Part-time (25%) Professor in Medical Anthropology

The School of Culture and Society, Department of Global Studies, at Aarhus University invites applications for a permanent position as a part-time (25%) full professor in medical anthropology. The position is available from 1st April 20207. 

Place of employment: Department of Anthropology, Moesgaard Allé 20, 8270 Højbjerg, Denmark.

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. 

Position

The part-time (25%) full professorship is offered with a view to attracting well qualified applicants with an extensive and documented extensive research experience in innovative and internationally recognized research in the area of medical anthropology.

The selected applicant will be expected to contribute to core activities at the Department of Anthropology, the School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University in general and to expand the research activities, outreach and output in the area of health research in particular.

Apart from research and out research, the professor will also be expected to take an active role in supervising and supporting early career scholars, and in teaching and developing the department’s educational programs within anthropology.

Research

The selected applicant will be expected to provide academic leadership in the development of interdisciplinary research programs in the area of health and is expected to develop new research projects with internal and external partners, to raise external research funding, and to take part in the daily activities of the department. They will be expected to take an interest in brokering and entering inter- or transdisciplinary research cooperations both within and outside of the School of Culture and Society at the Faculty of Arts and AU in general.

The applicant’s research activities will be evaluated in relation to research time. We therefore encourage applicants to specify any periods of research leave they may have taken (for instance maternity/paternity leave) so that we can take these periods into consideration when evaluating research productivity. 

The Department of Anthropology

The Department of Anthropology offers a welcoming atmosphere, a close-knit and collegial environment, a superb student population, explorative and internationally orientated research and teaching environments, and good possibilities for career development, project funding, and administrative support at the school and the faculty levels.

The Department of Anthropology is one of Europe's largest and most vibrant teaching and research environments within its field. Scientific staff currently consists of 27 associate and full professors, 13 assistant professors and postdocs, and 28 PhD-fellows, we are also the temporary home of a number of visiting and affiliated researchers.

Deadline
Monday 23 Nov 2026 at 23:59 CET  

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