Current job vacancies at TU Darmstadt

The Technical University of Darmstadt is an autonomous university with excellence in research and an interdisciplinary profile. Together with PRIF and Goethe University Frankfurt it offers an MA program in “International Studies / Peace and Conflict Research”. The two institutions also cooperate in the regional research cluster on “Transformations of Political Violence” (TraCe).

With more than 80 employees, PRIF is one of the leading peace research institutes in Europe and a member of Germany’s Wilhelm Gottfried Leibniz Association. It combines inter-disciplinary basic research with knowledge transfer into policy-making, media and society. PRIF is funded by the federal government and the state of Hesse.

The joint professorial position comes with responsibility for PRIF’s Research Department III that studies how transnational phenomena impact peace and security.

We are looking for an internationally renowned person with demonstrable leadership experience and expertise in the field of peace and conflict studies. The successful candidate will cultivate and further develop the agenda of PRIF’s research department on transnational actors, in close collaboration with German and international universities and research institutions.

The successful candidate’s research should be focussed on the analysis of transnational actors in a comparative perspective that analyses the practices, possibly also the radicalization, of political, religious or environmentalist groups in different countries. We expect candidates to contribute to overarching research projects at PRIF and to the main research areas of TU Darmstadt and its Department of History and Social Sciences. Moreover, we expect openness to interdisciplinary cooperation and experience in the acquisition of third-party funding.

At TU Darmstadt, the successful candidate will be expected to teach one course per term (two hours per week) in the field of peace and conflict studies, thus contributing to the BA and MA programs of the institute, to teaching training and in particular to the MA program in “International Studies / Peace and Conflict Research” that is offered together with PRIF and Goethe University Frankfurt. Therefore, we expect not only excellent research skills but also the proven ability to teach at university level.

The position is tenured with a remuneration package commensurate with experienceand qualifications, following the German "W-Besoldung" and subject to negotiations between the applicant and the university directorate. The regulations for employment are specified under §§ 67 and 68 HessHG (Hessisches Hochschulgesetz).

PRIF and Technical University Darmstadt intend to increase the number of female faculty members and encourage female candidates to apply. In case of equal qualifications applicants with a degree of disability of at least 50 or equal will be given preference. Technical University of Darmstadt is certified as a family-friendly university and offers a dual career program.

If you have any questions in advance, please contact Prof. Dr. Jens Steffek (steffek@pg.tu-darmstadt.de).

Applications should be sent in German or English with the usual documents (curriculum vitae, list of publications and courses taught, list of third-party funds acquired) quoting the code number, by email to the Dean of the Department of History and Social Sciences, Prof. Dr. Jens Ivo Engels, dekan@gugw.tu-darmstadt.de.

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