Assistant professor / associate professor and professor of Special Education - University of Helsinki - Helsinki, Finland
Special Education
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Job Description
The Faculty of Educational Sciences at the University of Helsinki is seeking applications for positions of assistant, associate, and full professor of Special Education. The roles involve conducting research, teaching, and securing funding. Candidates must hold a doctoral degree and have research and teaching experience. The positions start on 1 January 2027, with fixed-term contracts until 31 May 2031. Salary ranges from €56,000 to €70,000 for assistant/associate professors and €67,000 to €100,000 for full professors. The application deadline is 11 August 2026.
Company Information
| Location | Active listings |
|---|---|
| Helsinki, Finland | 293 |
| Vaasa, Finland | 2 |
| Remote - Finland | 2 |
| Lammi, Finland | 2 |
| Tallinn, Estonia | 1 |
| Mäntsälä, Finland | 1 |
| Espoo, Finland | 1 |
| Kilpisjärvi, Finland | 1 |
| Copenhagen, Denmark | 1 |
| Role type | Active listings |
|---|---|
| Researcher | 128 |
| Trainee | 15 |
| Professor | 11 |
| Human Resources Specialist | 11 |
| Lecturer | 8 |
| Postdoctoral Researcher | 6 |
| Dean | 6 |
| Educator | 4 |
| International Trainee | 4 |
| Doctoral Researcher | 3 |
| Teacher Education Research Professor | 2 |
| Intern | 2 |
| Research Technician | 2 |
| Group Leader | 2 |
| Program Manager | 2 |
| Project Coordinator | 2 |
| Research Funding Advisor | 2 |
| Professor in Clinical Data Science | 2 |
| Humanities Professional | 2 |
| Teacher | 2 |
| Healthcare Professional | 2 |
| Laboratory Technician | 2 |
| Postdoctoral Researcher in Agricultural Economics | 1 |
| Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia | 1 |
| University Teacher in Ecology, Evolutionary and Conservation Biology | 1 |
| Postdoctoral Researcher in Cell Biology | 1 |
| Project coordinator | 1 |
| Brand and Marketing Trainee | 1 |
| Chemistry and Physics Education | 1 |
| European Studies Lecturer | 1 |
| Assistant Professor | 1 |
| Customer Service | 1 |
| Professor in Nutrition and cardiometabolic health | 1 |
| Financial Mathematics Professor or Assistant/Associate Professor | 1 |
| Research Leader | 1 |
| Research Software Engineer | 1 |
| Research Coordinator | 1 |
| Trainee for the European and Nordic studies MA programme and for the Centre for European Studies | 1 |
| Development of healthcare services | 1 |
| Archaeology Trainee | 1 |
| Bioinformatician | 1 |
| Postdoctoral Researcher in Cultural Memory Studies | 1 |
| Cell Biology Researcher | 1 |
| Cancer Data Science | 1 |
| Doctoral Researcher in Disease Ecology | 1 |
| Research Fellow | 1 |
| Research assistant | 1 |
| University Lecturer in Japanese Studies | 1 |
| Researcher in Women's Health and Immunology | 1 |
| Research Assistant | 1 |
| Finnish language and literature education | 1 |
| Project Planner | 1 |
| Doctoral Researcher in Choline Research | 1 |
| Trainee for HR Services | 1 |
| Healthcare | 1 |
| Research Infrastructure Technician | 1 |
| Trainee in Sustainable Renewable Resources Technologies | 1 |
| Researcher in Digital Humanities or Computer Science | 1 |
| Postdoctoral Researcher in Applied microeconometrics | 1 |
| Software Engineer | 1 |
| Advisor | 1 |
| Researcher in Mathematics | 1 |
| Project planner | 1 |
| Coordinator | 1 |
| General Administration trainee | 1 |
| Manager | 1 |
| Postdoctoral Researcher in AI-EMOTION | 1 |
| Doctoral researcher | 1 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences Lecturer | 1 |
| Researcher in Metabolism and Aging | 1 |
| University Lecturer in Theoretical Philosophy | 1 |
| Financial Mathematics | 1 |
| Research Fellow in Migration and Health | 1 |
| Research Infrastructure Manager | 1 |
| Director | 1 |
| Biology Education Professor | 1 |
| Postdoctoral Researcher in Applied Microeconometrics | 1 |
| Postdoctoral Researcher in Insect Morphology and Evolution | 1 |
| Researcher in Medieval Manuscript Studies | 1 |
| Research and Teaching Position in Environmental Policy | 1 |
| Technician | 1 |
| Dermatology and Allergology | 1 |
| Research Technician / Laboratory Manager | 1 |
| Postdoctoral researcher | 1 |
| HR Information System Trainee | 1 |
| Lab Manager/Research Technician | 1 |
| Professor of Medical Genetics | 1 |
| University Teacher in Ecology | 1 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences Professor | 1 |
| Niacin Researcher | 1 |
| Senior specialist | 1 |
| Research Fellow in trustworthy AI | 1 |
| Food Design | 1 |
| Environmental Science University Lecturer | 1 |
| Research Infrastructure Coordinator | 1 |
| Data Scientist | 1 |
| HR Services Trainee | 1 |
| Trainee for Caring Labour Project | 1 |
| Information Systems Specialist | 1 |
| Business collaboration liaison manager | 1 |
| Role level | Active listings |
|---|---|
| Mid-Level | 75 |
| Mid-level | 14 |
| Senior | 7 |
| Manager | 7 |
| Intern | 6 |
| Professor | 2 |
| Expert | 2 |
| Specialist | 1 |
| Postdoctoral | 1 |
| Doctorate | 1 |
University of Helsinki appears in 304 indexed job postings in JobCrawls' Finland dataset since October 2023. In that historical index, the strongest location signals for this employer are Helsinki, Finland, Vaasa, Finland, and Remote - Finland.
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Job Details
Responsibilities
- Conduct and develop research in special education
- Teach in bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral programs
- Secure research funding
- Collaborate internationally
Requirements
- Doctoral degree
- Research experience
- Teaching experience
- Research funding success
