About the position

At the Department of Sociology and Political Science (ISS) there is 1-2 vacant permanent positions as Associate Professor in Sports science (social sciences profile). The positions are full-time.

The Sports section at the Department covers a wide specter of research and teaching within the social sciences, including disciplinary perspectives of sports sociology, sports psychology, sports pedagogy and other social science disciplines. The Sports section's research and teaching focus particularly on aspects of:
• i) performance and coaching (i.e coach-athlete relationship, positive youth development and skill development)
• ii) social and organizational aspect of sports participation (i.e. development of sports organizations, sport culture and inclusion/exclusion within sports)
• iii) physical education (i.e. grading and evaluation of students, student motivation and physical competence)

Successful applicants will have research and teaching backgrounds from one or... more of these focus areas. All three focuses are equally important, and we are now looking for candidates that can complement each other and the Department's current Sports staff's research and teaching.

The Sports section currently has responsibility for the Department's study programmes in Sports (BA and MA levels) and 5-year study programme in Physical education and sport with teacher education, years 8-13. As of today, the section consists of six permanent and approximately ten temporary staff.

The section is characterized by inter-disciplinary work with other employees at the Department, and also collaborates actively with other sports researchers at NTNU’s other faculties and departments, and at other institutions nationally and internationally. The section also has very good collaborations with local, regional and national sport environments.

Overall, the Department has approximately 110 employees and 11 study programs. ISS is characterized by strong disciplines with emphasis on sociology, political science and sports sciences (social science profile), contributing to multidisciplinary study programs and research at NTNU. For more information.

NTNU believes that inclusion and diversity is a strength. We want our faculty and staff to reflect Norway’s culturally diverse population and we continuously seek to hire the best minds. This enables NTNU to increase productivity and innovation, improve decision making processes, raise employee satisfaction, compete academically with global top-ranking institutions and carry out our social responsibilities within education and research. NTNU emphasizes accessibility and encourages qualified candidates to apply regardless of gender identity, ability status, periods of unemployment or ethnic and cultural background.

NTNU is working actively to increase the number of women employed in scientific positions and has a number of resources to promote equality, including resources for mentorships and support for qualification to full professorships.

Your immediate leader is Head of Department.

Duties of the position
• Specific responsibilities for teaching and research in Sports science.
• Participation in teaching activities in accordance with the current study programs, including supervision of bachelor, master and doctoral candidates and examination work.
• Contributing to further development of research in sports sciences, the study programs and teaching practice in sports science.
• Contributing to the Department’s work on Continuing Education and Professional Development.
• Carry out research within his/her professional field and special research interests.
• Responsibility for dissemination of research findings.
• Responsibility for administrative tasks.
• Shared responsibility with other academic staff in the Department for academic matters and for contributing to development of the Department’s discipline-strategic work.
• Representing his/her own field of study and the Department’s discipline in local, national and international multidisciplinary research.

The Associate Professor is obliged to conform with the regulations concerning changes and developments within the discipline and/or the organizational changes concerning activities at NTNU.

Required qualifications

You must have the qualifications required for the position of associate professor in the field of sports science (social science profile) as outlined in the regulations concerning appointment and promotion to teaching and research posts
• Your PhD, or comparable academic work, must be within the field of social sciences and with a dissertation thematically related to sports science. The ph.d. may be obtained from sports science (with a social science profile) or a diversity of other social science disciplines, including (but not limited to) sociology, psychology, pedagogy.
• Your research should allow you to contribute to the full range of teaching in the sports section, including courses in all the three study programmes the section is responsible for.
• Interest in and experience from inter-disciplinary research and teaching.
• You must document progression in published research, and present future research and publication plans. You should also show ability and willingness to contribute to the long-term development of research at the Department.
• We emphasize your ability to tie your plans and interests to the research areas where the Department has ongoing activities and potential for further development.
• Pedagogical qualifications and potential for development will be emphasized.

If you can document that the PhD thesis has been submitted or provide documentation from the institution that confirms when the defense is scheduled to take place, your application can be assessed even if you have not yet defended your dissertation. Documentation of the obtained doctoral degree must be presented before you can take up the position.

You must document relevant basic competence in teaching and supervision at a university/higher education-level, as referenced in the Norwegian national Regulations. If this cannot be documented, you will be required to complete an approved course in university pedagogy within two years of commencement. NTNU offers qualifying courses free of charge.

New employees who do not speak a Scandinavian language by appointment are required, within three years, to demonstrate skills in Norwegian or another Scandinavian language equivalent to level three of the course for Norwegian for speakers of other languages at the Department of Language and Literature at NTNU.

Preferred qualifications

Competence in Norwegian or another Scandinavian language.

Personal qualities

Personal skills such as independence, solution-orientated, cooperative, creativity and motivation in contributing to a good working and social environment, will be emphasized.

We offer 

The Department emphasize its work to achieve a working environment that is inclusive for all and marked by equality of opportunities.

Furthermore, we offer:
• exciting and challenging tasks in a dynamic and international academic environment
• an open and inclusive working environment, with enthusiastic colleagues
• favourable terms in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund
• employee benefits
• National regulations provides for good welfare arrangements, for persons in all phases of life (for instance, low-cost child care for all, parental leave and other), and accommodations for persons with disabilities.

