value foundations in professional practice, including the relationship between theoretical and practical knowledge
• assessments, decision-making processes and the exercise of professional judgement
• trust in expertise, professions and knowledge institutions
• learning, expertise development and the organisation of professional education

The Centre’s strategic plan for 2025–2030 also highlights three thematic priority areas:

• Inequality, Exclusion and Inclusion
• Professions in the Digital Society
• Knowledge Production, Expertise and Politics

We are seeking an ambitious candidate with the potential to strengthen the Centre’s research and teaching within the academic field of the position and in relevant parts of the Centre’s strategic priority areas. The position requires high teaching competence (documented) and the ability to supervise at PhD level. The successful candidate is expected to take an active role in developing nationally and internationally competitive research projects of high scientific quality, and to demonstrate the ability to pursue long-term project development in a highly competitive funding landscape.

Read more about the Centre for the Study of Professions.

Read more about our research groups.

Your main duties and responsibilities will include

• developing SPS’ historically oriented research on professions, knowledge and expertise
• developing and leading national and international research projects
• contributing to the Centre’s competence development within research design and new methodological approaches
• supervising doctoral candidates and teaching in the PhD programme
• disseminating research to relevant communities and the wider public
• administrative duties and responsibilities
• participating actively in interdisciplinary collaboration and contributing to the strategic development of SPS

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