Professor or Associate Professor in Contemporary Art with focus on Speculative Materials

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Video: https://youtu.be/Xt-yHCN5QS0Om stillingenThe Trondheim Academy of Fine Art at NTNU is excited to announce an opportunity for a 100% permanent position as Professor or Associate Professor with a focus on Speculative Materials. We are seeking applications from dedicated and qualified candidates who can help us develop and define the notion of speculative materials and push the academic boundaries through exploring materials as frameworks for societal re-imagination and transformation. An emerging field of artistic research, speculative materials investigate the notion of materials as active agents in shaping cultural, technological, and ecological futures. At the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art, we are dedicated to shaping the roles and impact of artists in society. The successful candidate will thrive in an environment characterized by high ambitions, access to relevant networks and facilities, and a strong international reputation in artistic research.

The Trondheim Academy of Fine Art is a department within the Faculty for Architecture and Design at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). With a dynamic and experimental approach to education and research, our department comprises 30 staff members including 15 PhD candidates, and approximately 80 students across bachelor and master programs. 

Your immediate leader is Head of Department.

Duties of the positionThe primary responsibilities include teaching, conducting artistic research, and fostering artistic development, collaboration, and new initiatives within the realm of speculative materials. The ideal candidate will be committed to exploring the potential of art and culture to drive societal transformation, working with academic colleagues both within and outside the department, as well as international public and private sector actors. They will contribute to advancing and articulating our department’s study programs, with a specific focus on developing speculative materials perspectives in education, while engaging in collaborative artistic research projects in the department and across various academic domains.

Candidates must be dedicated to exploring the potential of an art academy embedded within a University for Science and Technology. They should show enthusiasm for relocating their professional activities to the art academy in Trondheim, Norway, enabling them to share their artistic research and production processes and outcomes with the University, its local contexts, and broader national and international networks.

Responsibilities include tutoring and teaching courses in the existing Bachelor and International Master programs in Fine Art, as well as the new educational initiatives in speculative materials. Additionally, the candidate will supervise fellows in a PhD program in artistic research.

Candidates should demonstrate the ability to develop and carry out advanced and collaborative artistic research projects, including collaborations with other academic contexts across the arts, science, and society.  

Required qualifications You must have the qualifications required for the position of associate professor or professor in the field of Speculative Materials, as outlined in § 3-6 of the regulations concerning appointment and promotion to teaching and research posts 

a doctoral degree in a relevant field, or competence at an equivalent level documented either by artistic work or scientific work of the same scope and qualityeducational competence as per § 3-8,formal training, quality development in own teaching, guidance, and significant contribution to the development of educational quality, is required as a minimum.pedagogical or didactic competence to promote learning, including knowledge and skills in the development and implementation of teaching and guidance at university and college level.Norwegian language skills at level B2For professor position, you must also document:

significant contributions to research or artistic development work at the highest level, in accordance with international or national standards within the field.Additional requirements for professor must be documented:

quality development in own teaching and supervision over time and a high degree of reflection on own practicebroad experience with supervision, preferably at master's/PhD levelinitiate, lead and/or participate in the development of educational quality in the academic communitiescompetence in knowledge in use (innovation, dissemination and interaction with society) and/oracademic leadership and elected posts/appointed roles.For both positions: 

You must document relevant basic competence in teaching and supervision at a university/higher education-level, as referenced in the NTNUs guidelines for academic positions. 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.

New employees who do not speak a Scandinavian language by appointment is required, within three years, to demonstrate skills in Norwegian or another Scandinavian language equivalent to level B2 of the course for Norwegian for speakers of other languages at the Department of Language and Literature at NTNU. 

Preferred qualificationsexperience and advanced understanding of artistic research processesknowledge and critical understanding of the potential and opportunities for creative processes and (speculative) materials knowledge of relevant frameworks and networks in the creative and cultural sector and industries (e.g.)well-grounded, up-to-date competence and outstanding artistic practice, including a strong record of exhibition activities in contemporary art venues in internationally relevant arenasthe ability and willingness to explore the potentials of collaboration across art and society documented involvement in internationally funded cross-disciplinary research projectsunderstanding of the contemporary art world, its current dynamics, and future perspectiveshands-on experience in leadership and/or managementrelevant capacities for contributing to strategic development on the levels of the Department, the Faculty, and the University The position will be expected to delivery teaching of high quality both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including supervision of Master’s and Doctoral candidates. In addition to a clear vision of the role of contemporary art in rapidly changing societies, successful applicants will outline a teaching philosophy that elaborates on traditions of studio-based (or possibly conservatory-based) arts educations, while addressing future challenges by linking it to artistic research practices that advance in terms both methodologies and substance. Special care should be taken to demonstrate and articulate experience with innovative teaching methods, including how these can be implemented collaborating with partners in and outside the academic context.

Applicants who lack formal qualifications in educational competence, or cannot document equivalent qualifications, will need to complete an approved pedagogical development programme within two years of appointment.

A solid command of both written and spoken English is a prerequisite. It is also a prerequisite that within three years of appointment, new employees who do not speak a Scandinavian language demonstrate skills in Norwegian or another Scandinavian language equivalent to level three in the course for Norwegian for speakers of other languages at the Department of Language and Literature at NTNU. 

Additionally, please consult the  Regulations concerning appointment and promotion to teaching and research posts for general criteria for the position. NTNU is committed to following evaluation criteria for research quality according to The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment - DORA.

Personal qualitiesWe are looking for candidates with strong teamwork skills, including the ability to work efficiently under varying workloads and deadlines. Being collegial, reliable, actively present, and committed to NTNU’s vision, values, social mission, key challenges, and main objectives is important for this position.

Emphasis will be placed on personal and interpersonal qualities.

We offer exciting and challenging tasks in a strong international academic environment an open and inclusive work environment with dedicated colleagues favourable terms in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund employee benefits 
Application ProcessYou can find more information about working at NTNU and the application process here.

Video: https://youtu.be/bwfNPj8HxHwSalary and conditionsAs an Associate Professor (code 1011) you are normally paid from gross NOK 750 000 – 950 000 NOK per annum before tax, depending on qualifications and seniority. As Professor (code 1013) you are normally paid from gross NOK 900 000 – 1 200 000 NOK 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 withthe 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.

For the necessary professional and social interaction, it is a prerequisite that you are physically present and available to the

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