Professor/Associate Professor, Forest-based Products and Services

id="offer-description" class="ecl-u-type-heading-2 ecl-u-mt-none ecl-u-mb-l">Offer Description The University of Eastern Finland is inviting applications for the post of Professor/Associate Professor of Forest-based Products and Services at the School of Forest Sciences of the Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology on the Joensuu campus. The position will be filled from 1 October 2027 (or earlier as agreed). Please find more information below and submit your application no later than 18 November 2026. Role and salary . The School of Forest Sciences at the University of Eastern Finland (website) is an internationally renowned research and education unit. We educate specialists for jobs in the forestry and environmental fields. We emphasize the importance of having a holistic perspective on forests, sustainable use of natural resources, and on developing protection of forest environments. Our research is of high quality internationally and is focused on forests, forestry, and the significance of forests in society. It contributes to research on the environment and renewable natural resources, one of the university’s strategic research areas. The field of research and teaching of the post of Professor/Associate Professor is Forest-based Products and Services. The person to be appointed to the post is expected to be scientifically qualified in some field of forest sciences and have the ability and motivation to direct research and to apply the methods of the field to researc