About the position
We have a vacancy for a permanent Professor/Associate Professor at the Industrial Ecology Programme (IndEcol), Department of Energy and Process Engineering.
The announced position is instrumental for the overarching ambitions of IndEcol to foster its internationally leading role in research and education of sustainability analysis, renewable energy and materials, resource management and climate change mitigation.
We are seeking a highly motivated scholar with strong expertise in industrial ecology or sustainability systems analysis. The successful candidate will advance research on sustainable production and consumption, with a focus on the interconnections between trade flows, resource use, and environmental impacts. The ideal candidate will generate new knowledge on how national and global value chains can be optimized from a sustainability perspective, integrating environmental, economic, and social dimensions, and exploring the sustainability implications of new policies. They will analyse and develop strategies for alternative socio-economic development pathways (at the consumer, corporate, and policy level) under the perspectives of mitigation of and adaptation to environmental degradation.
The Industrial Ecology Program currently consists of 7 professors/associate professors and about 65 employees in scientific positions (PhD students, postdocs, and researchers). IndEcol is a well-established interdisciplinary research group in the field of sustainability analysis, with publications featured in high-ranked scientific journals, participation to multiple national and European research projects, and direct contributions to assessment reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
You will report to the Head of Department.
Duties of the position
- Undertake research in the field of sustainability analysis, focusing on production-consumption networks and the interactions between the socio-economic system and the environment.
- Apply quantitative methods from industrial ecology or related disciplines to conduct advanced analyses that integrate environmental, economic, and social dimensions in the assessment of existing systems and on the implications of future developments. Particular attention will be given to addressing the growing challenges posed by resource competition, global market instabilities, and environmental changes, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution, and the effects of new policies.
- Teach two courses per academic year at Bachelor or Master levels and supervision of bachelor, master and PhD students, thus integrating sustainability perspectives and systems thinking into education and student research training.
- Participate actively in the development of Indecol as a research group and in both acquisition of new research grants and implementation of innovative education methods.
- Extensive use of analytical tools, numerical approaches, and digital technologies as important elements in daily education, research and dissemination of knowledge.
- Build-up and strengthen interdisciplinary collaborations in education and research across NTNU departments, as well as within Norway and internationally.
Required selection criteria
Professor
The position of Professor requires that you meet the criteria in the Regulations concerning appointment and promotion to teaching and research posts section 1-2.
- Your academic work must be within the field of industrial ecology, sustainability analysis, production-consumption network, or other topics that are relevant to the above specified duties.
- A PhD in the field of industrial ecology, sustainability analysis, environmental sciences, natural sciences, civil engineering, or any other relevant to the field specified above.
- You must have documented experience and ability in creating and leading a new research group.
- Your recent research activities must be in the field of the call, with relevant and consistent track records (15+ primary research articles in well-recognized scientific journals with demonstrated significant contributions from the applicant).
- You have demonstrated ability to secure external research funding as Primary Investigator, and managed research projects successfully.
- You have documented pedagogical training and previous experience from teaching courses at bachelor or master level, with documented high-quality feedbacks from students
- You have experience and a good reputation in the supervision of students, PhDs and post doc (until completion of their studies)
- An extensive network of collaborations with both research and industry partners, both nationally and internationally.
- You must have excellent written and oral English language skills
Associate Professor
The position of Associate Professor requires that you meet the criteria in the Regulations concerning appointment and promotion to teaching and research posts section 1-4.
- Your academic work must be within the field of industrial ecology, sustainability analysis, production-consumption network, or other topics that are relevant to the above specified duties.
- A PhD in the field of industrial ecology, sustainability analysis, environmental sciences, natural sciences, civil engineering, or any other relevant to the field specified above.
- Your recent research activities align with the thematic area of this call, and you must demonstrate competence in the field of industrial ecology through relevant scientific publications (primary research articles in well-recognized international journals where you have made significant contributions).
- You have demonstrated ability to lead or contribute to secure external research funds, and contributed to research projects successfully.
- You have experience and a good reputation in the supervision of students.
- A network of collaborations with both research or industry partners, both nationally and internationally.
- You must have excellent written and oral English language skills
Requirements for professor and Associate Professor
You must document relevant basic competence for teaching and supervision at university/higher education-level, ref. Regulations. If this cannot be documented, you are required to complete an approved course in university teaching within two years of commencement. NTNU offers qualifying courses.
It is a prerequisite that within three years of appointment, new employees who do not speak a Scandinavian language can demonstrate skills in Norwegian or another Scandinavian language equivalent to level three in the course for Norwegian for speakers of other languages at the Department of Language and Literature at NTNU.
Please see the Regulations concerning appointment and promotion to teaching and research posts for general criteria for the position.