[PolPsy-DEU] 3 faculty positions at the Technical University of Munich (Germany)

[van der Noll, Jolanda]

Dear colleagues,
the vacancies listed below may be of interest to some.

Best wishes
Jolanda

Von: Büthe, Tim via EPSA-Info <epsa-info at list.epsanet.org>
Betreff: [EPSA-Info] 3 faculty positions at the Technical University of Munich (Germany)

Dear Colleagues,

Allow me draw your attention to three searches for political/social science faculty positions at the Technical University of Munich, for which the due date for applications is quickly approaching (at the end of the month).  The calls for these applications originally went out in late November/early December, but I have gotten the feedback that those announcements may have slipped through below the radar, especially regarding the Mößbauer professorship, where the omnibus search announcement might have obscured that the search is open to - and explicitly welcomes applications from - social scientists, including empirical political scientists, ethicists, and normative political theorists.   I am sending this email with a "translational" excerpt of the search announcements to alert you to these opportunties, and to encourage interested candidates to apply.

(1) Tenure Track Assistant Professor or Tenured Associate Professor for Political Psychology at the Hochschule für Politik at the Technical University of Munich.

This search is for a regular-rank faculty position at the Hochschule für Politik (HfP), the combined Department of Political Science and School of Public and International Affairs, at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), one of Germany's leading research universities.  The position is open with regard to substantive focus (within the broadly conceived field of political psychology) and with regard to geographic focus.  We are looking above all for a first-rate scholar with an internationally recognized active research agenda and record - or strong promise - of important scholarly contributions, especially in the form of peer-reviewed publications that advance the research frontier in political psychology.  Reputation in (and contributions to) the discipline and the broader community will also be considered.  S/he will be expected to primarily teach in the Bachelor's and Master's programs of the HfP; s/he will also have the opportunity (and be expected) to work with and mentor PhD students/candidates (and later emerging scholars at the postdoctoral level).

For the official call, please visit: https://portal.mytum.de/jobs/professuren/NewsArticle_20201119_150826

To submit your application, please email it to:  dekanat at gov.tum.de<mailto:dekanat at gov.tum.de>


(2) Tenure Track Assistant Professor or Tenured Associate Professor for Political Philosophy and/or Normative Politiical Theory at the Hochschule für Politik at the Technical University of Munich.

This search is for a regular-rank faculty position at the Hochschule für Politik (HfP), the combined Department of Political Science and School of Public and International Affairs, at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), one of Germany's leading research universities.  The position is open with regard to substantive focus within the broad field(s) of political philosophy, normative political theory and ethics.  We are looking above all for a first rate scholar, with an internationally recognized active research agenda and record of - or strong promise of - important scholarly contributions (especially through peer-reviewed publications other scholarly output, but reputation in (and contributions to) the discipline and the broader community will also be considered).  S/he will be expected to primarily teach in the Bachelor's and Master's programs of the HfP; s/he will also have the opportunity (and be expected) to work with and mentor PhD students/candidates (and later emerging scholars at the postdoctoral level).

For the official call, please visit: https://portal.mytum.de/jobs/professuren/NewsArticle_20201119_150826

To submit your application, please email it to:  dekanat at gov.tum.de<mailto:dekanat at gov.tum.de>


(3) TUM Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) Mößbauer Tenure Track Assistant Professorship for Outstanding High-Potential Early-Career Scholars

Mößbauer professorships are intended to allow TUM to recruit researchers who may be working on exciting and emerging topics, for which no designated searches exist (yet) and/or which might cut across two or more disciplines.  While these positions are unusually open with regard to substantive focus, as well as disciplinary and methodological approach, applicants are expected to contribute to TUM in one of several broad issue areas or fields identified in the call for applications as the focus for the current year - and applicants should spell out in their applications how their research (and teaching) will allow them to make that contribution.  (While the positions are not ex ante associated with any particular discipline or department, each Mößbauer TT assistant professor is ultimately appointed in association with one of the TUM schools or departments, where s/he teaches courses at the Bachelor's, Master's and PhD level, possibly with outreach to the rest of the university.)

5 Mößbauer professorships are available for 2021.  We expect *at least* one of those five appointments to go to a scholar from the social sciences (conditional on the receipt of strong applications, of course).  Of the three substantive foci for this year, two may lend themselves to applications from social scientists, including politcal scientists and/or applied philosophy/ethics scholars (it is up to each applicant to make the case for his or her contribution to the focus area of his/her choice):

- prevention and health care

- social and political analysis of drivers and/or consequences of technological transformations

For the "prevention and health care" focus, any health policy scholar (incl. economists, sociologists, political scientists, public policy/administration scholars) is in principle eligible to apply (along with scholars from other fields of course), provided that his/her research speaks to prevention and health care.

