Tenure-track position as Assistant Professor in Human Security

 The Department of Anthropology, School of Culture and Society, invites applications for a tenure track position as assistant professor in Human Security. The position will commence on 1 September 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter.

An assistant professorship is a full-time, 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.

The tenure-track position begins with a full-time, fixed-term three-year appointment as assistant professor with a view to permanent employment as associate professor. Tenure as an associate professor is subject to necessary funding and conditional upon the assistant professor being assessed as qualified for the position of associate professor before the end of the third year of employment at the latest or, if the tenure-track candidate requests, before the end of the third year. The assessment is based on the assistant professor’s fulfilment of the qualification requirements that apply to associate professorships and the criteria stated in this advertisement. If the assessment is positive, the candidate will be offered a tenured position as an associate professor at Aarhus University.

Place of employment: Aarhus University, Department of Anthropology, Moesgård Alle 20, 8270 Højbjerg, Denmark.

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The Position

The position is a combined teaching and research position.

For this position, we are seeking an innovative and dedicated scholar who will contribute to Aarhus University’s core activities in research, education, talent development, and knowledge exchange. The successful applicant will also be expected to coordinate the interdisciplinary master's degree program in Human Security and contribute to our general anthropology programs anchored at the Department of Anthropology.

Research

The Department of Anthropology emphasizes high-quality research and attaches great importance to interdisciplinary collaboration, participation in collective research projects, and the ability to attract external research funding. The successful applicant is expected to have a background in the social sciences or humanities and a strong research profile within human security. We are particularly interested in candidates whose research addresses themes such as crisis, security, pandemics, climate change, conflict, violence, post-conflict recovery, displacement, security governance, governmentality, and nation-building. The position is not restricted to a particular geographical region. However, applicants with documented research experience employing ethnographic and qualitative approaches, including extensive field-based research, will be preferred.

Deadline

Monday 23 Nov 2026 at 23:59 CET

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