Job description

The Department of Human and Health Sciences comprises the areas of psychology, public health, nursing, and sport sciences. The Department of Psychology (IfP) has nine professorships and approx. 600 students.

The advertised professorship is part of the IfP (/en/psychologie) and shall enhance its orientation on a quantitative empirical behavioral science with expertise in interindividual differences, personality, and psychological assessment.

Job profile and requirements

We are searching for a scientifically outstanding member of the research community with excellent pedagogical and organizational skills who will promote the subject of Psychology at the University of Bremen. Together with a team of colleagues, the successful applicant will represent Psychology of Interindividual Differences and Psychological Assessment in all their breadth in research and teaching in the Psychology degree programs.

We expect an independent research profile with international visibility and contributions to key topics of the psychology of interindividual differences (and personality). The potential to connect with the main research areas of the research groups at the IfP and to extend or complement the methodological repertoire (e.g., expertise and experience in measurement and structural equation modeling) is required.

Research excellence should be reflected, among others, in publications in high-ranking international journals, awards or positions in professional societies as well as in an enduring success and above-average commitment in the acquisition of third-party funding. Besides connections to the main research areas of the IfP research groups, the potential to connect with one or more of the university's high-profile areas (in particular Minds, Media, Machines and/or Health Sciences, for more information see, /en/research/research-profile/high-profile-areas) is desirable. The professorship is intended to assist young scientists in a committed and responsible manner on their path towards increasing scientific independence. Participation in the transformation process towards an open scientific culture / open science is advantageous.

With regard to teaching, the professorship will contribute to the polyvalent and professionally recognized Bachelor's degree program in Psychology and to the Master's degree programs in Psychology (M.Sc. Psychology, M.Sc. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy). The ability to offer courses in German and/or in English is expected; knowledge of one of the languages required for this should be acquired after two years at the latest. Applicants should be willing to undergo further training in higher education didactics and actively participate in the further development of the teaching profile and the psychology degree programs.

The successful applicant will help foster a collegial, team-oriented work atmosphere and actively participate in academic self-administration. Experience in administrative functions and academic policy networking is highly welcome. The University of Bremen offers an environment that supports concepts to promote equality, diversity, and sustainability. Professional and interdisciplinary gender and diversity competence or the willingness to undergo further training in these areas is expected.

Requirements

We appreciate your application if you hold a university degree in psychology or psychology-related subjects (relevant to the professorship) and an outstanding doctoral dissertation in a relevant subject area. Applicants will have demonstrated their exceptional scientific qualification and pedagogical-didactic suitability by virtue of a habilitation or habilitation-equivalent achievements (e.g. as part of an assistant/associate professorship or through habilitation-equivalent publications). Appointments are made in accordance with §18 BremHG and §116 BremBG.

General Information

Open to unconventional approaches in research and teaching, the University of Bremen has retained its character as a hub for diversity of ideas since it was founded 50 years ago. With a broad range of subject areas and as an ambitious research university, we embrace a research-based tradition to learning and a strong focus on interdisciplinarity. In research and teaching, administration and operations, we are strongly committed to the goals of sustainability, climate justice and climate neutrality.

The University of Bremen is committed to implementing its diversity strategy at all levels and would like to increase the diversity and variety of perspectives among its employees. Specifically, we would like to increase the proportion of women in leadership positions and therefore strongly encourage female academics to apply. We naturally assess the performance of all applicants, taking into account their academic age and potential career breaks. Applicants with severe disabilities will be given priority if their professional and personal suitability is essentially comparable.

The University of Bremen has been certified as a family-friendly university. Therefore, we support newly appointed professors with a range of measures. These include advice from the Welcome Center, childcare facilities, dual career assistance and opportunities for professional development, including language training.

Please send applications in German or English along with: 

• the customary documentation (curriculum vitae, list of publications, list of third-party funding)
• as well as certificates (certificates of appointment, degrees, awards, and teaching evaluations)
• and proposed concepts/agendas for research and teaching (maximum of 2 pages each) in the context of the professorship.

 

The application deadline is set for the May 12th, 2025. By this date, the Dean of the Faculty Prof. Dr. Ingrid Darmann-Finck should receive your application including the listed attachments to the following email address of Ms. Anastasia Huber: anastasia.huberprotect me ?!vw.uni-bremenprotect me ?!.de, quoting the reference number P148-25 in electronic form (necessarily in a summarized unencrypted PDF file).

Further information on formal aspects can be obtained from the Dean of the Department of Human and Health Sciences, Prof. Dr. Ingrid Darmann-Finck, at dekaninfb11protect me ?!uni-bremenprotect me ?!.de. For content-related questions, please contact Prof. Dr. Markus Janczyk at janczykprotect me ?!uni-bremenprotect me ?!.de. Further information about the Department of Psychology can be found at /en/psychologie

Detailed information on appointment procedures at the University of Bremen can be found at

/en/university/academic-career-options-at-the-university-of-bremen/professors