Four W 3 professorships (m/f/o) in Sustainable Development and Transformation The University of Kassel is establishing a new and unique interdisciplinary centre in the field of Sustainable Development and Transformation. The centre will bring together top global research and teaching expertise across the entire thematic range of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as defined by the United Nations. The centre aims to become a significant force in developing solutions to inspire and enable social transformations through scholarly research, effective networking and dedicated teaching.
Please note that only applications received via the application portal of the University of Kassel can be considered. Find the online application: Nature: W3 Professorship (m/f/o) “Human-environment interactions” This position will focus on research and teaching on topics related to ecosystemic health in its interactions between the natural environment and social dimensions of well-being, as evidenced in phenomena such as urbanization, nutrition or mobility. Candidates should pursue a sustainability-oriented approach to health issues or a health-oriented approach to sustainability, within which questions of adaptability, resilience and the ability to transform social-ecological systems play a central role.
Technology: W3 Professorship (m/f/o) “Sustainable technology design” This position will focus on research and teaching on topics related to technological sustainability as well as social sustainability in technological fields. Topics include life cycles of technological systems, infrastructures, products and materials with regard to their interactions with the environment and society, also considering long-term effects. Fields of research may cover for instance:
Culture: W3 Professorship (m/f/o) “Cultures of sustainability” This position will focus on research and teaching on topics related to cultural representations, discourses and practices of sustainability. In addition, concepts of sustainability themselves should be subjected to explicit critical reflection.
Society: W3 Professorship (m/f/o) “Just Transitions” This position will focus on research and teaching in connection with the question of how social transformations can successfully be implemented without creating injustices within and between societies.
General qualifications Potential appointees will have an interdisciplinary research and teaching profile that is relevant to the respective areas. They will have a strong record of highly regarded publications and have excellent international networks at their disposal. They will be experienced in successfully acquiring third party funding. They will have supervised successful doctoral candidates and be interested in developing new courses of study. In their willingness to make a significant contribution to the design of the new centre in both research and teaching, they will have shown the ability to cooperate in larger teams and to lead personnel.
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