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April 10, 2014

[SSJ: 8505] Call for Applications: Professorship on Governance of Global Inequalities, FU Berlin

From: Blechinger-Talcott, Verena
Date: 2014/04/10

In 2007, with its future development concept International Network University, Freie Universität Berlin succeeded in winning a major government funding award in the German Excellence Initiative. This award acknowledges special academic achievements, giving the title University of Excellence. Freie Universität Berlin was able to maintain its excellence status in 2012, one among only a few other select universities to do so. The second phase of this program focuses on the expansion of international and regional networks and the advancement of junior researchers supported by the Career Path Model.

To meet these goals, Freie Universität Berlin is setting up a Dahlem International Network Professorship (DINP).

The successful applicant will be required to cover the respective area in research and teaching.

Freie Universität Berlin
invites applications for the following Professorship (salary grade W 2; 5 years)

Center for Area Studies, with the Department of Political and Social Sciences and the Department of History and Cultural Studies Professorship in Governance of Global Inequalities

The appointee will have a PhD in the field of social sciences (preferably in social and cultural anthropology, but also political science or sociology) or in the field of area studies with a proven focus on social sciences. She or he will have excellent knowledge of qualitative research methods, especially ethnographic methods. The successful candidate will have substantial experience in field research focusing on transregional aspects. She or he will have knowledge of at least one non-European language. Experience in teaching internationally and excellent research activities are required as well as experience with acquiring funding for, and carrying out, sponsored research.

The appointee is expected to participate in the development of a research area in the field of Governance of Global Inequalities at the Center for Area Studies. She or he will be prepared to cooperate with colleagues of the Center’s respective research alliances. Furthermore, candidates will be prepared to participate in the teaching of bachelor’s and master’s courses, and, if necessary, in the respective doctoral programs as well as in the courses of the Center for Area Studies.

Reference code: W2-Gov.Glob.Inequ.

Postal address:

Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften Dekanat, z. Hd. Frau Emmrich-Willingham Koserstraße 20, 14195 Berlin, Germany

For additional details, please visit
www.fu-berlin.de/sites/cas, www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de and www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de.

Applications should include a CV, copies of all certificates of academic qualification, a list of publications, evidence of teaching competence (such as courses previously taught) as well as of involvement in ongoing and future research endeavours, joint research projects and externally funded projects. If applicable, applications should also include information on industrial co-operations, inventions/patents and spin-offs. All materials, including a private postal and/or e-mail address and quoting the respective reference code must be received no later than May 12th,
2014 at the departments named above.

Appointment requirements are governed by Article 100 of the Berlin Higher Education Act (Berliner Hochschulgesetz). Application guidelines and general information on the appointment procedure as well as requirements for professorships at Freie Universität Berlin can be found at www.fu-berlin.de/praesidialamt.
Please note that in most departments, the language of instruction is primarily German, but some teaching may be conducted in English. Non-German-speaking appointees are expected to acquire sufficient language skills to be able to teach in German within a reasonable time frame, unless stated otherwise.

Prof. Dr. Verena Blechinger-Talcott
Professor of Japanese Politics and Political Economy FU Berlin - Institute of East Asian Studies Japanese Studies Hittorfstr. 18
14195 Berlin
Germany

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