The Department of Design Sciences is Hiring an Artistic Senior Lecturer in Industrial Design

With this position, the Department of Design Sciences and the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) at Lund University, want to continue the focus on industrial design and artistic competence in education and research and to strengthen the intertwining of education and research environments in artistic and qualitative methods. The position aims to integrate artistic research into our industrial design programmes, and to contribute nationally and internationally to the facilitation of new knowledge in art, technology and society in the field of industrial design.

The position is located at the Division of Industrial Design at the Department of Design Sciences at LTH, Lund University. Design Sciences is an interdisciplinary department that integrates design, technology and people in its research and education. Industrial design is a creative and intellectual activity that questions, shapes and visualises objects, systems and interactions. The discipline of design is embedded in cultural frameworks. Today, almost any issue can be subject to design processes. Our industrial design programme in a university environment is continuously evolving in relation to ongoing changes in society, business and research. For this position, we are looking for an artistic senior lecturer who can actively and with great commitment take on the artistic programmes. More specifically, this is linked to how practical-based knowledge can be conveyed, communicated and assessed in the artistic process, how it is expressed in both research and education, and how this can be quality assured. Artistic research and doctoral education on an artistic basis is still a young discipline that is seeking its forms of expression. We welcome applicants who have a PhD on either an artistic or scientific basis. With innovative ideas, you are expected to develop the activities in a creative spirit that enriches the industrial design environment specifically and LTH as a whole. You are also expected to lead and participate in research projects related to the subject, seek your own external funding, and participate in the national and international research context. These tasks require a high physical presence at LTH. The School of Industrial Design is rooted in a large campus that encourages an interdisciplinary approach and professional interaction.

The position will be accompanied by a PhD position that is planned to be advertised when the Senior lecturer is recruited.

Subject 

Industrial Design

Subject description

Industrial design is a creative and intellectual process that explores, designs and visualizes objects and systems to improve conditions in context. The subject relates to and critically examines technological changes in society.

Industrial design encompasses the whole process of product creation, from idea to finished result. The subject has a strong link between technical, aesthetic, industrial, environmental and economic aspects.

Work duties

Work duties include:

• Research within the subject area.
• Teaching in the first, second and third cycles of studies.
• Supervision of degree projects and doctoral students.
• Actively seeking external research funding.
• Collaboration with industry and wider society.
• Contribute to the development of the education and research environment.
• Administration related to the work duties listed above.

Qualification requirements

Appointment to senior lecturer in fine, applied or performing arts  requires that the applicant has:

• A PhD in fine, applied or performing arts, has demonstrated artistic expertise or has some other professional expertise that is considered important with regard to the subject matter of the post and the work duties it will involve.
• Demonstrated teaching expertise.
• Completed five weeks of training in higher education teaching and learning, or acquired equivalent knowledge by other means, unless there are valid reasons.

Assessment criteria

When assessing the applicants, special importance will be given to artistic and teaching expertise within the subject, equally.

The assessment criteria specify the aspects to be taken into account, and the level to be achieved, in order for the assessment criteria to be deemed fulfilled. The following assessment criteria must be fulfilled for appointment to senior lecturer:

• A good national and international standing as an artist/researcher. The requirement for international experience shall be assessed with consideration to the character and traditions of the subject.
• Good teaching ability, including a good ability to conduct, develop and lead teaching and other educational activities on different levels and using a variety of teaching methods.
• A good ability to supervise doctoral students to achieve a PhD or students on arts programmes to achieve artistic independence.
• An ability to collaborate with wider society and communicate his or her activities.
• A general ability to lead and develop activities.

Additional requirements

• Very good oral and written proficiency in English.
• Significant documented research experience in industrial design or equivalent.
• Documented artistic practice.
• Applied for and been granted with external research funding from established research funders
• Collaborative skills, initiative and the ability to solve work tasks independently.

Other qualifications

• Significant documented research experience (for example from postdoc or scientific research program) from another university/institute or relevant experience from industry/public sector.
• Having worked with and researched sustainability issues.
• Experience of pedagogical leadership, e.g. Programme management
• Supervised PhD students or students in artistic programmes.
• International network in the industrial design sector, in higher education and/or research in design and industrial design.

The extent to which the applicant, through their experience and skills, may complement and strengthen ongoing research, undergraduate education, departmental innovation, and how they can contribute to the future development of the department will also be taken into consideration.

We offer 

Lund University is a public authority which means that employees get particular benefits, generous annual leave and an advantageous occupational pension scheme.  Read more on the University website about being a Lund University employee: https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/about-university/work-lund-university.

Instructions on how to apply

Applications shall be written in English. Please draw up the application in accordance with LTH’s Academic qualifications portfolio – see link below. Upload the application as PDF-files in the recruitment system. Read more:

http://www.lth.se/english/working-at-lth/to-apply-for-academic-positions-at-lth/