W1- Junior Professorship Constitutional and Administrative Law with a focus on the law of politics (with tenure track leading to W3)

At the Faculty of Law the following tenure track professorship funded by the Tenure Track Programme of the German Federal Government and the Federal States has to be filled starting on 1st of April 2021:

W1- Junior Professorship Constitutional and Administrative Law with a focus on the
law of politics (with tenure track leading to W3)

The future jobholder should be shown in research and teaching in Constitutional and Administrative Law and ideally should already have a focus on the law of politics. In addition to basic teaching in the subjects mentioned, the duties of the future jobholder include research on the law of politics. In this respect, the denomination refers not only to the level of the open nation state, but also to the levels of the European Union and international cooperation. It is assumed that the future jobholder gets involved in the strategic research field “Changed Orders in a Globalized World” and works together with the “Research Institute for Social Cohesion”, the “Institute for Law and Politics” and the “Institute for Basics of Law”. First experiences in the acquisition of third-party funds are desired.

The tenure track professorship is initially limited to three years. It will be extendable by a further three years subject to successful intermediate evaluation according to the Regulations on the Interim Evaluation Procedure for Junior Professors at Leipzig University (ZevaO). No later than five years after employment commences, a tenure evaluation will be conducted under the Regulations on the Constitution, Procedure and Evaluation of Tenure Track Professorships at Leipzig University (TTO). The evaluation procedure is based on a binding, mutual evaluation agreement concluded at the start of employment, which sets out the development goals and expectations with regard to the professor’s individual performance in the categories of research, teaching, knowledge transfer as well as academic and non-university commitment. After successful tenure evaluation, appointment to a permanent W3 professorship pursuant to Section 59(2) of the Saxon Freedom of Higher Education Act (SächsHSFG) will take place without readvertising the vacancy.

Rights and obligations of the jobholder are within the SächsHSFG Sections 63, 64, 70 and the Saxon Service Regulations for Higher Education Institutions (DAVOHS).

The tenure track professorship is considered a position for post-doctoral qualification. Therefore, the call is addressed to applicants with a completed doctoral degree, attributed with magna cum laude or higher, who seek further qualification and have not yet completed a habilitation. If applicants were employed as research associates or research assistants prior to or during the completion of their doctoral studies, the total period of employment and work on the doctoral thesis should not exceed six years.

Applicants should have changed universities after completing their doctorate or have been academically active outside the University of Leipzig for at least two years. They should have completed their doctorate no more than four years ago.

The University of Leipzig emphasizes gender equality. Handicapped applicants are encouraged to apply and given preference if equally qualified.

Applications with the usual documents, enclosing detailed CV, a list of the scientific work and academic teaching including available records of teaching evaluations and a certified copy of the certificate of the highest acquired academic degree should be sent in printed or digital format as one PDF-document, to:

Universität Leipzig
Dekan der Juristenfakultät
Herrn Prof. Dr. Tim Drygala
04081 Leipzig
simue@uni-leipzig.de

by no later than 30 October 2020.

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