Application Process

You can find more information about working at NTNU and the application process here.

Salary and conditions

As a Associate Professor code 1011 you are normally paid from 657 300 – 777 900 per annum before tax, depending on qualifications and seniority. As required by law, 2% of this salary will be deducted and paid into the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund.

The engagement is to be made in accordance with the regulations in force concerning State Employees and Civil Servants, and the acts relating to Control of the Export of Strategic Goods, Services and Technology. Candidates who by assessment of the application and attachment are seen to conflict with the criteria in the latter law will be prohibited from recruitment to NTNU.  

After the appointment you must assume that there may be changes in the area of work.

It is a prerequisite you can be present at the Department (Campus Dragvoll, Trondheim) and accessible to the institution on a daily basis.

About the application

Your application and supporting documentation must be in English.

Publications and other scientific work must follow the application. Please note that your application will be considered based solely on information submitted by the application deadline. You must therefore ensure that your application clearly demonstrates how your skills and experience fulfil the criteria specified above.

If, for any reason, you have taken a career break or have had an atypical career and wish to disclose this in your application, the selection committee will take this into account, recognizing that this may have influenced the quantity of your research.

Your application must include:
• CV
• diplomas and certificates. If you have not yet defended your dissertation you must document that the PhD thesis has been submitted
• A teaching portfolio, in which your teaching competence is compiled and presented systematically, (See guidelines for applicants: Documentation of teaching qualifications in applications and appointments to academic positions at NTNU)
• Academic works – published or unpublished – that you wish to be considered during assessment of your application (up to 5 items)
• A description of the scientific/artistic works you consider most relevant, which you particularly wish to be factored into the assessment
• A list of your previous works, with details on where they have been published
• A plan outlining your plans for how to develop your research and teaching next five years, both with regard to your individual and the sports section's development.
• Details of projects for which you have served as project manager, including information on financing, duration, and scope
• Names and contact information for three relevant referees

You are encouraged to use the Universities Norway’s NOR-CAM toolbox as a guide for documentation of your competence.

Joint work will also be considered. If it is difficult to identify your specific input to a joint project, you must include evidence of your contributions.

In the evaluation of which candidate is best qualified, emphasis will be placed on education, experience and personal and interpersonal qualities, and how candidate's qualifications are complementary to research and teaching profiles of other employees at the Department's Sports section. Motivation, ambitions, and potential will also count in the assessment of the candidates. Our assessment of pedagogical skills will be based on documented pedagogical material, forms of presentation in your academic works, teaching experience, PhD, and Masters supervision, and any other relevant pedagogical background. Both quality and scope will be taken into consideration, and an open scientific practice will be recognized.

NTNU is obliged by the evaluation criteria for research quality in accordance with The San Fransisco Declaration on Research Assessment – DORA and The obligations in the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment ( CoARA) on responsible assessment of research and recognition of a wider range of academic contributions to science and society. This means that we will pay particular attention to the quality and academic range demonstrated by your scientific work to date. We will also pay attention to research leadership and participation in research projects. Your scientific work from the last five years will be given the most weight.

Your application will be considered by an expert committee. Candidates of interest will be invited to an interview, and to deliver a trial teaching session.

General information

The city of Trondheim is a modern European city with a rich cultural scene. Trondheim is the innovation capital of Norway with a population of 200,000. The Norwegian welfare state, including healthcare, schools, kindergartens and overall equality, is probably the best of its kind in the world. Professional subsidized day-care for children is easily available. Furthermore, Trondheim offers great opportunities for education (including international schools) and possibilities to enjoy nature, culture and family life and has low crime rates and clean air quality.

As an employee at NTNU, you must continually maintain and improve your professional development and be flexible regarding any organizational changes.

A public list of applicants with name, age, job title and municipality of residence is prepared after the application deadline. If you want to reserve yourself from entry on the public applicant list, this must be justified. Assessment will be made in accordance with current legislation. You will be notified if the reservation is not accepted.

For the sake of transparency, candidates will be given the expert evaluation of their own and other candidates. As an applicant you are considered part of the process and is stipulated to rules of confidentiality.

If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact Stig Arve Sæther, e-mail stigarve @ntnu.no

If you have questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Renate Lillian Johansen, e-mail renate.johansen@ntnu.no.

If you think this looks interesting and in line with your qualifications, please submit your application electronically via jobbnorge.no with your CV, diplomas and certificates attached. Applications submitted elsewhere will not be considered. Upon request, you must be able to obtain certified copies of your documentation. 

Application deadline: 30.10.2023

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Department of Sociology and Political Science

We conduct research, teaching and dissemination in sociology, political science, media, communication and information technology, and sport sciences. The Department offers five-year master’s programmes in teacher education (lektorutdanning) in social sciences as well as in physical education and sports. As a social science department we have a special obligation to contribute to the public debate on important social issues. The Department of Sociology and Political Science is one of seven departments in the Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences.

Deadline 30th October 2023

Employer NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Municipality Trondheim

Scope Fulltime

Duration Permanent

Place of service Adresse mangler, 7491 Trondheim Dragvoll, 7491 Trondheim
Trondheim Norway

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