Due to success within the “Bund-Länder-Programm zur Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses” (german tenure track programme), the Faculty of Sociology invites applications for either a
W1 professorship with tenure track to W3 or a W2 temporary professorship with tenure track to W3 for Historical Sociology.
With its research in historical sociology, the professorship will
contribute to broadening the already well-established
historically-oriented research at the Faculty of Sociology and expand
the scope of its unit ‘sociological theory/general sociology’.
Moreover, the professorship will add to the thematic focus area ‘world
society research’ and will closely work together with historical
projects (currently in particular the CRC1288 ‘Practices of Comparing’
and Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology/BGHS) at
Bielefeld University. An active participation in existing joint
research projects at the Faculty of Sociology (e.g., Research Training
Group World Politics) and Bielefeld University in general is expected.
The research profile and publications of the applicant(s) demonstrate
work in historical sociology, in historically informed theory- and
concept formation, as well as work on an empirical research topic.
The professorship will provide teaching in all BA and MA study programs
of the Faculty of Sociology as well as in the framework of doctoral
training (BGHS).
Requirements according to § 36 HG NRW are a university degree in a
pertinent subject, pedagogical qualification, doctoral degree and
additional achievements in scientific research, which will be
exclusively and extensively evaluated in the recruitment procedure (§
36 HG).
In the case of an appointment to a W1 professorship, the post is
limited to a period of three years with a further three-year option
depending on a positive interim evaluation. A positive tenure
evaluation in the final year will then lead to a W3 professorship. The
W2 appointment is limited to five years with a target agreement being
formulated after the appointment. A positive evaluation in the final
year will then lead to a W3 professorship. The interim/tenure
evaluations are regulated in the statutes for W1 professorships with
tenure track/W2 professorships with tenure track.
W1/W2 tenure tracks are a firmly established equal-opportunity
employment variant at Bielefeld University. Tenure track professors are
offered a target-group-specific personnel development programme
providing support when first coming to Bielefeld, in preparing for the
interim evaluation, in preparing for the tenure evaluation, and in
organizing – after a positive evaluation – the transitional phase to a
W3 professorship.
Applications from suitably qualified handicapped and severely
handicapped persons are explicitly encouraged.
Bielefeld University has received a number of awards for its
achievements in the provision of equal opportunity and has been
recognized as a family-friendly university. The university welcomes
applications from women. This is particularly true with regard both to
academic and technical posts as well as positions in Information
Technology and Craft. Applications are handled according to the state's
equal opportunity statutes.
Applications including the usual documents (CV, list of publications
with the ten most important highlighted, 2-page research and teaching
concept, list of teaching activities, copies of academic
certifications) are to be sent as a pdf document (one file) by September 18, 2019 to:
bewerbung.soz@uni-bielefeld.de
or via postal mail to:
Bielefeld University
Office of the Dean of the Faculty of Sociology
Postfach 10 01 31
D–33501 Bielefeld
Please do not send application portfolios and submit photocopies only
(no original documents) as all application papers will be destroyed
after the selection procedure!
Please note that risks to confidentiality and unauthorized access by
third parties cannot be ruled out when communicating via unencrypted
e-mail. Information on the processing of personal data can be found at:
https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/Universitaet/Aktuelles/Stellenausschreibungen/2019_DS-Hinweise_englisch.pdf