Job Offers for Professorships and Junior Professorships at Freie Universität Berlin

Department of Law
Institute of Civil Law

invites applications for a

Junior Professorship in Civil Law with a Subject from Foundations of Law

The successful applicant will be required to conduct research and teach in the area named above.

Appointment requirements are governed by article 102a of the Berlin Higher Education Act (Berliner Hochschulgesetz).

The appointee will have an outstanding track record of university teaching and research, preferably with a strong international component. She or he should also have experience with sponsored research.

The successful applicant is expected to teach students in various phases (basic as well as advanced) of their studies at the Department, notably in the Foundations of Law portion of their degree program. She or he will help develop the Civil Law curriculum and its basic subjects. Furthermore, the appointee will be required to participate in and expand the Department’s e-learning efforts as well as externally funded basic research projects.

The junior professor will be appointed as a civil servant for an initial duration of three years. Provided that her or his performance is thereafter evaluated positively, employment may be extended for three more years.

Applications quoting the reference code 13/12/09010000 and including evidence of educational competence must be received no later than June 7th, 2012 at

Freie Universität Berlin
Fachbereich Rechtswissenschaft
Dekanat
z. Hd. von Frau Meincke
Van’t-Hoff-Str. 8
14195 Berlin, Germany

Application guidelines and general information on the appointment procedure as well as requirements for junior professorships at Freie Universität Berlin can be found at www.fu-berlin.de/praesidialamt. For additional details, please visit www.fu-berlin.de and www.jura.fu-berlin.de.

Department of Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy
Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry

invites applications for a

Junior Professorship in Theoretical Chemistry

The successful applicant will be required to conduct research and teach in the area named above.

Appointment requirements are governed by article 102a of the Berlin Higher Education Act (Berliner Hochschulgesetz).

The appointee will have an outstanding track record of university teaching and research, preferably with a strong international component. Her or his research should focus on the application and development of methods in theoretical chemistry in a manner which will reasonably complement the range of expertise already represented at the Institute in the field of theoretical chemistry (quantum chemistry, theoretical solid-state chemistry, electronic structure theory). Quantum or molecular dynamics, combined quantum/classical processes (QM/MM) or method development in density functional theory can be potential research areas. Applications should be in the field of complex chemical or biomolecular systems. Candidates should have experience with third-party-funded research.

The successful applicant is expected to integrate her or his research activity within existing research cooperations such as Multivalency as a Chemical Organization and Action Principle (SFB 765), the Graduate School 1582 (Fluorine as a Key Element), or the Center for Supramolecular Interactions (CSI). She or he will also be required to participate in the Institute’s teaching efforts in the areas of theoretical and physical chemistry within the bachelor’s and master’s degree program in chemistry.

The junior professor will be appointed as a civil servant for an initial duration of three years. Provided that her or his performance is thereafter evaluated positively, employment may be extended for three more years.

Applications including evidence of educational competence must be received no later than June 7 th, 2012 at

Freie Universität Berlin
Fachbereich Biologie/Chemie/Pharmazie
Dekanat – z.Hd. Frau Posorski
Takustr. 3
14195 Berlin, Germany

Application guidelines and general information on the appointment procedure as well as requirements for junior professorships at Freie Universität Berlin can be found at www.fu-berlin.de/praesidialamt. For additional details, please visit www.fu-berlin.de, www.bcp.fu-berlin.de, www.sfb765.de, www.bcp.fu-berlin.de/chemie/grkfluor and www.fu-berlin.de/en/sites/csi.

Department of Philosophy and Humanities
Institute of German and Dutch Languages and Literatures

invites applications for a tenured

Professorship in German Literature (Contemporary German Literature with a Focus on German-Language Literature of the 20th and 21st Centuries) (W 2)

The successful applicant will be required to cover the area named above in teaching and research.

Appointment requirements are governed by article 100 of the Berlin Higher Education Act (Berliner Hochschulgesetz).

The appointee will have an outstanding track record of university teaching and research with a strong international component. She or he will have experience acquiring funding for, and carrying out, sponsored research.

The professor will be required to participate in theDepartment’s interdisciplinary research projects (e.g. Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies and Cluster of Excellence Languages of Emotion). She or he will need to help establish future research collaborations and teach classes for students enrolled in the bachelor’s degree program “German Language and Literature” as well as in the master’s programs “German Literature” or “German as a Foreign Language: Teaching Culture”.

Applications quoting the reference code 160450 and including evidence of educational competence must be received no later than May 21, 2012 at

Freie Universität Berlin
Fachbereich Philosophie und Geisteswissenschaften
Dekanat, z. Hd. Frau Böttcher
Habelschwerdter Allee 45
14195 Berlin, Germany.

Application guidelines and general information on the appointment procedure as well as requirements for professorships at Freie Universität Berlin can be found at www.fu-berlin.de/praesidialamt. For additional details, please visit www.fu-berlin.de, www.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de, http://www.fsgs.fu-berlin.de and http://www.languages-of-emotion.de.

Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Geological Sciences

invites applications for a

Professorship in Mineralogy/Petrology (W 2; 5 years)

The successful applicant will be required to cover the field of Mineralogy/Petrology in teaching and research.

Appointment requirements are governed by article 100 of the Berlin Higher Education Act (Berliner Hochschulgesetz).

The appointee will have an outstanding track record of university teaching and research with a strong international component. She or he will be an expert in the field of mineralogical analytics—particularly in methods of high spatial resolution or in experimental methods. Candidates should also have experience in the acquisition of external funding.

The professor is expected to participate in interdisciplinary research projects. His or her teaching and research should focus on natural systems.

After an initial duration of five years, the appointee may be granted the opportunity to assume a position with permanent tenure, provided that the Department’s budgetary and structural situation permit it. Article 94 (2) of the Berlin Higher Education Act applies.

Applications quoting the reference Mineralogie, including evidence of educational competence must be received no later than May 23, 2012 at

Freie Universität Berlin
Fachbereich Geowissenschaften
Dekanat
Frau Doris Herm
Malteserstr. 74-100
12249 Berlin, Germany

Application guidelines and general information on the appointment procedure as well as requirements for professorships at Freie Universität Berlin can be found at www.fu-berlin.de/praesidialamt. For additional details, please visit www.fu-berlin.de and http://www.geo.fu-berlin.de.

School of Business and Economics
Department of Information Systems

invites applications for a

Junior Professorship in Information Systems with a Focus on Advanced Business Analytics

The successful applicant will be required to conduct research and teach in the area named above.

Appointment requirements are governed by article 102a of the Berlin Higher Education Act (Berliner Hochschulgesetz).

The appointee will have an outstanding track record of university teaching and research, preferably with a strong international component. She or he will hold a doctoral degree in Information Systems or a related field of studies, which should be reflected by a corresponding repertoire of significant academic publications. Her or his research focus should be on one or several of the following subject areas: intelligent data analysis; data mining; knowledge discovery in databases; data aggregation; modeling of stochastic data; business intelligence; or Web Mining. Applicants should also have experience with sponsored research.

The successful candidate will be required to teach courses in the Department’s bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. programs. She or he will help establish a new master’s degree program in information systems and conduct corresponding instruction in English. Furthermore, the appointee is expected to secure and implement externally funded research projects and to collaborate with other research institutions of Freie Universität Berlin.

The junior professor will be appointed as a civil servant for an initial duration of three years. Provided that her or his performance is thereafter evaluated positively, employment may be extended for three more years.

Applications quoting the reference code J 03/12 and including evidence of educational competence must be received no later than May 31, 2012 at

Freie Universität Berlin
Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft
Dekanat
z.Hd. Frau Oellers-Reis
Garystr. 21
14195 Berlin, Germany

Application guidelines and general information on the appointment procedure as well as requirements for junior professorships at Freie Universität Berlin can be found at www.fu-berlin.de/praesidialamt. For additional details, please visit www.fu-berlin.de and www.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de.

Within the framework of the Helmholtz Virtual Institute Multifunctional Biomaterials for Medicine and the Helmholtz Portfolio Process Theme Technology and Medicine – Multimodal Imaging for Elucidating the In-Vivo Fate of Polymeric Biomaterials,

Freie Universität Berlin
Department of Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy
Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry

invites applications for a

Junior Professorship in Organic Chemistry with a Focus on Multifunctional Polymers

The successful applicant will be required to conduct research and teach in the area named above.

Appointment requirements are governed by article 102a of the Berlin Higher Education Act (Berliner Hochschulgesetz).

The appointee will have an outstanding track record of university teaching and research, preferably with a strong international component. She or he will be highly qualified in macromolecular chemistry, particularly in polymer-analytical and physico-chemical processes as well as characterization methods with biomedical applicability. A research priority related to existing efforts already established at Freie Universität Berlin (e.g., within the Collaborative Research Center 765, the Focus Area Nanoscale or the Center for Supramolecular Interactions) is strongly desired. Candidates should have experience with sponsored research.

The junior professor will be required to establish her or his own research group and to collaborate with existing research groups at Freie Universität Berlin as well as external partner institutions. She or he will independently raise third-party funds, in particular for international research projects.

The junior professor will be appointed as a civil servant for an initial duration of three years. Provided that her or his performance is thereafter evaluated positively, employment may be extended for three more years.

Applications including evidence of educational competence must be received no later than at May 14th, 2012

Freie Universität Berlin
Fachbereich Biologie/Chemie/Pharmazie
Dekanat
Takustr. 3
14195 Berlin, Germany

Application guidelines and general information on the appointment procedure as well as requirements for junior professorships at Freie Universität Berlin can be found at www.fu-berlin.de/praesidialamt. For additional details, please visit www.helmholtz.de, www.fu-berlin.de, www.bcp.fu-berlin.de, www.sfb765.de, www.nanoscale.fu-berlin.de and www.fu-berlin.de/en/sites/csi.