Job description

The University of Bremen is characterized by its high capacity for innovation. Particularly for academics in an early career phase, this offers a versatile research and teaching environment with planned and transparently designed career paths, also besides professorships. Information on new career paths for mid-level academic staff at the University of Bremen is published at

https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/university/academic-career/senior-researcher-senior-lecturer.html.

Initially, the appointment is limited to four years (salary group 14 TV-L). The employment is regulated by the Act of Academic Fixed-Term Contract, §2 (1) (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz – WissZeitVG). Therefore, candidates may only be considered for appointment if they still have the respective qualification periods available in accordance with § 2 (1) WissZeitVG. The permanent position of a Senior Researcher (salary group 15 TV-L) can be assigned in case of proof of outstanding aptitude, performance and competence after successful completion of an evaluation. Research and scientific teaching are carried out independently within the framework of the Bremen Higher Education Act § 24 (2). The teaching responsibilities are four teaching hours per week per semester in the position as Researcher and nine teaching hours per week as Senior Researcher.

We are looking for a candidate with well-founded theoretical and empirical skills in the field of institutional economics. Emphasis in research may be put on sustainability issues of economic evolution, economic change driven by digitalization, the role of institutions in economic development, long-term aspects of economic evolution, or quantitative features of institutional change. Within the faculty, there is an opportunity to connect to the Institute for Economic Research and Policy (ierp), which is characterized by its applied and interdisciplinary approaches to the analysis of major challenges of society. For details, see https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/ierp.

Especially, we expect the following services from candidates:

• Research in the field of institutional economics that is internationally visible,
• willingness to conduct collaborative research at the ierp that contributes to sharpening its scientific profile,
• supervision of PhD students (e.g., at the ierp as well as the graduate research group Diginomics),
• in case an experimental approach is taken by the candidate, an advancement of the Bremen Research and Policy Lab is welcome,
• teaching economic courses at the Bachelor level and in our prospective Master program “The Economics of Global Challenges”,
• offering courses on econometric methods (at Bachelor and Master levels),
• counselling and supervising students,
• conducting examinations and overseeing final assignments and
• involvement in academic self-governance.

Requirements

Your qualification (recruitment requirements):

• an academic degree in economics or in a related field,
• an outstanding PhD thesis in the respective field of recent date,
• initial academic achievements indicating a research profile in the field of institutional economics,
• pedagogical competencies,
• academic teaching experience in the relevant fields of economics,
• willingness and ability to teach in German and English
• and excellent communication skills in German and English. Lacking language skills can be improved during the first four years (starting from a “good” level)

General Information

The University of Bremen strives to increase the proportion of women in the academic field. It has received several awards in programmes to promote gender equality and is certified as a family-friendly university. Women academics are strongly encouraged to apply. Applications from persons with a migration background as well as international applications are expressly welcomed. Severely disabled applicants will be given priority if their professional and personal qualifications are essentially the same.

Questions regarding this job advertisement will be answered by Prof. Dr. Maik Eisenbeiß, dean of the faculty of Business Studies and Economics (dekanfb7@uni-bremen.de).

Submit your application with the usual documents to the faculty’s dean, Prof. Dr. Maik Eisenbeiß, by the 08.08.2024, code number LK297/24. The address is: Faculty 7, P.O. Box 330440, 28334 Bremen. The application must be submitted either in writing or by unencrypted e-mail as a single pdf file to dekanfb7protect me ?!uni-bremenprotect me ?!.de.

We ask you to only submit copies of your application documents for these will be destroyed upon completion of the application procedure.