Assistant Professor - Tenure Track

• 01.03.2023
• for 6 years, possibility of a qualification agreement

Assistant Professor (full time, 6 years, with tenure-track option), Department of Political Science, starting on 1 March 2023Main task:

• Independent research on political science issues of European economic, monetary and fiscal policy, on pertinent questions of integration theory, European policy-making and coordination in the EU member states, as well as on interregional cooperation;
• independent teaching of courses, holding of examinations and supervising of theses in the political science study programs of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences;
• active participation within the university’s research focus area Economy, Politics and Society (EPoS), the research platform Center Interdisciplinary Gender Studies Innsbruck and/or other research platforms and focuses of the University of Innsbruck;
• active participation in national and international professional networks in the field of political science (e.g. ÖGPW, ECPR, EPSA);
• activities within the framework of academic self-administration.

Required Qualifications

• PhD in political science or related disciplines;
• excellent knowledge of European economic, monetary and fiscal policy and member state European policy-making at the level of parliaments, governments or administrations, as well as political science research designs and methods, as evidenced by publications; ability to independently research integration-theoretical questions on the policy fields listed above; proven by publications in publication bodies with (double-blind) review procedures and listing in the Web of Science;
• experience in the application for and the implementation of third-party-funded projects;
• proven experience in policy-oriented research and consultancy;
• relevant scientific achievements beyond the dissertation/PhD;
• several months of relevant professional experience after the dissertation/PhD;
• experience in post-graduate academic mobility;
• teaching competence demonstrated through teaching evaluations;
• social competence; advanced (C1) knowledge of English and German (or willingness to be able to teach in German after five years at the latest);
• a comprehensive research and teaching concept must be enclosed with the application; the application must include the names and contact details of at least two referees

We are looking forward to receiving your online application.

The full, legally binding call for application (in German) including the salary can be found here:
https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/karriereportal.details?asg_id_in=13090

The University of Innsbruck is committed to raising the quota of female employees and therefore explicitly welcomes applications from qualified female scientists. In the case of female underrepresentation women with equal qualifications will be given priority.

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