Assistant Professor in planning, designing and evaluating public transport

Assistant Professor in Planning, Designing and Evaluating Public Transport

Lund University, LTH, 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.

LTH, Faculty of Engineering, is recruiting an assistant professor in planning, designing and evaluating public transport.

Transport and Roads is a division of the Department of Technology and Society. We have around 40 employees and our offices are located in V-huset on LTH campus. You will mainly be working in the research group Rail and Public Transport, with approximately ten employees, both teachers and PhD students. We conduct research about public transport from several perspectives, with focus on increasing its attractiveness, capacity, and punctuality.

The group's starting point is that climate change is our generation's major challenge, and the transport sector accounts for approximately one third of emissions. Rail and public transport services are green and high-capacity means of transport that have great potential to make a positive contribution to the transition to a fossil-free and energy-efficient society.

We offer a supportive and inclusive work environment with many possibilities to personal growth. More about the research group can be found at Lund University's Research Portal.

Assistant professor in planning, designing and evaluating public transport

Planning, design and evaluation of public transport systems on both rail and road, with a particular focus on capacity, reliability, and cost efficiency. This area consists of, for example:
• Planning and implementation of advanced public transport solutions, such as Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and light rail systems.
• Analysis of impacts on reliability, capacity and patronage as a result of different types of infrastructure or operational measures in public transport.
• Identification and analysis of trade-offs in the planning process. The aim is to support the development of robust, attractive, and long-term sustainable public transport systems that meet both societal needs and travellers' demands.

Employment as an assistant professor is a tenure track position, which aims for the holder to develop their independence as a researcher and educator. The work duties mainly involve research and teaching. The position includes the opportunity to undertake five weeks of training in teaching and learning in higher education.

Work duties include:
• Research within the subject area.
• Teaching in the first, second and third cycles of studies.
• Supervision of degree projects and doctoral students.
• Actively seeking external research funding.
• Collaboration with industry and wider society.
• Administration related to the work duties listed above.

Qualification requirements for employment as an assistant professor are fulfilled by someone who has been awarded a doctorate or has the corresponding research competence. Primary consideration should be given to someone who has been awarded a doctorate or achieved the equivalent competence within seven years of the deadline for application for employment as an assistant professor. However, someone who has been awarded a doctorate or achieved the equivalent expertise at an earlier date may also be considered if there are special grounds.

For appointment to assistant professor, the following shall form the assessment criteria:
• A good ability to develop and carry out high quality research.
• Teaching ability.

• Very good oral and written proficiency in English.
• Very good oral and written proficiency in Swedish.
• Collaborative skills, initiative and the ability to solve work tasks independently, as well as a demonstrated interest in leadership.

• Significant documented research experience (e.g. from postdoc or doctoral studies) from another university/institute or…