Adjunct Associate Professor in Information Systems Engineering

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About the job

The Adjunct Professor position has a full-time equivalence of 20 % and has a fixed term of up to 4 years.

The Adjunct Associate Professor in information systems engineering will be affiliated with the Department of Computer Science (IDI). The position is announced within the research area of the Information Systems and Human Computer Interaction unit (ISCHI). 

From the perspective of this announcement, we define information systems engineering as “the development, evaluation, and improvement of the representations of systems that process information to support, control, or execute activities that stakeholders recognize and care about”. ISCHI is a newly formed group. The members are included in the wider IS-community at IDI, that in the recent national evaluation (EVALMIT) got top score on research and publication quality. Your immediate leader will be the unit leader of the ISCHI unit at the Department of Computer Science.

Your immediate leader is the unit leader of the ISCHI unit at the Department of Computer Science.

Duties of the position

ISCHI does teaching, research, dissemination and innovation along three interrelated pillars: 

• ISE - information systems engineering 
• IS - informations systems
• HCI, CSCW and service design

This position will be within the information systems engineering (ISE) area , with focus in particular on BPM, process modelling and enterprise modelling, utilizing AI and big data for data analytics in digital transformation.

The position includes contributing to current and future courses including in the ISE-pillar in particular TDT4175 – Information systems and TDT4252 – Enterprise Architecture and enterprise innovation. The Adjunct Associate Professor may also help with supervision of master and/or Ph.D. students.

Required selection criteria

The position of Adjunct Associate Professor within information systems engineering requires that you meet the criteria in the Regulations concerning appointment and promotion to teaching and research posts section 1-4.

Your PhD, or academic work of the same scope and quality, must be within the subject area or equivalent.

Knowledge of one or more of the following areas is required:

Information systems engineering
Business process management
Enterprise modelling

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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.

Requirements for educational competence will depend on the employee's work tasks and responsibilities during the employment period. Those who carry out teaching tasks must have university pedagogical training equivalent to at least one Uniped module. Those who carry out supervision tasks must receive training/courses adapted to the relevant target group.

Preferred selection criteria

Knowledge of one or more of the following areas is beneficial:

• Digital transformation  
• Data analytics 
• BPMN
• Process mining

Personal characteristics

• Challenges the status quo and promotes new initiatives 
• Sees the big picture and takes broader considerations into account
• Focuses energy and resources on projects and tasks that add value
• Strong motivation to contribute to a good working- and social environment

Emphasis will be placed on personal and interpersonal qualities.

We offer

• exciting and challenging tasks in a dynamic and international academic environment
• an open and inclusive working environment, with enthusiastic colleagues
• favorable terms in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund 
• employee benefits

Salary and conditions

In a position as Adjunct Associate Profeesor (code 1011) you will normally be remunerated from gross NOK 690 000 - NOK 870 000 per year, corresponding with a 20% position, depending on qualifications and seniority. If you are eligible for membership at the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund, 2% is deducted as a contribution to 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. 

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

About the application

Your application and supporting documentation must be in English. 

The attachments (including a description of your scientific work) must accompany the application as these documents form the basis of the application assessment. 

Please note: the application will only be assessed on the basis of the information we have received by the application deadline. Therefore, make sure that your application clearly shows how your skills and experience meet the criteria described above. The application and all attachments must be sent electronically via Jobbnorge.no. If you are invited to an interview, you must bring certified copies of certificates and diplomas upon request.

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 the quantity of your research may be reduced as a result.

Your application must include (pay attention to what must be included here – remove anything that does not apply):

• CV, including a list of your previous works 
• Copies of relevant diplomas, and certificates
• A teaching portfolio, in which your teaching competence is compiled and presented systematically,   (See guidelines for applicants: Documentation of educational competence.
• A one- page letter describing your experiences, competences, and motivation for applying to the posittion
• A statement of your planned research contribution
• If you are currently not living within a commute distance of Trondheim, you must provide a description of how you will be able to be physcally present at the department approximately one day a week
• Names and contact information for three relevant referees

It is important that you both document and reflect on your competence. You are encouraged to use the NTNUs competence matrix 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. Motivation, ambitions, and potential will also count in the assessment of the candidates.

NTNU is obliged by the evaluation criteria for research quality in accordance with The San Francisco 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

Diversity is a strength, and at NTNU we aim to be an employer that reflects the diversity in society and that makes use of the potential of the population's collective skills. Our vision is Knowledge for a better world and our values ​​are creative, critical, constructive and respectful. We believe that an organization that is equal, diverse, and gender-balanced is essential for us to achieve our goals.

We strive to attract employees with different skills, life experiences and perspectives to contribute to even better problem solving of our societal mission in research and education.  

If you think this position is relevant and interesting, we encourage you to apply, regardless of gender, functional ability, and cultural background, or whether you have been out of work for a period of time.

At NTNU we want to increase the proportion of women in scientific positions. We have a number of measures to promote equality. 

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 expert evaluations of their own and other candidates. As an applicant you are considered part of the process and are stipulated by rules of confidentiality. 

If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact Head of the ISCHI unit John Krogstie, e-mail John.Krogstie@ntnu.no, phone + 47 93417551. 

If you have questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact HR at IDI, e-mail HR@idi.ntnu.no

 

Application deadline: 12.05.2026