Job Opportunities
Junior Professorship (W1) in Statistical Inference of Latent Structures
is to be filled at the earliest possible date.
The successful candidate will strengthen the teaching and research area Empirical Methods at the faculty. Applicants should have solid expertise in a subfield of Data Science, Statistics, or Econometrics and be able to demonstrate relevant experience in methodological development related to the behavioral sciences (Economics, Sociology, Psychology).
The successful candidate is expected to actively participate in current research initiatives within the Empirical Methods group as well as the interdisciplinary Center for Statistics (ZeSt), particularly regarding inference for sequential data and latent variables. A research focus related to methods such as structural equation modeling, factor analysis, multilevel analysis, or dimensionality reduction is therefore especially suitable. Willingness to engage in interdisciplinary and international collaboration and to acquire external research funding is expected and ideally supported by relevant previous initiatives. Experience in supervising students and doctoral researchers is an advantage.
The professorship includes participation in teaching at the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, in particular within the Master’s programs Data Science and Statistical Sciences. Relevant teaching experience is therefore required.
Requirements for appointment include a completed university degree with a methodological and quantitative orientation (e.g., Mathematics, Business Mathematics, Statistics), pedagogical aptitude, and an outstanding ability for scholarly research, generally demonstrated by the exceptional quality of a doctoral dissertation.
The appointment is initially limited to three years, with the possibility of renewal for an additional three years following a positive interim evaluation. Qualified internal applications are anticipated.
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.
Applications including the usual documents (curriculum vitae, copies of academic certificates, a two-page research and teaching statement, list of publications with up to ten key publications marked, and list of courses taught) should be submitted by December 31, 2025 online via the appointment portal of Bielefeld University.
https://berufungen.uni-bielefeld.de/
Contact:
Bielefeld University
Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics
P.O. Box 10 01 31
33501 Bielefeld
Germany
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