W2-professorship for “transformational
vor 4 Monaten
The University of Kassel is a dynamic university with around 22.000 students. Founded in 2020 as a research center, the Kassel Institute for Sustainability bundles research activities of all departments and aims at interdisciplinary teaching and research on the topics of sustainable development between the competence fields of nature, technology, culture and society.
The Kassel Institute for Sustainability and the Faculty of Economics and Management (Prof. Dr. Astrid Dannenberg, Institute of Economics) are seeking to fill the following position as soon as possible:**:**W2-Professorship for “Transformational Economics” (M/F/d)**
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- Application deadline:
31.10.2024
- Date of hire:
as soon as possible
- Vacancy number:
- 37669The professorship deals with the core issues of the transition to a sustainable economy and society in the face of increasing environmental degradation, fragile international trade relations, political crises and inequality between and within societies. Academic courses must be provided for both, the degree programs of the Faculty of Economics and Management and for the newly emerging sustainability degree programs. The professorship contributes to the promotion of graduate students and to the academic self-administration of the university.
Specialization in one or more of the following areas of Transformational Economics is expected:
- Equitable, social and regional sustainability transformations and social tipping dynamics,
- Poverty reduction, inequalities including gender dimensions and distributional issues between the Global South and the Global North,
- Global education,
- International trade relations and global governance for sustainable development,
- Economic dynamics of sustainability transformations, including their effects on economic structures and interactions,
- Growth dynamics and use of scarce resources in the context of planetary boundaries,
- Theory of sustainable transformation,
- Global health for sustainable development, including care economics.
Applicants will have relevant teaching experience, a very good publication record, the ability to acquire third-party project funding and a willingness to engage in interdisciplinary research.
Applications (German or English) should be submitted with the usual documents (letter of motivation, CV, certificates and diplomas, list of publications, third-party funded projects) as well as a two-page concept for the connection of the professorship to the Kassel Institute for Sustainability (in the form of a single PDF file).
If you have any questions, please contact Prof. Dr. Astrid Dannenberg, dannenberg(at)uni-kassel.de, Tel.: +49 561 804-3758.
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The University of Kassel is very interested in the professional satisfaction of its employees. It is distinguished as a family-friendly university and, in the interests of equal opportunities, strives to offer everyone the same opportunities for development and to counteract existing disadvantages. It promotes the Family Welcome Service and also the Dual Career Service for positions that are scientifically and academically filled. One of the strategic goals of the University of Kassel is to significantly increase the proportion of women in research and teaching. Applications from women are therefore particularly welcome. Seriously handicapped and equivalent applicants are given preference if they have the same suitability, qualifications and professional performance. Full-time positions are generally divisible (except when filling civil servant positions).
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