Assistant Professor of Arctic Dog Genomics at Globe Institute
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Assistant Professor of Arctic Dog Genomics at Globe Institute
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic assistant professor who will help explore the genomic history of Arctic dog in a position that is shared between Globe institute at University of Copenhagen and SILA at Institute of Health and Nature, Ilisimatusarfik for a 3-year position to commence February 1st, 2026.
Link to webpage about Globe at UCPH and SILA at Ilisimatusarfik.
Our research
At the intersection between SILA at Ilisimatusarfik and the Arctic research environment at Globe we aim to build and develop a research environment that fosters and inspires new insights into the interaction between human and nature in the Arctic across time and space. The collaboration is founded in a shared understanding of Equitable partnerships to equally serve the interests of all partners. They are built on equitable power relations. With this understanding, we wish to employ a strength-based framework for collaboration.
Position
The job is part of a series of projects focused on the indigenous dogs of Greenland. The Qimmeq Project initiated in 2016 has strived to build an interdisciplinary collaborative research environment with the objective of examining the role of dogs in Greenland in the past, present, and future. To this Qimmeq initiative we have now added two additional projects centring around the dogs of South Greenland originating from two distinct cultures; the Inuit and the Norse. These two projects will explore the independent genomic histories of the dog populations as well as examining potential interactions between the two. The position will involve close collaboration with external institutions, such as the National Museum and Archives of Greenland, and teaching within the scope of the SILA programme at Ilisimatusarfik. It is in this context we post this assistant professor position.
The assistant professor’s responsibilities will primarily consist of:
Six overall criteria apply for assistant professor appointments at the University of Copenhagen. The six criteria (research, teaching, societal impact, organisational contribution, external funding, and leadership) are considered a framework for the overall assessment of candidates. Find information about each criterion here: https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/criteria-for-recognising-merit.
Furthermore, we are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic scientist with the following skills and experience:
Essential experience and skills:
The place of employment is at the Section for Hologenomics, Øster Farimagsgade 5A, 1353, Copenhagen K.
About Globe Institute
The Globe Institute is part of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen. The Institute’s main purpose is to address basic scientific questions through interdisciplinary approaches. The institute operates at the intersection of natural and medical sciences and the humanities. Information on the institute can be found at: http://www.globe.ku.dk/.
The Globe Institute is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse environment where employees and students can belong and thrive. See website for more information. All qualified applicants will receive full consideration. Candidates who, through their research, teaching, and/or service, contribute to diversity and competencies of our Institute are encouraged to apply. The University of Copenhagen strives to offer a family friendly and flexible working environment with a sustainable balance between work- and private life, including parental leave schemes (up to 47 weeks for both parents) and up to six weeks of paid holidays per year. Researchers that have not been tax liable in Denmark for the last 10 years can apply for a special (reduced) tax scheme. The university offers a variety of services for international researchers and accompanying families.
About Ilisimatusarfik
Ilisimatusarfik is an Arctic university situated in Nuuk, Kalaallit Nunaat that creates knowledge and innovation in a region developing rapidly. Broadly, deeply and across: Ilisimatusarfik is shaping the Arctic through research, education and cooperation.
Ilisimatusarfik wishes to bridge the university world with the business community and the public sector, because in a collaboration between the sectors, everyone is contributing strong professionalism and combining new thinking and innovation in a fruitful system. Ilisimatusarfik educates for both the private and public labour market, and does research and programmes within humanities, social and health science. Ilisimatusarfik highly prioritises cooperation with the outside world, locally as well as internationally.
Terms of employment
The position is covered by the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff.
Terms of appointment and payment according to the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations on Academics in the State.
Negotiation for salary supplement is possible.
The position is a full time fixed-term position limited to a period of 3 years. The starting date is 1 February 2026 or after agreement.
Foreign and Danish applicants may be eligible for tax reductions if they hold a PhD degree and have not lived in Denmark the last 10 years.
Questions
For further information please contact Professor Anders J. Hansen; ajhansen@sund.ku.dk or Professor Morten Meldgaard; mome@uni.gl
Foreign applicants may find this link useful: www.ism.ku.dk (International Staff Mobility).
Application procedure
Your application must be submitted in English by clicking ‘Apply now’ below. Furthermore, your application must include the following documents/attachments – all in PDF format:
Please include
Deadline for applications: 24 November 2025, 23.59 CET.
We reserve the right not to consider material received after the deadline, and not to consider applications that do not live up to the abovementioned requirements.
The further process
After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the authorized recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the hiring committee. All applicants are then immediately notified whether their application has been passed for assessment by an unbiased assessor. Once the assessment work has been completed each applicant has the opportunity to comment on the part of the assessment that relates to the applicant him/herself.
You can read about the recruitment process at http://employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process/
The University of Copenhagen wish to reflect the diversity of society and encourage all qualified candidates to apply regardless of personal background.
We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic assistant professor who will help explore the genomic history of Arctic dog in a position that is shared between Globe institute at University of Copenhagen and SILA at Institute of Health and Nature, Ilisimatusarfik for a 3-year position to commence February 1st, 2026.
Link to webpage about Globe at UCPH and SILA at Ilisimatusarfik.
Our research
At the intersection between SILA at Ilisimatusarfik and the Arctic research environment at Globe we aim to build and develop a research environment that fosters and inspires new insights into the interaction between human and nature in the Arctic across time and space. The collaboration is founded in a shared understanding of Equitable partnerships to equally serve the interests of all partners. They are built on equitable power relations. With this understanding, we wish to employ a strength-based framework for collaboration.
