Luleå University of Technology is in strong growth with world-leading competence in several research areas. We shape the future through innovative education and ground-breaking research results, and based on the Arctic region, we create global social benefit. Our scientific and artistic research and education are conducted in close collaboration with international, national and regional companies, public actors and leading universities. Luleå University of Technology has a total turnover of SEK 2 billion per year. We currently have 1,500 employees and 17,900 students.
In the coming years, multi-billion investments will be made in large projects in Northern Sweden to create a fossil-free society both nationally and globally. Luleå University of Technology is involved in several of these cutting-edge research projects and in the societal transformation that they entail. We offer a broad range of courses and study programmes to match the skills in demand. We hope that you will help us to build the sustainable companies and societies of the future.
Here you have an opportunity to belong to an innovative research environment that develops new knowledge about one of the great societal challenges of our time - to support and understand the digital transformation in companies and in society. At the Information Systems Research Group at Luleå University of Technology, we have a need to employ an associate professor in information systems with a focus on Information Security. The information systems research group is part of the Division of Digital Services and Systems which also includes the Center for Distance Spanning Technology and the Center for Security in Society and Critical Infrastructures. The Division consists of about 35 employees researchers, teachers and project managers.
The position of the associate professor is at the Department of computer science, electrical and space engineering, where Luleå University of Technology has gathered research in, among other things, computer science, information systems, signals and systems, and automation. The department's turnover is approximately SEK 220 million, of which education accounts for half and external funds for research for the other half. The department has well-developed collaborations with research institutes, industry partners, universities and other authorities in both research projects and student projects. The environment at the department is open, dynamic and brings together researchers from around twenty different nationalities as well as doctoral students and students from all over the world.
Subject description The research subject Information systems focuses on the design and use of information technology in relation to humans, organisations and societies.
Duties As an associate professor in Information Systems with a focus on information security, you are responsible, together with professors and other faculty, for developing the subject at the undergraduate, advanced, and research-education levels. In this role, you are expected to strengthen our research and education profile in information security and contribute to establishing the field internally in the form of existing and future education and as a research area on our campus in Luleå. An associate professor is further expected to contribute to the university's development work, to ensure that external research funding is attracted to the subject, and to be available for management and administrative assignments.
You will be involved in the subject's research and education, focusing on information security's strategic, operational, and tactical perspectives. Our research in this area aims to understand better, develop methods, and disseminate knowledge about socio-technical factors that affect these information security perspectives at individual, organizational, and societal levels. The group conducts research that combines theory and practice to create societal benefits, emphasizing information security issues of private and public organizations' technology and processes. Some of our focus areas are critical infrastructure and essential societal functions, resilience and risk management, and the interactions between people, information, and technology in various contexts.
The position means that you will:
Qualifications Qualified for an appointment as an associate professor are those who have demonstrated both research and teaching expertise. As much attention must be given to the assessment of teaching expertise as to the assessment of research expertise.
To meet the requirements for the appointment as an associate professor, the applicant:
must have published research output together with researchers within research environments other than the applicant's own environment.
make new knowledge available to the wider community;
Assessment criteria The following assessment criteria apply to this position:
Other assessment criteria (weighted equally):
Further information The employment is a permanent position and is placed in Luleå.
For further information about the position, please contact: Professor and Head of subject Ahmed Elragal +46 0)920 493670 [email protected] Head of division Johan Wenngren +46 (0)920 492059 [email protected]
Union representatives: SACO-S Diana Chroneer,(+46 )920-49 2037 [email protected] OFR-S Lars Frisk, (+46)920-49 1792 [email protected]
In case of different interpretations of the English and Swedish versions of this announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence.
Application We prefer that you apply for this position by clicking on the apply button below and attach the requested application documents including diplomas (certified and translated into Swedish or English), pedagogical self- reflection and publications, etc. We prefer that applicants follows the Instructions for applicants. Note that the applicant´s educational qualifications should be particularly documented. Mark your application with the reference number below. Your application, including diplomas, must be written in English or Swedish.
Final day to apply: March 24, 2025 Reference number : 506-202