Professorship (Open Rank: W2 or W1 Tenure Track to W2) in Biology Didactics

at  Universitt Marburg

PROFILE:

We are looking for individuals who can present initial independent subject didactic research that is compatible within the respective departments and with the other subject didactics of at the University of Marburg in the STEM area. Your application should demonstrate a clear profile in subject didactic research and teaching through a meaningful research and teaching concept. This should include both subject-specific content (biology) and subject didactic concepts for the natural sciences across disciplinary boundaries. Coordinated applications from two individuals applying as a tandem for the two subject didactic professorships in biology and chemistry are also conceivable. In this case, the submitted concepts should be aligned.
Requirements include a completed teaching degree with the subject of biology (first and, if possible, second state examination), as well as a subsequent doctorate with a focus on subject didactics.
For the Tenure Track Professorship experience in the successful acquisition of third-party funds will be considered an asset. For the W2 professorship, this experience is expected.
The Tenure Track Professorship is explicitly aimed at researchers in the early stages of their scientific careers. The duration of the employment in research and science after obtaining the doctoral degree should not exceed four years. In addition, applicants should not have received their doctorate at the University of Marburg. In case the doctoral degree was ob-tained at the University of Marburg, the applicant should have worked in research and science outside of the University of Marburg for at least two years thereafter (in accordance with § 70 Abs. 3 Hessisches Hochschulgesetz Hess.HG, the State of Hessen Higher Education Act). We are looking for a highly qualified, internationally visible scientist with initial outstanding scientific achievements and an independent scientific profile that demonstrates the potential for a further successful career in sci-ence at the highest international level.
For a W2 professorship, an independent research and teaching profile, high-ranking peer-reviewed publications, independently acquired and managed competitive research projects, as well as international visibility are expected.
The employment requirements of §§ 67, 68 Hess.HG apply, and for the Tenure Track professorship especially § 70 Hess.HG. The Tenure Track professorship is initially a grade W1 fixed term (6 years) position. If the requirements under general German civil service law are met, the applicant shall be granted a temporary civil service status for a period of six years. In the event of a positive evaluation of the pro-fessional, didactic and personal aptitude, the applicant will be granted a civil service status for life, combined with the assignment of a W2 permanent professorship. Further information on tenure track professorships at the University of Marburg is available at .
The University of Marburg attaches great importance to the intensive supervision of students and doctoral candidates and expects from its lecturers and thus from the applicants a distinctive presence at the university and a high degree of commitment in the field of academic teaching.

The professorship will be responsible for the teaching of biology didactics and is expected to develop it further. Engagement in improving the internationalization of teacher education at the UMR is desirable and will provide biology teacher training students with a corresponding international qualification profile (mobility abroad, expansion of the intercultural teaching and learning environment at the UMR). The scientific profile of the successful applicant should be in the field of scientific, experimentally designed teaching and learning research with strong connectivity to the scientific focal areas of the Department of Biology. The prospective holder of the position should contribute to the successful acquisition of collaborative projects through close interaction with the other groups of the department. Cooperations with the Botanical Garden and the Green School Marburg as extracurricular learning sites are highly desired. Furthermore, the successful applicant is expected to be involved in the Student Research Center Mittelhessen, with the aim of inspiring young people for STEM subjects.