Associate Professor in Music Technology

Tentative timeline

• Announcement
• Application deadline is 2 May 2016
• Trial lectures will be held 3 November 2016
• Interviews will be held 4 November 2016
• Board of the Departments meeting 30 January 2017
• Appointment Committee of the Faculty Boards meeting 15 March 2017
• Position available from 1 April 2017

Number of applicants: 20

Recruitment committee

• Head of Department Alexander Refsum Jensenius, Department of Muicology
• Professor Jim Tørresen, Department of Informatics
• Associate professor Jo Herstad, Department of Informatics

Selection Committee

• Head of Research Stan Hawkins, University of Oslo (administrator)
• Associate professor Jo Herstad, Department of Informatics
• Professor Petri Toiviainen, University of Jyväskylä
• Professor Daniel Trueman, Princeton University

Expert committee

• Head of Research Stan Hawkins, Univeristy of Oslo (administrator)
• Professor Stefania Serafin, Aalborg University
• Professor Petri Toiviainen, University of Jyväskylã
• Professor Daniel Trueman, Princeton University

Interview committee

Formal interview committee:

• Vice-Dean for Research Ellen Rees, Faculty of Humanities, University of Oslo (administrator)
• Associate Professor Jo Herstad, Department of Informatics, University of Oslo
• Student David Buverud, Department of Musicology and Department of Informatics

Academic representatives, not formal members of the interview committee:

• Head of Department Alexander Refsum Jensenius, Department of Musicology, University of Oslo
• Professor Jim Tørresen, Department of Informatics, University of Oslo

The selection committee, expert committee and interview committee must be impartial (Norwegian).

The steps and committees of the hiring process

1. Selection committee - selects applicants for further assessment by the expert committee. Available to applicants, but not open to public viewing.
2. Expert committee - assesses applicants academic qualifications. Available to applicants, but not open to public viewing
3. Interview committee - final assessment of the applicants, based on the report of the expert committee, the trial lecture, interviews and referee interviews. The recommendation is neither open to applicants nor to public viewing
4. The Department Board - recommendation of at least three competent applicants in ranked order. Neither open to applicants nor to public viewing
5. The Appointment Committee of the Faculty Board - passes the final decision in the hiring process

Minutes from the meetings of the Department Board and the Appointment Committee are open to public viewing.

Orientation on appointment process for academic positions.