"Tenure Track Position as Assistant Professor in Practical Theology and Contemporary Christianity"

Aarhus University - Department of Theology

The Department of Theology, School of Culture and Society, invites applications for a tenure track position as assistant professor in Practical Theology and Contemporary Christianity. The position will commence on September 1st, 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.

An assistant professorship is a full-time, training position that involves research and teaching at the BA, MA and PhD level and includes an obligatory course in university teaching for assistant professors.

The tenure-track position begins with a full-time, fixed-term three-year appointment as assistant professor with a view to permanent employment as associate professor.

Tenure as an associate professor is subject to necessary funding and conditional upon the assistant professor being assessed as qualified for the position of associate professor before the end of the third year of employment at the latest or, if the tenure-track candidate requests, before the end of the third year. The assessment is based on the assistant professor’s fulfilment of the qualification requirements that apply to associate professorships and the criteria stated in this advertisement. If the assessment is positive, the candidate will be offered a tenured position as an associate professor at Aarhus University.

Place of employment: Aarhus University, Department of Theology, School of Culture and Society, Tåsingegade 3, Aarhus, Denmark.

In its pursuit of academic excellence, The Faculty of Arts is committed to creating an inclusive working environment and therefore encourages all qualified candidates to apply, regardless of personal background, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, ethnicity etc.

The position

The position is a combined teaching and research position.

The position is offered with a view to attracting talented applicants with an excellent and well-documented track record in innovative and internationally recognised research in practical theology, preferably with an empirical and contemporary approach.

The School of Culture and Society wishes to strengthen the integration of university education with external stakeholders and the surrounding society, also in terms of didactics, curricula and digitalisation. The ideal candidate therefore has a strong interest in research and teaching in the subject area in relation to external stakeholders and broader society. This might include, but is not limited to, majority and minority churches, civil society and NGO’s, and/or public sector, preferably in a Danish or Scandinavian context.

Research

The successful applicant will be expected to contribute to core activities at the School of Culture and Society and Aarhus University in general and to strengthen the Department of Theology research activities and output in particular. Applicants will be expected to take an interest in interdisciplinary research collaboration within relevant research programmes within the department and beyond.

We are looking for a candidate with a background in practical theology, preferably with an empirical approach.

The School of Culture and Society places emphasis on research of a high international standard, including interdisciplinary collaboration, participation in collective research projects and the attraction of external research funding. The successful applicant will also be expected to present plans for the development of new research projects with internal and external partners and for raising external research funding.

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