ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN REAL ESTATE – University of Botswana

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN REAL ESTATE
VACANCY NO: FET/AP03/2023

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the post of Associate Professor in Real Estate, Department of Architecture and Planning, Faculty of Engineering and Technology.

Duties:

The successful candidate will be expected to:

(i) teach undergraduate and postgraduate level courses in real estate;
(ii) supervise undergraduate and postgraduate student’s projects as the need may arise;
(iii) participate in the academic, governance, and social engagement in real estate;
(iv) and perform any other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned by the Head of Department.

Requirements:
Candidates should have

(i) Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Real Estate, further to that the candidates should possess a relevant Bachelor’s degree, plus a relevant Master’s degree
(ii) at least six (6) years of relevant teaching experience at a university or comparable institution;
(iii) a minimum of 12 pieces of research products (e.g. articles, book chapters, peer-reviewed conference proceedings, etc.) published by recognized publishers.8 of these must be articles in refereed/accredited journals in internationally recognized indexing databases (Scopus, ISI Web of Science, and IBSS – International Bibliography of the Social Sciences). The remaining 4 publications could be journal articles, book chapters, peer-reviewed conference proceedings, etc. published by recognized publishers. An academic book may be equivalent to a maximum of 4 articles in refereed/accredited journals, depending on the quality and standing of the publisher;
(v) sustained research output: a minimum of 2 peer-reviewed publications every 3 years;
(vi) sustained research activity; ongoing externally supported research (e.g. funded or commissioned); (vii) regular paper/poster presentations at national but also increasingly at international conferences;
(viii) be the lead and/or single author in at least one-third of the required journal publications. There should also be evidence of mentorship of early career scholars/graduate students;
(ix) publications should be spread nationally and/or internationally and across journals;
(x) recognizable research impact, including but not limited to citations, the h-index, patents, policy applications, peer reviews, publications that are prescribed texts in other institutions, etc. (required in at least 2 of these);
(xi) recognized as being of national but increasingly international research standing (e.g. peer reviewing of new research proposals; reference in research committees; editor/guest editor/reviewer of refereed/accredited national and international publishers; editorial board member of an international publisher in a relevant field; invitations as keynote speaker at national and international conferences (required in at least 2 of these);
(xii) evidence of governance and social engagement;
(xiii) research collaborations with other institutions or organizations;
(xiv) research collaboration with cognate disciplines in the University;(xv) external examiner for Master and/or Ph.D. thesis nationally and/or internationally.
The following will be added advantages: research awards and other forms of research recognition.
The curriculum vitae should contain a detailed list of published works, clearly specifying titles of publications, ISBN numbers (for books, book chapters, and conference proceedings), dates of publications, names of publishers, name/s of co-authors if any, and number of pages. The works should be categorized into books, book chapters, refereed journals, non-refereed works, consultancies, and practical