Professor of Digitalisation with specialisation in Agricultural Engineering

The Department of Energy and Technology conducts research and education with a focus on how agriculture can contribute to a sustainable society. The department has a bilingual work environment and about 80 employees who are part of five research groups with expertise in technology and systems for sustainable production of food and bioenergy. In terms of research methodologies, we have extensive competency in systems analysis, including environmental systems analysis including LCA, applied statistics and mathematics, biological waste treatment, source-separating sanitation, logistics and automation. The department have the responsibility of more than 30 courses at basic and advanced level within the Agronomy programs, bachelor and master programs in environmental science and biology given at SLU. We also have courses in the engineering programs of “Environmental and Water Engineering” and “Environmental Sciences”, given together with Uppsala University. The department is part of the Land, Water and Environmental Centre (MVM) at SLU where the research is conducted in areas such as environmental changes in soil and water, understanding of biological, physical and chemical processes in soil and water systems, optimization of food, bioenergy and circular systems and method development in soil and forestry.

SLU also has access to the national infrastructure UPPMAX (Uppsala Multidisciplinary Center for Advanced Computational Science), a resource available for high-performance computing (HPC). Adjacent to the campus is also the RISE facility, where there is a test bed for research on digitization in agriculture. There has been an established collaboration between the department and RISE for a long time. The research at SLU are broad and opportunities for trans disciplinary research. There are great opportunities for applied research in the agricultural sector with access to SLU:s long-term field trials as well as land to establish new trials. SLU:s campus in Uppsala also has access to a lysimeter plant, greenhouse and phytotron as well as proximity to the research station SLU Lövsta agricultural research, which is Northern Europe's most modern facility for research and education about livestock productionfarm animals.

Subject area

The subject includes digitisation with a focus on the application of automation, robotics or mechatronics to achieve resource-efficient and sustainable agriculture.

Duties

The professor is expected to lead a research group within the area of employment and

• develop and lead an internationally successful and externally funded research program
• develop and lead teaching at undergraduate, advanced and postgraduate level
• participate in postgraduate education and supervise doctoral students
• be able to teach Swedish at bachelor's level within four years; the department will support the successful candidate to help achieve this objective
• develop and maintain national and international networks with academia, industry, and society in general
• contribute to the strategic development of the department and the faculty
• collaborate within the department and with other departments within and outside SLU
• disseminate research results and other relevant subject information to the surrounding society
• seek external research funding at both national and international level

In addition to teaching in the digitalisation of agriculture, teaching in related subjects at undergraduate level may also take place. Administrative tasks are included, which includes budget and personnel responsibilities.