Position
The job is part of a series of projects focused on the indigenous dogs of Greenland. The Qimmeq Project initiated in 2016 has strived to build an interdisciplinary collaborative research environment with the objective of examining the role of dogs in Greenland in the past, present, and future. To this Qimmeq initiative we have now added two additional projects centring around the dogs of South Greenland originating from two distinct cultures; the Inuit and the Norse. These two projects will explore the independent genomic histories of the dog populations as well as examining potential interactions between the two. The position will involve close collaboration with external institutions, such as the National Museum and Archives of Greenland, and teaching within the scope of the SILA programme at Ilisimatusarfik. It is in this context we post this assistant professor position.
The assistant professor’s responsibilities will primarily consist of:
- research, including publication/academic dissemination duties
- research-based teaching
- sharing knowledge with society
- participation in formal pedagogical training programme for assistant professors
- Conduct research within the genomic history of Arctic dogs and specifically ancient and historical Norse and Inuit dogs of South Greenland.
Six overall criteria apply for assistant professor appointments at the University of Copenhagen. The six criteria (research, teaching, societal impact, organisational contribution, external funding, and leadership) are considered a framework for the overall assessment of candidates. Find information about each criterion here: https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/criteria-for-recognising-merit.
Furthermore, we are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic scientist with the following skills and experience:
Essential experience and skills:
- You have PhD in Arctic research with a natural sciences approach
- You need experience with analysing large-scale genomic data, ideally experienced with ancient DNA
- You are highly experienced in interdisciplinary approaches to Arctic research beyond the natural sciences
- You have an active interest in building capacity in the Arctic as well as at Globe
- You have pre- and postgraduate teaching experience using Arctic perspectives to science
- Proficient communication skills and ability to work in teams
- Excellent English skills written and spoken
- You have extensive experience with communicating outside of academia
- You are reflected about and have experience with research ethics in an Arctic context and can communicate this to academic and student recipients
- You represent Arctic perspectives and have a deep understanding of particularly the Greenlandic context and research in Greenland
- You are independent and driven and can show experience with building novel projects, initiatives and/or ideas from scratch.
- You can showcase an international reputation through invited keynotes and public media appearances
- You have a research portfolio showcasing a persistent dedicated engagement in Arctic research
The place of employment is at the Section for Hologenomics, Øster Farimagsgade 5A, 1353, Copenhagen K.
About Globe Institute
The Globe Institute is part of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen. The Institute’s main purpose is to address basic scientific questions through interdisciplinary approaches. The institute operates at the intersection of natural and medical sciences and the humanities. Information on the institute can be found at: http://www.globe.ku.dk/.
The Globe Institute is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse environment where employees and students can belong and thrive. See website for more information. All qualified applicants will receive full consideration. Candidates who, through their research, teaching, and/or service, contribute to diversity and competencies of our Institute are encouraged to apply. The University of Copenhagen strives to offer a family friendly and flexible working environment with a sustainable balance between work- and private life, including parental leave schemes (up to 47 weeks for both parents) and up to six weeks of paid holidays per year. Researchers that have not been tax liable in Denmark for the last 10 years can apply for a special (reduced) tax scheme. The university offers a variety of services for international researchers and accompanying families.
About Ilisimatusarfik
Ilisimatusarfik is an Arctic university situated in Nuuk, Kalaallit Nunaat that creates knowledge and innovation in a region developing rapidly. Broadly, deeply and across: Ilisimatusarfik is shaping the Arctic through research, education and cooperation.
Ilisimatusarfik wishes to bridge the university world with the business community and the public sector, because in a collaboration between the sectors, everyone is contributing strong professionalism and combining new thinking and innovation in a fruitful system. Ilisimatusarfik educates for both the private and public labour market, and does research and programmes within humanities, social and health science. Ilisimatusarfik highly prioritises cooperation with the outside world, locally as well as internationally.
Terms of employment
The position is covered by the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff.
Terms of appointment and payment according to the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations on Academics in the State.
Negotiation for salary supplement is possible.
The position is a full time fixed-term position limited to a period of 3 years. The starting date is 1 February 2026 or after agreement.
Foreign and Danish applicants may be eligible for tax reductions if they hold a PhD degree and have not lived in Denmark the last 10 years.
Questions
For further information please contact Professor Anders J. Hansen; ajhansen@sund.ku.dk or Professor Morten Meldgaard; mome@uni.gl
Foreign applicants may find this link useful: www.ism.ku.dk (International Staff Mobility).
Application procedure
Your application must be submitted in English by clicking ‘Apply now’ below. Furthermore, your application must include the following documents/attachments – all in PDF format:
Please include
- Letter of motivation
- Curriculum vitae
- Diplomas (Master and PhD degree or equivalent)
- Research plan – description of current and future research plans
- If available, description and documentation of teaching and supervision experience and qualifications. In this connection please describe and document:
- Experience with supervision of BSc and MSc students
- Teaching experience
- Formal pedagogical training
- Complete publication list
- Separate reprints of 5 particularly relevant papers
Deadline for applications: 24 November 2025, 23.59 CET.
We reserve the right not to consider material received after the deadline, and not to consider applications that do not live up to the abovementioned requirements.
The further process
After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the authorized recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the hiring committee. All applicants are then immediately notified whether their application has been passed for assessment by an unbiased assessor. Once the assessment work has been completed each applicant has the opportunity to comment on the part of the assessment that relates to the applicant him/herself.
You can read about the recruitment process at http://employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process/
The University of Copenhagen wish to reflect the diversity of society and encourage all qualified candidates to apply regardless of personal background.