Job Opportunities

The Faculty of Psychology and Sport Science at Bielefeld University seeks to appoint the following position as soon as possible:

Professor (W2) of General Psychology (Cognitive and Experimental)

The Faculty of Psychology and Sport Science of Bielefeld University stands for a pronounced research orientation and a committed teaching style. The Department of Psychology covers all areas of the field and unites natural science and social science research traditions. Teaching in the areas of General, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology focuses on the BSc programs “Psychology and Psychotherapy” and the MSc program “Experimental Psychology and Neuroscience” as well as contributions to the MSc “Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy”. Sharpening of the research profile as well as extending existing and establishing novel faculty internal and faculty transcending research collaborations is a key goal of the Department. 

The holder of the professorship should cover the areas of General, Experimental, and Cognitive Psychology in research and teaching. Expertise in computational modelling of behavioural and neural data is especially desirable. Her or his profile should be documented by internationally visible empirical research with experimental and/or computational methods and documented third-party funding. We expect contributions to the development of the university’s Core Facility “Neuroimaging”. The faculty appreciates activities in the areas of Open Science and Reproducibility and is committed to diversity and gender equality.

It is further expected that the position holder will actively participate in research initiatives within at least of one two relevant interdisciplinary university-wide strategic research areas, namely “The socio-technical world: Interactive Intelligent Systems” and “The Changing World: Social Systems, Individualisation, and Uncertainty”. Such contributions could be made for instance within Bielefeld University’s Center for Cognitive Interaction Technology „CITEC“ (www.uni-bielefeld.de/zwe/citec/) or the Joint Institute for Individualisation in a Changing Environment (JICE).

We expect the successful applicant to engage in interdisciplinary collaborations, promotion of junior scientists, and administrative duties and show strong commitment to teaching with due respect to diversity and equal opportunity issues.

We regard diversity and equal opportunities for women and men as a central goal and expect the successful applicant to actively contribute to its realization. We ask all applicants to consider equal opportunity and gender-related topics in research, teaching, and promotion of junior scientists.

According to § 36 HG NRW, the requirements for appointment are a completed university degree in a relevant subject, the special aptitude for academic work, which is demonstrated by the quality of the doctorate, pedagogical aptitude, which is demonstrated by a corresponding example or is exceptionally determined in the appointment procedure, as well as additional academic achievements, which are exclusively and comprehensively evaluated in the appointment procedure.

Applicants for whom German is not a first language should be able to teach courses in German, in addition to courses in English, within about two years of hiring.

Applications from suitably qualified handicapped and severely handicapped persons are explicitly encouraged.

Bielefeld University has received a number of awards for its achievements as an equal-opportunity employer and has been recognized as a family-friendly university. The university welcomes applications from women. This applies especially in the academic field. Applications are handled according to the provisions of the state statutes on equal opportunity. Family times will be considered in the context of the selection decision.

Bielefeld University supports dual-career constellations to establish a common centre of life and work.

We are looking forward to receiving your application. Applications must include the usual documents: curriculum vitae, certificates, list of publications with identification of up to ten important publications, a brief description of research activities and third-party funding, information on previous teaching activities and third-party funding, a list of teaching activities from the last 5 years and a research and teaching concept [two pages]. The application can be written in German or English.

Please submit your application online via the University of Bielefeld’s vocation portal by September 20, 2023:

https://berufungen.uni-bielefeld.de

Contact:

Bielefeld University
Dean of the Faculty of Psychology and Sports Science
PO Box 10 01 31
D-33501 Bielefeld
e-mail:  dekanat.psychologie@uni-bielefeld.de

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