Central aims of the future development concept International Network University, which won a funding award in the Excellence Initiative in 2007 and again in 2012, are supporting junior scholars and increasing the cooperation with non-university partner institutions. To meet these goals, Freie Universität Berlin intends to implement several Junior Research Groups that will be managed by junior professors.

To enhance their cooperation, Freie Universität Berlin and the Max Planck Institute jointly invite applications for the following Junior Professorships. To access the call, please click on the respective link:

• Junior Professorship in Global History of Knowledge (W 1) at the Department of History and Cultural Studies / Friedrich Meinecke Institute (FMI) Call for Applications
• Junior Professorship in Bioorganic Chemistry focusing on Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry (W 1) at the Department of Biology, Chemistry, and Pharmacy / Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry Call for Applications
• Junior Professorship in Islamic Studies focusing on Rational Thinking in the premodern Islamicate World (W 1) at the Department of History and Cultural Studies Institute of Islamic Studies / Research Unit Intellectual History of the Islamicate World Call for Applications