The University of Freiburg has been granted a Tenure-Track Professorship from the "Earth System Sciences" funding programme of the VolkswagenStiftung and invites applications in the context of this programme for the Tenure-Track Professorship for Earth and Planetary Geodynamics at the Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources in the Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences.
This is a grade W1-professorship to which performance payments can be offered.
This professorship is suitable for highly qualified early career researchers at an early stage in their careers. Conditions governing the appointment in accordance with section 51 (2 + 3) Landeshochschulgesetz LHG apply.
The future position holder should be able to represent Earth and Planetary Sciences in research and teaching. The scientific focus is on geodynamic modelling and the further development of corresponding methods. A demonstrated openness to related disciplines (especially geophysics, geology, mineral physics, geochemistry) and observations from space is expected.
Prerequisite for the call to this professorship is that the person to be appointed is funded in the "Earth System Sciences" programme of the VolkswagenStiftung.
The applicant should have developed a distinctive profile in research and should be highly motivated to engage in interdisciplinary research activities, especially with environmental natural science and environmental social science disciplines. In teaching, we require didactic experience and enthusiasm as well as commitment to a variety of teaching styles and a willingness to participate in the redesign of courses in the field of geosciences.
Prerequisites for the employment are a university degree, an outstanding dissertation and an excellent publication record. This position is a fixed term of four years. After a successful interim evaluation, it will be extended by two years. Furthermore, the tenure procedure towards Full Professorship (W3) will be initiated after successful interim evaluation.
The tenure procedures are regulated in the Statutes and Quality Assurance Concept for Junior Professorships and Tenure-Track Professorships and agreed upon with the Ministry of Science (https:/www.zuv.uni-freiburg.de/service/tenure). As a prerequisite for granting tenure and the subsequent conversion into a Full Professorship (W3) (1) the requirements defined in the Statutes and Quality Assurance Concept have to be met and (2) the subject specific criteria determined by the Faculty have to be met.
The following application documents are to be submitted:
We will be particularly pleased to receive applications from women for the position advertised here.
The university supports individuals appointed to professorial positions through a Dual Career Service and a Family Service.
Please send your application including supporting documents mentioned above and the application form as well as the filled out Attachment to the application form for Junior- and Tenure-Track-Professorship citing the reference number 00003932, by 29. September 2024 at the latest. Please send your application to the following address in written or electronic form:
Vorsitzenden der Berufungskommission Prof. Dr. Heiner Schanz Dekan der Fakultät für Umwelt und Natürliche Ressourcen Dekanatsbüro Hebelstr. 25/Vorderhaus 79085 Freiburg Germany Application documents via e-mail to (please in one PDF file): dekanat@unr.uni-freiburg.de
For further information, please contact Prof. Dr. Heiner Schanz on the phone number +49 761 203-8502 or E-Mail heiner.schanz@ifp.uni-freiburg.de.
Further information on the appointment procedure can be found in the Code for Practice for professorial appointments (in German).