Professor of Forest Ecosystems (tenure)​

Estonian University of Life Sciences announces open competition for academic position from January 1, 2025.

Commencement date January 1, 2025; closing date for applications November 3, 2024

Institute of Forestry and Engineering

Professor of Forest Ecosystems (tenure)​ 1.0

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The positions’ commencement date: January 1, 2025

Application documents

To participate in the competition, candidates are required to submit the following documents to the Personnel Department by e-mail to [email protected] by November 3, 2024:

• an application to the Rector;
• a copy of the document certifying education and/or academic degree;
• CV (curriculum vitae) and a structured list of scientific publications of recent ten years, in the Estonian Research Information System (ETIS) standard format (up to ten significant publications from the earlier period may be included at will); information on academic work and in-service training done within five recent years shall be enclosed with the CV;
• the candidate for the position of Professor shall submit motivation letter reflecting the candidate’s vision about the development of this specific research field and related international cooperation in the university, and the measures that the candidate is going to take for increasing the level of research and teaching in the field (max 1500 words);
• Researcher ID / ORCID / Google Scholar reference;
• other relevant materials at the discretion of the applicant.

Application documents shall be submitted in Estonian and English. As an exception, application documents may be submitted in English only, if Estonian is not expected from the position holder. The documents shall be submitted in the written form by e-mail to [email protected].

In case the applicant has obtained higher education in a foreign country, the University will ask for an assessment from the academic recognition information centre (Estonian ENIC/NARIC Centre) on the conformity of the qualification of the applicant to the qualifications required in the position.

For candidates who apply for the position of Professor for the first time it is mandatory to present a public lecture (venia legendi), in case they have not done it earlier.

Further information: HR Chief Specialist, e-mail [email protected].