Assistant, associate or full professor of Finnish language and literature education

Job description

The Faculty of Educational Sciences invites applications for the position of: ASSISTANT, ASSOCIATE OR FULL PROFESSOR OF FINNISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE EDUCATION The appointee may be appointed to a tenure-track assistant or associate professorship or permanent full professorship, depending on their qualifications and career stage. Further information on the University of Helsinki’s tenure track system is available on the University website. The appointment is to begin on 1 January 2027. Job overview: The appointee will lead research, build research networks and engage internationally in the field, while also teaching, particularly in subject teacher training, the Study Track for Class Teachers and doctoral education. Mother tongue and literature is a key subject in comprehensive and general upper secondary school, fostering language proficiency as well as critical textual and interaction skills. The position focuses on research and teaching in the education of Finnish language, Finnish as a second language, and literature. The discipline covers the education of Finnish language, Finnish as a second language and literature in all areas: language proficiency and knowledge, text produ...