The University of Koblenz is the youngest university in Germany – while also preserving a long-standing academic tradition. A multitude
of transdisciplinary research projects spanning several institutions concentrated on a com-pact campus favourably affects our univer-
sity routine. As the interdisciplinary university in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate with more than 9,400 students, we live the
knowledge – transformation – innovation triad in our four profile areas “Education”, “Computer Science”, “Culture and its Mediation”
as well as “Material and Environment”. We provide and conduct state-of-the-art teacher-training studies for all school types and main-
tain the transfer of our research results to civic society and regional businesses in a resilient and sustainable way. Join an aspiring
university community and aid in advancing our further growth!

REQUIREMENTS

Successful completion of a university degree in economics or
a related field
Doctorate, preferably at the interface between economics
and applied econometrics
Full-time employment for at least two years and six months
after successful completion of a university degree
Active research activity, evidenced by relevant publications
and/or projects related to economics and empirical economic
research
Experience in university teaching

very good German language skills for teaching courses, su-
pervision of students and participation in academic self-ad-
ministration
Advantageous properties:
Good methodological knowledge in empirical research, e.g.,
panel econometrics, quasi-experimental identification strategies
for policy evaluation, or spatial statistics an econometrics
Good knowledge of statistical software (e.g. STATA, R, Python)
and confident handling of quantitative date sets (e.g. official sta-
tistics, microdata, panel data)
Good English skills, especially in scientific communication and for
conducting English-language courses
Experience in supervising bachelor’s and master’s theses
Experience in digital teaching, program development and curric-
ular innovation
We offer
Collaboration in a team with a collegial working atmosphere
Permanent employment contract in the German public sector
Salary according to pay grade EG 13 TV-L
Work-life balance, flexible working hours
Diverse sports program with health-promoting activities
Extensive opportunities for further education and training
The University of Koblenz welcomes applications from all age groups,
regardless of gender identity, disability, ethnic or cultural background,
religion, ideology, or sexual orientation. We aim to increase the pro-
portion of women and are therefore particularly interested in applica-
tions from women. In the event of underrepresentation, they will be
given preferential consideration if they have equivalent qualifications
and abilities. Severely disabled persons will be given preferential con-
sideration if they have the same professional and personal qualifica-
tions.
For further information, please contact Prof. Dr. Timo Mitze (Mail:
mitze@uni-koblenz.de, Phone: +49/261/287-2442). Please, send your
detailed application documents (cover letter, CV with academic career
and copies of certificates) by 22.09.2025 exclusively by email in one
PDF file, quoting the reference number 093/2025 to e-mail-address:
bewerbung-k21@uni-koblenz.de. Please, renounce by sending appli-
cation photos. After completion of the procedure, the application doc-
uments will be deleted in accordance with data protection regulations.
www.uni-koblenz.de/karriere

The successful candidate will be involved in teaching activities of
the Working Group Economics (AG Ökonomie) in bachelor and
master programs of the University of Koblenz. A focus is set on
the following subject areas:
Fundamentals of economics
Economic policy and institutional economics
International economics
In addition, the job holder is expected to actively participate in
the design and implementation of new courses planned by the
AG Ökonomie in the areas of empirical economic research and
econometrics, innovation economics, as well as urban and re-
gional economics. The supervision of students and de admin-
istration of examinations in all degree programs in the field of
management and economics are an integral part of the job. In
addition, the job holder has to engage in administrative tasks,
participate in academic self-administration, and collaborate with
other faculty members. It is further expected that the job holder
has a strong interest in acquiring third-party funding, an active
participation in research projects and publication of research re-
sults from the AG Ökonomie. The teaching load is 16 semester
hours a week. The position is generally suitable for part-time em-
ployment, provided that there are no compelling official reasons
to the contrary.