Assistant Professorship in Archaeological Simulation at the Social Resilience Lab

The Social Resilience Lab, School of Culture and Society, project SCEATTAS and project ERC Model City, invite applications for a position as Assistant Professor in Archaeological Simulation. The position will commence on the 1st of January 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.

This assistant professorship is a full-time, four-year training position that involves research and very limited teaching at the BA and MA level, and includes an obligatory course in university teaching for assistant professors (if this has not yet been obtained).

Place of employment: Aarhus University, Social Resilience Lab, Jens Chr. Skous Vej 4, Aarhus, Denmark.

We acknowledge that imposter syndrome is a widespread phenomenon in academia, but it should not deter potential applicants from putting themselves forward for this role. Should you have any doubts or require further information, Dr Tom Brughmans (t.b@cas.au.dk) is available for discussions regarding the potential fit for the position.

In its pursuit of academic excellence, The Faculty of Arts is committed to creating an inclusive working environment and therefore encourages all qualified candidates to apply, regardless of personal background, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, ethnicity etc.

The position

The position will be associated with the Social Resilience Lab at the School of Culture and Society, and is a research position with limited teaching.

The position is offered with a view to attracting talented applicants with an excellent and well-documented track record in innovative and internationally recognised research in computational archaeology, computational social science, cultural evolution, complexity science or similar and a specialisation in agent-based simulation.

It is expected that the successful candidate will have experience at a doctoral level and shows readiness to transition to a new career stage and a more independent position.

The work environment

This position will be based in the newly established Social Resilience Lab - a fresh and dynamic research group whose aim is to leverage historical and archaeological data to explore the sources of resilience across a vast range of past and present societies against stresses (such as climate change) and shocks (e.g. natural catastrophes). 

The benefits of the position include:

• Pursue vision-driven world-class research as a team
• Ample professional development opportunities including cutting-edge management paradigms, processes and software
• A working environment that upholds values such as work-life balance, kindness, putting people over product, aiming to create an environment in which all of its members can thrive
• High level of independence and authority over one’s tasks, timelines and processes
• Appointment shall be in accordance with the collective labour agreement between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations.

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