Professor at the Department of Public Health

The Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health, Aarhus University invites applications for one or more positions as professor in research fields of relevance for the Department of Public Health including research related to the four strategic research areas: Applied Public Health, Clinical Public Health, Disease Ethology and Research Methodology and Sport Science. The positions are permanent full-time. Employment is planned to start on 1 August 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.  

As a Professor at the Department of Public Health, you will be part of an ambitious and internationally recognised department, where we collaborate to advance public health through research focused on the promotion of health and the prevention, treatment and alleviation of disease. We engage in broad collaborations internally and externally, sharing our knowledge with citizens, decision-makers, public and private sector businesses, and other researchers nationally and internationally.

The Department of Public Health contributes to teaching medicine, public health science, sport science, health science and nursing. You will have approximately 200 colleagues at the department, including 80 academic staff members and a similar number of PhD students. You can read more about the department here and the faculty here.

Job Responsibilities

As a professor, you will share responsibility for developing the department's research and teaching environment and contribute to implementing the faculty's overall strategy. You will be expected to contribute to the development of the department by leading high international standards and by maintaining high academic and didactic standards in teaching. With your excellent collaborative skills and your broad academic network, you will enhance academic development at Aarhus University and development of the university’s profile nationally and internationally.

Your main tasks will be:

• To do research at a high international level, including publications in top international journals and publishers, and communicating your research in national and international academic networks.
• To attract substantial external funding to support the activities of your research group.
• To collaborate on your research with private and public-sector stakeholders as well as research-based consultancy.
• To develop international networks and collaborations in research and teaching.
• To teach, supervise and examine Bachelor’s and Master’s degree students.
• To supervise PhD students and contribute to the development of the faculty's PhD courses.
• To contribute to assessment and committee work at Aarhus University and elsewhere.
• To disseminate your research to the public.

Start package: Depending on qualifications and needs, support to establish your research at the department can be negotiated.

You will report to the head of department.

Your competences

You have an excellent track record within your area of research and have established yourself as a prominent researcher with one or more stays or positions at internationally recognised research institutions. You possess documented teaching qualifications at a high level. Further, you have broad international collaborations, including experience in research partnerships preferably with private and public-sector stakeholders. You have a proven ability to attract significant research funding from national and international funding bodies.
As a leader you are supportive and motivational, inspiring other researchers and building trusting relationships with students, colleagues and partners. As a lecturer, you teach based on the latest and most relevant knowledge in a clear, engaged, and comprehensive manner, based on carefully selected didactic principles. As a supervisor, you are competent, inspiring, supportive and responsible.

In collaboration with your colleagues, you take responsibility for advancing the department's research and education to the highest international standards while ensuring a positive work environment. You view the department’s professional diversity as a strength and are eager to engage in interdisciplinary collaboration at departmental, faculty and university levels as well as outside the university - nationally and internationally.

We expect you to be fluent in oral and written English. International applicants are expected to learn Danish. Aarhus University will organise Danish teaching.

In order to be qualified for a professor position, you must meet these academic criteria.

Shortlisting will be used.

Questions about the position

If you have any questions about the position, please contact the head of department Michael Baggesen Klitgaard, Tel: 40227649.

Your place of work will be the Department of Public Health at Campus Aarhus at Bartholin’s alle 2, DK-8000 Aarhus C or at Dalgas Avenue 4, DK-8000 Aarhus C.

We expect to conduct interviews in May 2025.

Terms of employment

• In making the appointment, emphasis will be placed on a high degree of original production at an internal level and experience from teaching at different levels as well as contributions to the development of teaching activities and teaching material, hereby documenting that the applicant has developed the academic discipline from a research and teaching perspective.
• Moreover, there will be an assessment of the applicant’s ability to perform research and teaching management tasks.
• Further information on the appointment procedure can be found in the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.
• The appointment is in accordance with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (Akademikerne).
• Remuneration is in accordance with the above, and the Salary agreement catalogue for staff at Health.
• The yearly base salary for a fulltime professor is DKK 797.476,39 (including a position related supplement, a pre-agreed professor supplement and pension (17.1%)). Additional supplement(s) can be negotiated dependent on experience, special qualifications and performance of special functions. Professors have the authority to negotiate pay on their own behalf.
• Researchers recruited from abroad are offered a special researcher tax scheme with a lower tax rate.
• Travel and moving expenses may be covered according to the employee in question and, to a limited extent, the accompanying family.
• Further information on qualification requirements and job description can be found in the Ministerial Order on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities.

Application

Your application must include the following:

• Motivated application
• Curriculum Vitae
• Diploma
• Template for applicant - professor
• A list of publications
• A teaching portfolio. We refer to Guideline on the use of teaching portfolios
• The ten publications stated as the most important in the 'Template for applicant - professor' must be submitted
• Research plan, which is part of the 'Template to applicant - professor' can be uploaded separately (optional)
• Coauthor statement(s) can be uploaded (optional)
• References/recommendations can be uploaded separately in the e-recruitment system (optional)

We refer to the faculty’s Guidelines for applicants.

Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants.

Letter of reference

If you want a referee to upload a letter of reference on your behalf, please state the referee’s contact information when you submit your application. We strongly recommend that you make an agreement with the person in question before you enter the referee’s contact information, and that you ensure that the referee has enough time to write the letter of reference before the application deadline.
Unfortunately, it is not possible to ensure that letters of reference received after the application deadline will be taken into consideration.

International applicant?

Aarhus University offers a broad variety of services for international researchers and accompanying families, including assistance with relocation and career counselling to expat partners. Please find more information about the International Staff Office and the range of services here.

The application must be submitted via Aarhus University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website.