Associate Professor or DTU Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Engineering Didactics - DTU Learning Lab

If you are looking for the best possible environment to fulfill your dreams and ambitions to be a didactical researcher in university, it is right here in front of you. We are looking for an ambitious researcher, who urge to develop world class educations through didactical research.
If you are looking for the best possible environment to fulfil your dreams and ambitions to be a didactical researcher in university, it is right here in front of you. We are looking for an ambitious researcher, who urge to develop world class educations through didactical research.

DTU’s ambition is to have the best engineering education in Europe. Henceforward, a research field will be established within DTU Learning Lab. The focus of the Learning Lab research team will be student learning; how do engineering students behave and learn, and how can teachers and supervisors support and scaffold student learning to maximize student learning outcome? Based upon existing knowledge as well as new research projects to be done, DTU Learning Lab will build a cutting-edge state of the art knowledgebase of student behaviour, motivation, and learning STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) in university.

DTU Learning Lab is responsible for pedagogical and didactical training of DTU’s staff. This includes courses, workshops, presentations, and the overall teacher-training program for all new faculties to become competent teachers and educational developers.

For an associated professor or DTU Tenure Track assistant professor of Engineering Didactics, we seek candidates with documented knowledge, skills, and competences in the following areas:

• Theories of teaching and learning in higher education, preferably with teaching and learning STEM in universities
• Theories of motivation and didactical design of courses, lab exercises, projects, internships
• Theories of grounding and transfer of knowledge, skills, and competences from one setting to other complex settings
• Theories of and experience with teaching and learning with technology
• Experience with both qualitative and quantitative empirical research within the field of student learning in universities – preferably the motivation, behaviour, and learning of engineering students

We seek candidates with a high potential for creative and independent research, willingness to collaborate and interact with other researchers, the ability to develop study programmes, teacher training, and scaffold student learning to strengthen learning outcome.

Responsibilities and qualifications
You will be expected to establish a vivid research group in the field of engineering didactics in close collaboration with didactical consultants in DTU Learning Lab and active faculty of other departments within DTU. We expect you to actively seek research funding and also contribute to the training of DTU’s educators.

The key responsibilities of the position are:

• Conducting excellent research in one or more of the above-mentioned research areas and publishing articles in international high-ranked journals
• Collaboration externally with international academia, internally within the university, and with public authorities
• Attracting external funding to the field of research
• Providing scientific advice to e.g., management, teachers, heads of studies, study counsellors at DTU on development of teaching, study environments, and study programmes
• Teaching and supervising. Preferably, you are experienced with teaching and developing of teacher-training programmes – and will be able to contribute to the DTU teacher-training programme and to supervision DTU’s academic staff with respect to both teaching and doing empirical Scholarship of Teaching and Learning-research in student motivation, behaviour, and learning.

Any candidate who:

• has a solid knowledge about and experience with analysis of engineering students’ motivation, behaviour, and learning
• has experience with transforming traditional – more lecturing – teaching into learner-centred teaching
• has solid experience in developing an active learning environment
• has experience with the nature of the backwash effect
• is familiar with state-of-the-art learning theory
• has good experience with the development of both valid and reliable exams for universities courses and projects to promote and evaluate students’ conceptual understanding
• has high self-motivation, enthusiasm, and eagerness to push the boundaries of state-of-the-art practice within teaching and learning in higher education
• is open-minded and teamwork-oriented to strive for common ambitious goals will be considered as a candidate with favourable background.

You must be responsible for the teaching of courses. DTU employs two working languages: Danish and English. You are expected to be fluent in at least one of these languages, and in time are expected to master both.

As formal qualification you must hold a PhD degree (or equivalent). If you are applying for the associate professor position you should also have academic qualifications equivalent to those obtained by holding an assistant professorship and documented didactic/pedagogic training.

You will be assessed against the responsibilities and qualifications stated above and the following general criteria:

• Experience and quality of teaching
• Research experience
• Research vision and potential
• International impact and experience
• Societal impact
• Innovativeness, including commercialization and collaboration with industry
• Leadership, collaboration, and interdisciplinary skills
• Communication skills

In the assessment of the candidates, consideration will be given to:

• Scientific production at international level
• Based upon your knowledge of the field – and the challenges – of teaching and learning STEM in universities, you must be able to formulate a clear and strong vision for the future research of DTU Learning Lab with respect to the research of student learning and the development of a general engineering didactic
• Potential to establish and lead a research team
• The ability to promote and utilize research results

Salary and terms of employment
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union.

Starting date is as soon as possible. The position is a full-time position and based at DTU Lyngby Campus just north of Copenhagen. Copenhagen is renowned around the world for its relaxed atmosphere, fantastic restaurants, festivities, and high quality of life.

The assistant professor position is part of DTU’s Tenure Track program. Read more about the program and the recruitment process here.

You can read more about career paths at DTU here.

Further information
Further information may be obtained from Head of DTU Learning Lab, Jens Øllgaard Duus, tel. +45 2083 5207 or email: [email protected].

If you are applying from abroad, you may find useful information on working in Denmark and at DTU at DTU – Moving to Denmark.

Application procedure
Please submit your online application no later than 27 October 2024 (23:59 Danish time). Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link "Apply now", fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include:

• Application (cover letter)
• Vision for teaching and research
• CV including employment history, list of publications (applicants applying for the position as associate professor should indicate scientific highlights), H-index and ORCID (see http://orcid.org/)
• Teaching portfolio including documentation of teaching experience and responsibilities of courses and/or study programmes.
• Academic Diplomas (MSc/PhD)
• Documentation of educational awards

You can learn more about the recruitment process here.

In the field “Please indicate which position you are applying for”, please indicate whether you are applying for the position as Associate or Assistant Professor.

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply.

Who are we?
The aim of DTU Learning Lab is to inspire and support teachers, students, and management at DTU in working for a continuous development of the quality of study programmes, teaching and learning at DTU. The core activities are teacher training and dissemination of literature, conferences, networks, and projects within didactics of engineering education and university pedagogy – in Denmark and internationally. The ambition is for DTU Learning Lab to become a major national player within the research of engineering didactics and teaching and learning STEM in university. You can read more about DTU Learning Lab here: https://learninglab.dtu.dk/.

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