Requisition number : IRIDeS04
Tohoku University is currently seeking a faculty position
| Faculty Position | Prof. or Assoc.Prof. |
| Affiliation | Disaster Information and Public Collaboration Division International and Regional Cooperation Office |
| Research field | Coordinate and enhance the international and regional collaboration for disaster mitigation through proposing the strategy and principle and planning a meeting and conference on the topics. The candidate should have experiences working in the international agency or institute for the disaster reduction and mitigation or university oversea. |
| Qualification Requirements | The successful applicant will have a Doctoral degree (Ph.D.) in Disaster Science or a related discipline. For applicants at the Associate Professor level, relevant postdoctoral experience and demonstrated potential for excellence in research will be required. Applications at the Professor level will require all of the above plus a well-established research program with a record of extramural funding. |
| Application | Prescribed application forms (Click the icon below to download.) 1. Curriculum Vitae and Research Activities:Form 1-1,Form 1-2 2. Past activities on one page of A4 or letter size:Form 2 3. Statement toward activities in the IRIDeS on one page of A4 or letter size:Form 3 4. Reprints of Selected best 10 academic papers All documents must be written in English. However, if some presentation or publication contents are in Japanese, those portions can be documented in Japanese. (e.g., for presentations made to a Japanese academic society or patents acquired in Japan.) Documents shall be submitted in A4 or letter sized paper with your name written on each document and should be in the digital files such as PDF format in the CD media. The documents submitted shall not be returned. |
| Term of Employment | From April 2012 or after the selection, on the following contact basis Prof. ; 10 years in the first term, extensions are possible, after judgment in the committee Assoc.Prof. ; 10 years in the first term, only one extension is possible, after judgment in the committee |
| Salary | Payment will be made in accordance with the University’s rules and regulations. |
| Deadline | March 30, 2012 (Friday), 5:00PM at Japan Standard Time (UTC/GMT+9:00) |
| Submission of Application Forms | The printed documents and CD with the digital files should be sent by air mail to Office of International Research Institute of Disaster Science Campus of School of Engineering, Tohoku University Aoba 6-6-04, Sendai 980-8579, Japan |
| Selection | 1st screening: application documents review (The results will be informed to applicants after the submission). 2nd screening (for qualifiers only) if needed: Interviews and presentations in English to be conducted. |
| Inquiries | Should you have any questions, please e-mail the Institute. Inquiries should be directed to
Professor Fumihiko Imamura: imamura [at] tsunami2.civil.tohoku.ac.jp |
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