Political and social scientists might want to take note, in particular, of the second focus, which in the official call is labeled "Social and Educational Sciences for Technology Transformations" since this focus area was added for 2021 in recognition of the creation of the new TUM School of the Social Sciences, which will bring together the HfP/TUM School of Governance, the TUM School of Education, and TUM-MCTS.  (For now, choose "TUM School of Governance" from the "Corresponding TUM School/Department" dropdown menu of the online application.)  Here, specifically, we hope to receive compelling applications from scholars with a background in the social sciences with a research agenda involving any aspect of transformative technological change.

As the IAS call for applications says, evidence of an initial scholarly "breakthrough" is expected, which may include a prominent publication, a major grant, or other recognition that the applicant is beginnign to shaping the research frontier in their field.  A key criterion is having the ambition (backed up by indications for strong promise) for developing a novel approach or field and having a highly innovative research agenda.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.ias.tum.de/en/fellowship-program/rudolf-moessbauer-tenure-track-professorship/

To submit your application, please go to:  https://wiki.tum.de/x/S4aTK


FOR ALL THREE POSITIONS:  TUM is in many ways comparable to MIT or Caltech in the US or ETH Zurich in Switzerland.  Given TUM's special strengths in engineering, the applied sciences, and medicine/health sciences, including its emphasis on "human-centered engineering" and "responsible research and innovation", both the HfP and the IAS are especially interested in scholars whose work contributes to (and/or who take a special interest in) understanding the social and political drivers and consequences of technological innovation and change.

The TUM uses a system for tenure and promotion similar to most major research universities in the United States and Canada to allow for career advancement within the university, conditional on rigorous external and international expert reviews.  All tenure track appointments (http://www.tum.de/faculty-tenure-track) are eligible through that system for tenure review and promotion to tenure associate professor after (usually) six years.  Both positions allow for appointments at that level.  For the the HfP position, an initiall appointment at the rank of tenure associate professor is also possible for more advanced applicants; scholars appointed at that level are eligible for subsequent promotion to full professor through the TUM faculty career advancement system (for more information, start at https://www.tum.de/en/about-tum/working-at-tum/faculty-recruiting/)

Those who are unfamiliar with German universities might find the information about application materials at the bottom of this email helpful.

Note that the search for the two HfP positions and for the IAS position are separate searches, and I would encourage scholars whose interests and profile fits both positions to submit their applications to both search committees.

TUM is an equal opportunity employer. The university seeks to improve, in particular, the gender balance of the faculty. Applications from disabled persons with essentially the same qualifications will be given preference. The TUM Munich Dual Career Office provides support for dual career couples and families.


YOUR APPLICATION

The only official descriptions of the positions, including rules/guidelines and list of items required for a complete applications can be founds at the link above.  However, since the list of items can be a bit mystifying for applicants not familiar with Germanic academic customs, let me offer an annotated list here:

1) Résumé, certificates, credentials
[Translation: CV + transcripts; if you have an electronic copy of your actual PhD degree, send it as well, especially if your graduate transcript does not indicate the receipt of the doctorate]

2) List of publications
[It is customary in Germany to submit a list of publications, so entitled, as a separate document.  You can then omit them from your CV but you don't need to.]

3) Three selected publications with a summary (max. 1,000 characters) of their impact on your research profile
[Send electronic copies of your 3 best/most important papers/works (published or not) + a short (and search committees really mean short; it's 1000 characters, not 1000 words) statement about how they fit into your research agenda]

4) Presentation of research strategy
[A research statement or research agenda; be sure to discuss - generally concisely but not just superficially - completed and ongoing research projects, as well as plans for the near future.  Keep an eye on the big picture and make sure you convey your main contributions clearly and to provide some sense how it all hangs together.]

5) List of courses taught
[If there are courses you would have liked or in a possible future at the TUM would like to teach, feel free to also list those - under a separate subheading but in the same document or as part of the next one:]

6) Descriptive statement on teaching strategy and philosophy
[As a separate document, a regular teaching statement; "descriptive" means genuinely informative]

7) Details of third-party funding
[Grants and fellowship you have received from extra-mural sources or for which you may have an application pending, if any.  Such grants and fellowships are presumably already listed on your CV; this document gives you a chance to (briefly) elaborate on what has been funded etc.]

8) Letters of recommendation/names and addresses of three references
[Applications for the Mößbauer position require at least one letter of recommendation from each applicant.  For the HfP position, letters of recommendation are not required to apply, but you need to specify the names and contact information of three possible recommenders, as a separate document.]

It is recommended to send materials in PDF format and to include your last name in the filename of each document you submit to ensure it will be easily associated with your application.  You can combine multiple documents in one file, but make sure each starts on a separate page. Be sure to submit all of the requested materials lest your application will be deemed incomplete, which may result in being excluded from further consideration.

[END]


Tim Büthe
Professor and Chair for International Relations
TUM School of Governance and TUM School of Management
Associate Dean and Academic Director, TUM-GOV Center for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Studies
Hochschule für Politik at the Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Richard-Wagner-Straße 1
D-80333 München (Germany)
Tel.: (+49) 89 / 90 77 93 - 100

Senior Fellow, Kenan Institute for Ethics
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708-0204 (USA)


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