Associate professor in Economic History, 7 %, 12 months (PA2026/1246)

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top universities. The University has around 46 000 students and 8 500 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.

Lund University School of Economics and Management is one of eight faculties within Lund University. More than 4 000 students and 450 researchers, teachers and other staff are engaged here in training and research in economic history, business administration, business law, informatics, economics, statistics and research policy.

The School of Economics and Management is accredited by the three largest and most influential accreditation institutes for business schools: EQUIS,AMBA and AACSB. Only just over 100 business schools in the world have achieved this prestigious Triple Crown accreditation.

The Department of Economic History is a research-intensive department that employs about 60 people: researchers, teachers, technical/administrative staff, and Ph.D. candidates. The department has a large PhD programme and co-ordinates three international Master programmes. The Department has a well established reputation for wide-ranging research with an emphasis on long-term processes, and with economic theory and quantitative methods as important methodological tools. Strong research areas at the department include economic growth and structural change, innovation, energy and sustainability, development economics, and economic demography, as well as financial history and education and the labour market. More information is available at the Department’s website: http://www.ekh.lu.se/en.

Lund University announces a position as associate professor (lector) in Economic History. The position starts 1 of July 2026 at the department of Economic History, Lund University School of Economics and Management. The employment is 7 percent of full time for 12 months.

Subject area and duties

The subject area is Economic History specializing in environmental history.

The position consists of guest lectures and supervision of Master or Bachelor theses. .Teaching can be at the undergraduate and graduate level and will have an emphasis on energy history, economic growth and climate change.  The teaching will be held in both Swedish and English.

Eligibility  

To be employed the applicant must have both pedagogical skills, a degree at the advanced level or the equivalent and has other skills that are important with regard to the subject of environmental economic history and other tasks included in the employment.

Assessment criteria

The School of Economics and Management aims at a balance between research and teaching. Equal importance will therefore be given to scholarly and pedagogical skills when assessing the applicants.

In the overall assessment of scholarly skills special weight will be given to applicant with a doctorate in economic history, publications in peer-reviewed journals and in publishing houses with an international peer-review system. Special weight will also be given to experience from national and international collaboration and participation in research networks. Moreover, the ability to collaborate with the surrounding society and to inform about research will be assessed.

Pedagogical qualifications include training in teaching and learning in higher education, pedagogical experience and pedagogical skills. Experience of teaching and course development in Environmental Economic History, with a focus on climate change and economic growth is a requirement.

Very good oral and written proficiency in English and Swedish is a requirement.

Consideration will be given to how the applicant's skills and experience can strengthen and supplement the existing research and teaching activities within the Department.

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