Faculty Positions, Medicine, Pharmacology, and Health and Care Sciences job with Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg – (Jobs)

Gothenburg, Sweden.

Competitive academic conditions. Salary to be discussed. One of Sweden’s strongest environments for clinical and translational research World-class infrastructure, a leading life science ecosystem, freedom to innovate under Sweden’s teacher exemption, and sustainable work–life balance.  

Associate Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Medicine, Pharmacology, and Health and Care Sciences

The Sahlgrenska Academy, the medical faculty at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, invites applications for nine Associate Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) positions. We are seeking highly ambitious and talented early-career researchers ready to establish independent research programs in one of Sweden’s strongest environments for clinical and translational research.

Full details and application instructions:

https://www.gu.se/en/sahlgrenska-akademin/about-us/call-for-9-assistant-professor-positions

You will work in close integration with healthcare, with direct access to clinical expertise, patient data, and collaborative clinical research settings. Combined with world-class research infrastructure and a strong life science ecosystem, this provides exceptional conditions for research with real clinical and societal impact. The academic culture is highly collaborative, characterized by low hierarchical barriers, openness, and strong collegial support.

The positions include teaching and supervision at undergraduate and graduate levels.

Sweden’s unique teacher exemption means that researchers retain the rights to their own intellectual property, offering rare freedom to develop research ideas into innovation while remaining in academia.

Academic employment in Sweden supports ambitious research alongside generous leave, strong parental benefits, affordable childcare, and sustainable work–life balance in an international, English-speaking research environment.

The positions are non–tenure track, with clear, criteria-based opportunities for academic promotion within the Swedish higher education system. A doctoral degree (PhD or equivalent) is required