Assistant Professorship in Archaeology

The Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, School of Culture and Society, invites applications for a position as assistant professor in Archaeology. The position will commence 1 September 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.

An assistant professorship is a full-time, three-year training position that involves research and teaching at the BA, MA and PhD level and includes an obligatory course in university teaching for assistant professors. Following the assistant professorship period and subject to necessary funding, an associate professorship within the same academic field will be announced in open competition.

Place of employment: Aarhus University, Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, School of Culture and Society (Campus Moesgård), Moesgaard Allé 15, 8270 Højbjerg, Denmark.

In its pursuit of academic excellence and a positive collegial and collaborative atmosphere, 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 Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies and is a combined teaching and research position.

The position is offered with a view to attract talented applicants with a promising research profile and a commitment to university teaching. Furthermore, the position requires an interest in and ideas for societal engagement and impact, notably with respect to cross-institutional collaboration and sector integration (for example university–museums sector collaboration, research addressing sector-specific challenges, or broader societal engagement and impact). Experience with or an interest in computational approaches to archaeological data and fieldwork as well as Scandinavian Archaeology will be an advantage.

Subject to funding, an associate professorship in open competition will be advertised following this three-year period. When assessing candidates for this associate professorship, in addition to the requirements for associate professorships, successful and impactful cross-institutional collaboration and sector integration will be considered an important assessment criterion.

Research

The successful applicant will be expected to contribute to core activities at the School of Culture and Society and Aarhus University in general and to strengthen the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies’ research activities and output in particular.

The successful applicant will also be expected to develop new research projects with internal and external partners and to raise external research funding.

The applicant’s research credentials and publication record will be assessed not just on existing publications and other research contributions but also on research potential as specified in the qualifications section below.

Past research achievements will be assessed based on the active research time of the applicant in question. We therefore ask applicants to specify any career breaks they have had (for instance due to maternity/paternity leave) in order to gauge their research productivity.

Deadline

19 March 2026

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