Professor (History and Anthropology of Education)
CALL FOR COMPETITION FOR A POSITION
Professor (History and Anthropology of Education)
Faculty of Philosophy, Institute of Education Science
The date of the call for the competition: 06 January 2025.
Deadline for document submission: 05 February 2025 (local time zone UTC+2).
Professor of Vilnius University is a recognised leader in their field of research and studies in Lithuania; it is the highest teaching position at the University. The professor’s responsibilities include scientific research and/or experimental development activities as well as disseminating their results at national and international levels, research-based studies, contributing to the training of researchers and lecturers, providing expert recommendations, carrying out educational activities, educating society at large and/or disseminating achievements of culture.
Description and responsibilities of the position:
It is expected that the professor will perform scientific research of international and high national level individually (and/or in a team with other researchers) in the field of education, specifically, history and anthropology of education and will publish the results of their research in publications referenced in the Clarivate Analytics Web of Science and/or SCOPUS databases. The research professor will submit proposals for research project funding and will implement the projects; convene teams of researchers and lead them; teach students in Lithuanian and English (study subjects such as methodologies of education research, comparative education, history and anthropology of education, teaching and learning, reforms and development in education, development of the cultural identity, anthropology of childhood), prepare methodological material for studies; supervise final theses of students, doctoral dissertations and/or postdoctoral interns. As an expert in their field, they will provide insights and recommendations to society, when necessary. Will contribute to the development of the academic journal of the unit. They will maintain professional relations with their colleagues abroad and will take an active part in national and international associations in their field. They will promote specialisation of an education researcher and education and pedagogy studies. They will implement other functions assigned to a professor related to studies, research, methodological and organisational activity, as provided for in the legal acts of the University.
Required qualifications:
Doctoral degree (social sciences, education).
Supervision of a doctoral student and/or postdoctoral intern.
Ability to teach in Lithuanian and English.
Description of Mandatory Competences for the Career Stages of Researchers at Higher Education and Research Institutions HERE.
Description of other required qualifications is available HERE.
In case the candidates are of equal standing, the following will be considered an advantage:
Experience in higher education management (head manager of an academic unit, e.g. an institute or a department).
Experience in academic publishing (chief editor or member of the editorial team of an academic journal).
Membership in national and international academic and research associations and their governing bodies.
Experience in cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary academic activities (e.g. participation in doctoral studies in other fields of science than education, implementation of research projects in other scientific fields or participation in interdisciplinary projects).
The selection of candidates will be held on the basis of qualitative expert evaluation and, when necessary, in other ways. A more detailed description of the procedure for holding recruiting competitions is available HERE.
Starting at: 01 September 2025, duration of contract – 5 years.
Workload: 1 full-time post.
Official salary: 3920 EUR (before tax).
Candidates shall submit the following documents:
Description of academic activities in English together with a list of publications (when completing the Pedagogical Competencies section, please refer to the Guidelines for Evaluating the Pedagogical Competencies. When completing the Activity Plan section, please prepare an activity plan that would be aligned with the priorities of the Vilnius University Strategic Plan and the action plan of the Faculty of Philosophy).
Curriculum Vitae.
Certified copies of qualification documents and diplomas (not applicable to current Vilnius University employees).
All documents shall be submitted to , with ‘Professor (History and Anthropology of Education)’ in the subject line.