Substitute Professorship English Law, UK Politics and Economy

The Interdisciplinary Zentralinstitut Centre for British Studies at Humboldt-  Universität zu Berlin

is seeking to fill a

Substitute Professorship English Law, UK Politics and Economy 

From October 2024, the Centre for British Studies at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin is seeking to fill the position of substitute professor at the Chair of English Law, Politics and Economy for an interim period of 2 years. The successful candidate should have a suitable academic background in Law (PhD, good publication record), a proven interest in English (or Scottish) law, interdisciplinary experience (e.g. political science and/or economics), be able to communicate in German in an academic setting (B2 or higher), have excellent English (C1) as well as a first-rate track record in higher education teaching, and should be willing to take on administrative (departmental and university committees, MA and PhD thesis supervision, mentoring of postdoctoral researchers), teaching (Constitutional Law, English Legal System, Contract Law, academic writing) and research (publication, funding applications) duties. Knowledge exchange experience as well as experience with the UK higher academic system would be added assets.

The applicants must meet the legal requirements for professorial appointments in accordance with § 113 in conjunction with § 100 of the `Berliner Hochschulgesetz`. HU is seeking to increase the proportion of women in research and teaching, and specifically encourages qualified female academics to apply. Researchers from abroad are welcome to apply. Severely disabled applicants with equivalent qualifications will be given preferential consideration. People with an immigration history are specifically encouraged to apply.

Please send your application within three weeks, and quoting the reference number GP/001/24 to: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Director Prof. Dr. Gesa Stedman, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany or send a single PDF to [email protected] . 

In addition to the usual documents please also add a teaching portfolio. Since we will not return your documents, please submit copies in the application only.

Questions pertaining to the application procedure or the post can be addressed to Prof. Dr. Gesa Stedman, [email protected] . 

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