10 Professorships in the Social Sciences
- Employer
- Technical University of Munich
- Location
- Germany
- Salary
- Salary Not specified
- Date posted
- Apr 14, 2022
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Other Social & Behavioral Sciences, Sociology
- Employment Level
- Tenured/Tenured Track
- Employment Type
- Full Time
The Technical University of Munich (TUM) invites applications for up to
10 Professorships in the Social Sciences
We are hiring on all career levels (W2 Tenure Track Assistant
Professor, with tenure track to W3, or tenured W3, Associate or
Full Professor), and as soon as possible. The specific department
(Governance, Educational Sciences, or Science, Technology and
Society - STS) in which the faculty will be appointed will be
determined at the time of hiring and in correspondence with the
applicant’s academic profile.
The TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology
brings together an international community of researchers and
educators from the fields of governance, educational science, and
science & technology studies (STS). Launched in October 2021,
it enhances the role of social sciences through interdisciplinary
research, teaching, and outreach as integral part of TUM’s
commitment to Human-Centered Engineering. The new School offers a
unique intellectual environment with a commitment to the public
interest, social justice, and an inclusive culture of learning and
exploration in an interdisciplinary setting to understand,
evaluate, and shape some of the world’s biggest societal challenges
and their interaction with technological transformations.
The TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology invites
applications for up to ten professorships in the social sciences
with a focus on key innovation areas relevant to TUM’s overall
mission and ongoing socio-technical transformation processes. In
this next phase of the School’s expansion, we are particularly
interested in further strengthening our research and educational
capacity in the following areas:
• Technological transformation of society
• Sustainable mobility and energy systems
• Urban spaces
• Medicine and health
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion
We invite applications from individuals who bring – and ideally
combine – perspectives from different backgrounds, disciplines, and
methods, including governance, education, STS, philosophy,
sociology as well as psychology, anthropology, communication
studies, and critical studies (incl. gender and post-colonial
studies), among others, and bring them to bear on one or more of
the above-mentioned research topics.
Responsibilities
We seek to appoint candidates who bring in and develop innovative
ways to accelerate the School’s mission to tackle some of the most
pressing public interest challenges of our time, and to achieve
social impact, for instance by using new technology or innovative
social science methods. The responsibilities include research and
teaching as well as the promotion of early-career scientists.
Teaching responsibilities include courses in the university’s
bachelor’s and master’s programs as well as engagement in doctoral
and lifelong learning programs.
Qualifications
We are looking for candidates who have demonstrated excellent
achievements in research and teaching in an internationally
recognized scientific environment, relative to the relevant career
level (please see www.tum.de/en/faculty-recruiting-faq/ for further
information). A university degree and an outstanding doctoral
degree or equivalent scientific qualification, as well as
pedagogical aptitude, are prerequisites. Substantial research
experience abroad is expected. The candidates must be committed to
collaborative and interdisciplinary research at the intersection of
social sciences, natural sciences, medicine, and technology, as
well as to promoting innovative approaches, which contribute to the
understanding of important research questions about innovation for
social transformation processes.
Our Offer
Based on the best international standards and transparent
performance criteria, TUM offers a merit-based academic career path
for tenure track faculty from Assistant Professor through a
permanent position as Associate Professor, and on to Full
Professor. The regulations of the TUM Faculty Recruitment and
Career System apply.
TUM provides excellent working conditions in a lively scientific
community, embedded in the vibrant research environment of the
Greater Munich Area. The TUM environment is multicultural, with
English serving as a common interface for scientific interaction.
TUM offers attractive and performance-based salary conditions and
social benefits. The TUM Munich Dual Career Office (MDCO) provides
tailored career consulting to the partners of newly appointed
professors. The MDCO assists the relocation and integration of new
professors, their partners and accompanying family members.
Your Application
TUM is an equal opportunity employer and explicitly encourages
applications from women. The positions are suitable for disabled
persons. Disabled candidates with essentially the same
qualifications and scientific performance as other candidates will
be given preference.
Application documents should be submitted in accordance with TUM’s
application guidelines for professors. These guidelines and
detailed information about the TUM Faculty Recruitment and Career
System are available at www.tum.de/faculty-recruiting.
Here you will also find TUM’s information on collecting and
processing personal data as part of the application process.
For your application please use the form available at www.sot.tum.de/sot/application-for-professorships/.
Please send the form and all application documents no later than
May 17, 2022 to the Dean of TUM School of
Social Sciences and Technology, Prof. Dr. Urs Gasser.
Email address for applications: appointments@sot.tum.de.
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