Scholarship / Financial aid: unknown
Date: full time positions
Deadline: 31 August 2007
Open to: see Requirements please
Announcement follows:
The post comes under the Faculty of Mathematics and the Natural Sciences, Department of Geosciences, Section for Meteorology and Oceanography (MetOs). In addition to the announced post, there are three full and three adjunct (20%) professorships in metorology. The 15 PhD/postdoc fellows, who are financed primarily by the Research Council of Norway and EU projects, are for the most part involved in research in atmospheric chemistry and/or climate change. For more information on the Department of Geosciences and the Section for Meteorology and Oceanography, see http://www.geo.uio.no.
MetO is located in the Oslo Center for Interdisciplinary Environmental and Social Research (CIENS) on the University of Oslo campus. CIENS also houses the Research Division of the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, the Centre for Climate and Environmental Research – Oslo (CICERO), the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR), The Norwegian, The Norwgian Center for Transport Research (TØI), and smaller group from the Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU), the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research and the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE). CIENS is a major hub in environmental research in Norway and a very dynamic environment. For more information see http://www.ciens.no.
Air pollution and climate change on various scales are central to the research and teaching in meteorology at MetOs. The meteorological and oceanographic research is integrated in the research group “Water as a regulator in biogeochemical cycles”. This theme covers topics in atmospheric chemistry (emission, transformation, transport and deposition of trace gases and aerosols), physics (cloud physics, radiation) and dynamics (weather and climate). It constitutes a prioritized research group at the Department and Faculty level.
The atmospheric chemistry group is involved in several projects funded by the EU and the Research Council of Norway. Thematically the projects cover the oxidation capacity of the troposphere, impacts of anthropogenic emissions (ozone precursors, hydrogen) on chemically and radiatively active gases (with a particular emphasis on aircraft and ship emissions). Several projects also deal with distributions of aerosols, both natural and anthropogenic. Stratospheric work considers recovery of ozone (following reduction in ozone depleting substances) in combination with climate change. Much of the work is based on a global Chemistry Transport Model (CTM), but in recent years work has been also with chemistry in climate models of the troposphere (CAM) and the stratosphere (WACCM). The group has a strong network, both nationally (CIENS, Norwegian Climate Center) and internationally (several universities and research institutes in Europe the US and China).
The basis of assessment for the applicants is the academic, other professional and pedagogical qualifications, publications, qualifications for management and administration, project experience and research network, as well as personal qualifications. In the ranking of competent applicants, the whole breadth of their qualifications will be considered, assessed and explicitly weighed. Particular weight is placed on qualifications that are closely related in the area in which the post is advertised.
Requirements:
The application must contain information about education, former positions, scientific and pedagogical activities and administrative experience. The applicants must, within the deadline, send four copies of:
- The application, CV and other attachments.
- Scientific papers that the applicant wants to be taken into special consideration in the evaluation process.
- A list of all scientific papers and where they are published.
- An account of the papers the applicant wants to be taken into special consideration.
- Documentation of pedagogical qualifications, activity making knowledge available to the public and other qualifications that the applicant wants to be taken into consideration in the evaluation process.
The number of papers submitted for special evaluation should normally not exceed ten.
Scientific papers that are still in preparation at the time of the deadline, may be submitted within four weeks after the deadline, provided the applicant gave notice of this in the application.
Applicants, who at the time of appointment cannot provide documentary evidence of basic teaching competence, must acquire such competence in the course of a period of two years.
As a general rule, an interview will be conducted during the appointment process, and it may be appropriate to require trial lectures.
Teaching languages are Norwegian and English. In case the person appointed does not have necessary skills in Norwegian language, this will be expected to be achieved within a certain time period.
The University of Oslo is seeking more women in permanent academic posts. Women are therefore encouraged to apply.
Deadline: 31 August 2007
The application with attachments should be send, in 4 - four - copies, within the deadline to:
The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Att.: Senior executive officer Thomas Brånå, P.O. Box 1032, Blindern, N-0315 Oslo, Norway.
Application papers will not be returned, with the exception of books and originals.
Further information on http://www.admin.uio.no
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