Salary negotiated

Today I have negotiated salary with University of Stavanger´s Department of social studies, after having received offer of permanent position as Associate professor of philosophy late last week.

Offered permanent position as Associate professor of philosophy

Today the appointments committee at University of Stavanger has decided to offer me a permanent position as Associate professor of philosophy at Department of social studies, starting August 1st, 2016.

To get permanent position at University of Stavanger

I am in the process of being hired in a permanent position as Associate professor in philosophy at University of Stavanger, after 4 and a half years as temporarily employed (as Associate professor in philosophy). More info as things gets formally confirmed.

Not Head of Department

Today I was notified that I am not included in the recommendation of the evaluation committee considering candidates for Head of department of Department of social studies and Department of Media, Culture and Social Sciences respectively at University of Stavanger (see previous posts on my job applications). At Department of social studies, there will be a new call for applicants.

Two job interviews - UiS

Today I have been invited to job interviews at University of Stavanger, for positions as Head of Department of social studies and Head of Department of Media, Culture and Social sciences, respectively. The interview will take place in late February (in a joint session).

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Job applications - UiS

Employment contract with UiS Business School expired

My employment contract with UiS Business School ended December 31st 2015.

In 2nd place for job as Head of Department

On Monday it surfaced that the appointments committee of the University of Agder´s Faculty of Humanities and Education Friday last week decided to offer the job as Head of Department for Department of Religion, Philosophy and History to Hans Hodne, who had been nominated in 2nd place. In the same email announcement, sent to faculty members, it was stated that if Hodne declined to take the job, it would be offered to me.

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Nominated in 3rd place for UiA Head of Department position

Job interview at University of Agder

Two UiA Head of Department job applications

No Vice Dean Tønnessen

My employment situation turns out to be too complicated for me to be considered for the position as Vice Dean for research for University of Stavanger´s Faculty of Social Sciences.

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UiS Faculty of Social Sciences seeking Vice Dean for research

Contract with UiS Business School signed (again)

Today I have signed a work contract (again), in relation to my employment August 1st to December 31st at University of Stavanger´s UiS Business School, as Associate professor of philosophy. Not the last time, because there was a mistake in the contract, so I´ll have to sign a revised version next week. I´ll get my August salary, as well as my September salary, in September.

UiS late on two payments

University of Stavanger is currently late with two payments I have coming, one concerning fee for grading at Department of health studies this Spring, and another (salary for August) concerning my employment this autumn at the UiS Business School. In total UiS owes me some 125.000 NOK (more than 13.000 Euro) in gross value (before tax).

Back to UiS campus; current employment, office

Today I am back at my office at University of Stavanger, for the first time this autumn semester. 

I will keep my office at KA-215 until New Year, and then move to another office at Department of social studies. 

Starting August 1st I´m employed by Department of social studies (50%) and UiS Business School (40%, until December 31st 2015), in addition to by the EMP research project "Animals in changing environments" (10%). For the year as a whole I have a bit more than a full position including further engagements.

Another employment contract accepted

Today I have confirmed in writing that I accept the offer of another contract with University of Stavanger's Department of Social Studies (50% position August 2015 - July 2016 as Associate professor of philosophy). By the end of this contract I will have been temporarily employed at University of Stavanger, on various overlapping contracts (and for three different departments), for 4 1/2 years.

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Performance appraisal 2015 - and plans for next academic year

To be employed by UiS Business School this autumn

Yesterday, after a week´s negotiations, I agreed to make an employment contract with the University of Stavanger Business School for this autumn. I will be employed in 40% position August to December 2015, as Associate professor in philosophy, responsible for teaching in Examen Philosophicum.

This will be the third department at UiS that I have been affiliated with. Altogether I have made arrangements for 100% work (plus responsibility for UiS EVU, cf. yesterday´s post) in the academic year 2015-2016.

Meeting on PHCC master course; contract signed

Today I have been in a meeting with UiS EVU, and later on signed a contract with them as responsible (course coordinator and sole teacher) for the course "Philosophy of Science and Health Care Ethics" as part of the PCHH (Pre-Hospital Critical Care) Master. The course will be taught over this autumn and next Spring (2 x whole 3 days of teaching).

Employed by Department of social studies

Since August 1st I have been employed by University of Stavanger's Department of social studies, in a 50% position as associate professor in philosophy (I have previously been employed by Department of health studies, where my only formal affiliation here and now is the research project "Animals in changing environments: Cultural mediation and semiotic analysis", in a 10% position). My current contract at Department of social studies runs until July 31st 2015.

Contract for position at Department of social studies signed; in effect from August 1st

Some time back I signed my employment contract at Department of Social Studies (see "To be employed by Department of social studies", posted January 31st). This employment (Associate professor in philosophy, 50 % position) runs from August 1st 2014 to July 31st 2015 (not July to June). In addition to teaching duties this autumn, I will be responsible for supervision of both bachelor and master students finishing their theses in spring 2015.

Research employment started March 15th

Starting yesterday I am employed through a separate contract with University of Stavanger's Department of health studies in a 10 % research position (title: Associate professor; I am also the project's Norwegian project leader). The employment is externally funded, via the Norwegian-Estonian research project "Animals in changing environments: Cultural mediation and semiotic analysis" (EEA Norway Grants EMP151). This contract ends April 30th 2016.

To be employed by Department of Social Studies

Yesterday I met with the Head of department at University of Stavanger's Department of Social Studies, Svanaug Fjær. In the academic year 2014-2015 (July 2014 to June 2015) I will be employed as an Associate professor in philosophy, in a 50% position. The occasion is that Jon vegard Hugaas will have research leave. My responsibility will first and foremost be teaching, grading and planning in the department's version of Examen philosophicum (course in introductory philosophy), which has ca. 200 students.

I will thus be affiliated with two departments at UiS, given my existing engagements at Department of Health Studies.

Graded parental leave, part 2

Starting today and lasting until March 14th, I'm on 75 % graded parental leave (combined with 25 % employment contract with University of Stavanger's Department of health studies - until June 30th; 10 % research contract starting March 15th).

Employment contract (researcher) signed and posted

A couple of days ago I received the employment contract from the University of Stavanger in relation to my involvement as a researcher in the Norwegian-Estonian research project "Animals in changing environments: Cultural mediation and semiotic analysis" (EEA Norway Grants EMP151) (hosted by Department of health studies). Today I signed and posted it. The contract, which is my fourth (I think) consecutive contract at UiS, and which partly overlaps with the second half of the third (25%, Spring 2014), implies that I will be employed in a 10% position from March 15th 2014 to April 30th 2016.