Professor in Clinical Psychology in Eating Disorders

The Department of Clinical Medicine at Faculty of Health at Aarhus University invites applications for a position as Professor in Clinical Psychology with a specific focus on eating disorders. This is a full time position for a duration of five years, starting on 1 January 2025, or as soon as possible thereafter.

As a professor at the Department of Clinical Medicine, you will be part of what is probably the largest health science research department in Denmark. Our clinical research covers all the medical specialties and takes place in close collaboration with the university hospital and the regional hospitals in the Central Denmark Region. The department has overall responsibility for the Master's degree programs in medicine and in molecular medicine. At the department, we have approx. 425 academic employees and an equal number of PhD students cooperating across disciplines. You can read more about the department here and about the faculty here. As a professor, you will be working at Aarhus University Hospital, Psychiatry (AUHP). At AUHP, the number of patients with eating disorders is approximately 850 per year, with half being children/adolescents and half being adult patients. There are 387 psychologists employed in the Region’s psychiatric departments, including 124 in child and adolescent psychiatry. Altogether, more than 3,000 professionals are employed in psychiatry. You can read more about the psychiatric departments in Central Denmark Region here.

The research departments in psychiatry comprise researchers in clinical, epidemiological, and translational research. The researchers consist of psychologists, psychiatrists, and other professionals.

Your job responsibilities

As a professor in clinical psychology with a focus on eating disorders, you will have joint responsibility for the development of the department’s research and teaching environment. You will contribute to the implementation of the faculty’s and Department’s overall research strategies. You are expected to contribute – both independently and in collaboration with others – to the development of the department by leading research of high international quality and ensuring a high academic and didactic standard in teaching. Qua your excellent collaborative skills and broad academic network, you will contribute to the national and international academic profiles of both Aarhus University and AUHP. The research area of eating disorders is expected to span child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry. 

Your main tasks will consist of:

• Conducting research of high international quality, including publishing in top international journals and communicating your research within national and international academic networks.
• Teaching, supervising and examination of students.
• Supporting research-based practice in the field of eating disorders at AUHP, including teaching and supervising clinicians,, especially other psychologists and psychiatrists.
• Supervising PhD students and contributing to the development of the faculty’s PhD courses.
• Contributing to the funding of your own research group with the help of external research funding.
• Participating in assessment and committee work at Aarhus University.
• Engaging in research-based collaboration with private and public-sector stakeholders, as well as providing research-based consultancy.
• Disseminating your research to the broader community.

You will report to the head of the research department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Professor and Chair Per Hove Thomsen.

Your competences

You have an excellent track record in eating disorder research and have established yourself as a prominent researcher. You possess solid research and teaching qualifications at a high international level. You have broad international cooperative partnerships and extensive experience in research collaborations with private and public-sector stakeholders. You also have a documented ability to attract significant competitive research funding from national and international funding bodies. Furthermore, you possess solid experience in clinical psychiatry research, bridging research and clinical practice.

As a person, you are a helpful and motivational leader who inspires other researchers and builds trusting relationships with students, colleagues and partners. As a lecturer, you communicate the newest and relevant knowledge in a committed, clear, and comprehensible manner. As a supervisor, you are competent, inspiring, supportive, and responsible.

You are ready to take co-responsibility for the development of the department’s research and education at the highest international level and for ensuring a positive work environment. You naturally involve yourself in interdisciplinary collaboration at the departmental, faculty, and university levels, as well as nationally and internationally. You have the ability to attract PhD candidates with a background in psychology to AUHP and the Department for Clinical Medicine from other departments.

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

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

Questions about the position

If you have any questions about the position, please contact Professor and Chair, Per Hove Thomsen, at tel.: (+45) 2117 2976 or email: per.hove.thomsenps.rm.dk.

Your place of work will be Aarhus University Hospital, Psychiatry, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 175, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark.

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.

Aarhus University

Aarhus University is an academically diverse and research-intensive university with a strong commitment to high-quality research and education and the development of society nationally and globally. The university offers an inspiring research and teaching environment to its 38,000 students (FTEs) and 8,300 employees, and has an annual revenues of EUR 935 million. Learn more at www.international.au.dk/