Call for a visiting assisstant/associate/full professor in Game Development and Game Design at IT University of Copenhagen

Duration: 1 year in academic year 2025/2026 (e.g. 01.08.2025-31.07.2026)

The Play, Culture and AI Section at the IT University of Copenhagen invites candidates to apply for a visiting professorship. We invite applicants on all levels of seniority, i.e. assistant, associate, and full professor. The proposed starting date is August 2025 or soon thereafter. The position is limited to one year.

Job description
The candidate should have a relevant background in game design, game development, or related fields, both in academia and practice. They should have an interest in teaching postgraduate students based on practical experience in the games industry or related fields. The ideal candidate will combine interest and experience in research, teaching, and game-making, and has familiarity with both practices of game design and technical aspects of game development. Practical experience can come from any relevant area, including (but not limited to) game development (AAA, mobile, indie, or serious games), gamification, artistic practice, game technology development, game software development, etc.

The position includes a teaching obligation in at least two practice-oriented, project-based courses in the MSc in Games programme. The candidate will be expected to teach introductory and advanced topics in the areas specified above within the well-established framework of our Games education, and supervise student projects. Furthermore, the candidate is expected to contribute their own research agenda on a play-related topic to the highly interdisciplinary research environment of the Center for Digital Play. The candidate will be expected to actively participate in Center events, pursue individual or co-authored research, and participate in dissemination activities, funding applications, and innovation initiatives. Applicants should provide a vision document outlining how they wish to contribute to a diverse learning environment and interdisciplinary research efforts surrounding digital play practices. Event organization experience and personal connections to the games industry are a plus, but not required.

General information
The IT University of Copenhagen (ITU) is a teaching and research-based tertiary institution concerned with information technology (IT) and the opportunities it offers. The IT University has more than 160 full-time Faculty members. Research and teaching in information technology span all academic activities which involve computers including computer science, information and media sciences, humanities and social sciences, business impact and the commercialization of IT.

About the Center for Digital Play
The Center for Digital Play (CDP) is an interdisciplinary research unit that develops novel theories and methods for the study of play and games in the 21st Century. From game-trained Artificial Intelligence, to social communities created around videogames, gamification, esports, or game engines as artistic tools, digital play is an intrinsic yet understudied phenomenon in digital societies. The CDPs ambition is to define what it means to study play in digital societies from a multidisciplinary perspective. Its purpose is to develop novel methods and theories needed to deal with novel phenomena, and to be a reference center in the present and future of play and game studies.

Working at the IT University
Located in modern architecture, a 6-minute metro ride from the center of Copenhagen, the IT University offers an informal working environment, a varied everyday life, and a highly motivated, ambitious, competent, and diverse international faculty, with PhD degrees from 17 different countries. The IT University is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself in actively and successfully pursuing an improved gender balance among students and among faculty.

Working in Copenhagen
Copenhagen has a solid educational system, a rich cultural life, universal healthcare, good childcare, and well-functioning infrastructure. Copenhagen is among the world's most livable cities according to the Economist Global Liveability Index. Living and working in Copenhagen will be a good experience for you and your family.

Salary and terms of employment
Appointment and salary will be in accordance with the Ministry of Taxation's agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC) and job structure for academic staff at Universities.

Application
The application and all other documents ought to be in English and must include:

- A motivated application (cover letter), including a detailed description of your qualifications and brief statements of research and teaching plans that relate to the criteria in ITU´s Competency Development Profile.
- A full CV, including name, address, phone number, e-mail, previous and present employment, and academic background
- Documentation of academic degrees (copy of degree certificates etc.)
- Copies of max. 5 different publications of research at a high international level in well-respected peer-reviewed venues that are relevant to the position (the publications should be numbered)
- For candidates applying for the Assistant professor position: documentation of pedagogical experience (teaching and/or supervision) and teaching record within at least one of the teaching areas listed for the position
- For candidates applying for the Associate professor or the Full Professor position: documentation of a) received observation and feedback on teaching, b) pedagogical experience and training courses as a teacher, c) a formal written assessment of teaching competence and d) a record of teaching and supervision within at least one more of the teaching areas listed for the position
- For candidates applying for the Associate professor or the Full Professor position: a record of contributing to the goals of the institutions in which the candidate has worked, for example participation in committees, etc.
- For candidates applying for the Full Professor position: A short plan outlining and arguing for the intended research and teaching initiatives and engagements (2-3 A4 pages)
- For candidates applying for the Full Professor position: A memorandum stating your most important scientific work relevant to the position and your contribution to such work (2-3 A4 pages)
- For candidates applying for the Full Professor position: Information indicating experience and results in Ph.D. supervision, research management, fundraising, and research cooperation.

Qualification Requirements
The applicant must hold a PhD-degree in a relevant field (game production, game design, design theory, etc.). Ideal candidates have published in relevant fields, some game-production experience, and teaching experience.

Recognizing the diversity of traditions, methods and delivery format in the range of fields included in this call, the publications or other documented research contributions should be submitted in the format relevant for the applicant's field. All application materials are to be submitted through the online application portal in the format of pdf documents.

Applications without the above-mentioned required documents will not be assessed.

The applicant will be accessed according to the Appointment Order from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of 13 March 2012.

The IT University may use shortlisting in connection to the recruitment process. In case of shortlisting, the Chair of the hiring committee selects applicants for assessment in consultation with the hiring committee after the application deadline. All applicants are notified whether their application has been passed for assessment. The shortlisting of candidates for assessment is based on the criteria in the job posting.

Further information
Questions about the positions can be directed to Assoc. Prof. Hans-Joachim Backe hanj@itu.dk.

Questions related to the application procedure may be directed to HR, hr@itu.dk.

Application procedure
You can only apply for this position through our e-recruitment system. Apply by pressing the button "Apply for position" in the job announcement on our website.

Please note that all application material will be destroyed after the assessment.

The IT University uses tests in connection with the recruitment process and we might upon request in the interview process contact 1-2 references.

Application deadline: April 30th, at 23:59 CET.

Applications/enclosures received after the application deadline will not be taken into consideration. If you submit an application, it is your responsibility to ensure that it arrives before the deadline, so please allow sufficient time for upload of publications and other documents.

At The IT University of Copenhagen we have an international environment and view diversity as a valuable resource. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive working environment for all our employees and encourage all qualified applicants, regardless of age, gender, religious affiliation, or ethnic background to apply for the position.

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