W 3 professorship (m/f/o) in Sustainable
Development and Transformation
Kennziffer 33937
The University of Kassel is establishing a new and unique
interdisciplinary centre in the field of Sustainable Development
andTransformation.The centre will bring together top global
research and teaching expertise across the entire thematic range
of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as defined by the
United Nations.The centre aims to become a significant force in
developing solutions to inspire and enable social transformations
through scholarly research, effective networking and dedicated
teaching.
As an innovative and progressive educational institution with
25,000 students located in central Germany, the University of
Kassel is undertaking a worldwide search for candidates to staff
the new centre. Since its foundation 50 years ago, the University
of Kassel has established a strong reputation for engaged
interdisciplinary study programs across a wide range of fields
pertaining to critical issues of global politics and development.
We are currently looking for four senior scholars with outstanding
credentials working in the broad areas of nature, technology,
culture, and society. As directors of the new centre, this core
group will shape and oversee its further development in
the coming years, including definition of research priorities,
development of international networks and hiring of additional
team members.
Culture:W3 Professorship (m/f/o) “Cultures of sustainability”
This position will focus on research and teaching on topics
related to cultural representations, discourses and practices of
sustainability. In addition, concepts of sustainability themselves
should be subjected to explicit critical reflection.
- Fields of research may cover various sustainability-related
topics and practices, including their historical, creative,
philosophical, linguistic-communicative, architectural planning,
space-related and cultural anthropological dimensions.
- Possible approaches could include constructivist, aesthetic,
hermeneutic or empirical methodologies to investigate the
interaction of social and cultural parameters as well as social
and discursive practices.
General qualifications
Potential appointees will have an interdisciplinary research and
teaching profile that is relevant to the respective areas.They will
have a strong record of highly regarded publications and have
excellent international networks at their disposal.They will be
experienced in successfully acquiring third party funding.They
will have supervised successful doctoral candidates and be
interested in developing new courses of study. In their willingness
to make a significant contribution to the design of the new centre
in both research and teaching, they will have shown the ability to
cooperate in larger teams and to lead personnel.
Each professorship will be affiliated with both the centre and one
of the University’s existing faculties. Successful candidates will be
prepared to commit to research and teaching activities while also
contributing to the structured doctoral training programmes in the
relevant fields as well as to the academic self-administration of
the University.
Prerequisites for employment are excellent relevant doctoral
qualifications, university teaching experience and pedagogical
aptitude as well as further qualifications towards a professorship,
usually through a positively assessed junior professorship,
habilitation or equivalent scholarly accomplishments.
The employment and performance requirements apply pursuant
to §§ 61, 62 of the Higher Education Act of Hessen.
If you have any questions about one of these vacancies or the
application process, please contact Prof. Dr. Reiner Finkeldey,
email:
praesident(at)uni-kassel.de
Data protection
The protection of your personal information is very important
to us.Your personal information with be handled confidentially
and with care. In making your application, you allow us to store
and use data in accordance with the Hessian Data Protection and
Freedom of Information Act.You can revoke this consent at any
time and your personal data will be deleted.
Information according to Art. 13 DSGVO for the application
process at the University of Kassel can be found at:
www.uni-kassel.de/go/ausschreibung-datenschutz
Equal opportunity
The University of Kassel is very interested in the professional
satisfaction of its employees. It is distinguished as a familyfriendly
university and, in the interests of equal opportunities,
strives to offer everyone the same opportunities to counteract
existing disadvantages. It offers the FamilyWelcome Service
and the Dual Career Service. One of the strategic goals of the
University of Kassel is to significantly increase the proportion
of women employed in research and teaching. Applications
from women are therefore particularly welcome. Applicants
with serious disabilities will enjoy preference if they have
the same suitability, qualifications and professional
performance.
Closes: 27.05.2021
You can find further information on the task
and requirements profile on the Internet at:
https://stellen.uni-kassel.de/ykfod