Assistant Professor of Economics and Sustainability fmdiv
Assistant Professor of Economics and Sustainability fmdiv
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The Hertie School is recruiting a tenuretrack Assistant Professor of Economics and Sustainability working on key sustainability topics such as climate energy air pollution mobility sustainable cities landuse or inequality. The candidate should combine stateoftheart empirical policyrelevant research with a teaching profile that matches the needs of a public policy school.
The candidate will contribute to the development of the new Hertie School Centre for Sustainability and will be interacting with faculty at the Centre and beyond. Applicants for this position must have a doctoral degree in economics or expect to have this degree by the start of employment. The successful candidate will be appointed as Assistant Professor with a sixyear clock (two threeyear contracts) with the possibility of tenure. The expected start date is 1 August 2023.
The Hertie School seeks faculty with demonstrated capacity for research at the highest levels in their discipline. We recruit faculty who will create a climate that embraces excellence and diversity with a strong commitment to highquality teaching and innovative research of interest to the international scholarly community and policymakers.
Candidates are expected to perform well in an interdisciplinary international environment with English as the language of instruction and operation. The successful candidate will teach courses in the Schools Master Executive and PhD programmes. This position will be based in the Schools new Centre for Sustainability and the successful candidate will actively contribute to its research outreach and teaching activities.
As a private nonprofit university endowed and supported by the Hertie Foundation the Hertie School offers an internationally competitive salary as well as a paid sabbatical after every five semesters. We provide excellent working conditions with outstanding financial and administrative support for research. The Hertie School is fully embedded in Berlins vibrant research landscape and has close ties to the top institutions of the European and international teaching and research community.
The Hertie School is a diverse international and lively community located in the heart of Berlin. We welcome all applications irrespective of gender nationality ethnic or social origin religion disability age or sexual orientation. The Hertie School expressly encourages women and/or persons from ethnic groups underrepresented in German Academia to apply. Equally qualified applicants with disabilities will be given preference. The Hertie School takes a family friendly workplace seriously. Under German law there is standard paid leave for parents after the birth or adoption of a child.
For information about the Hertie School visit www.hertieschool.
The deadline for the submission of applications is 13 November 2022. The Hertie School will review applications that include a letter of motivation a current curriculum vitae (including publication list degrees earned if applicable: positions held teaching experience research projects awards received) two writing samples a diversity statement and if applicable teaching evaluations. Application documents are accepted via the online application tool only. Please provide two names of references who have accepted to provide a letter for you at a later stage should you be invited to a job talk. Letters are not required by the application deadline.
For questions about the position please contact Professor Christian Flachsland .
For technical questions related to the application form or application process please contact Hanneli Ebding Director Research & Faculty at
Strict confidentiality in the application process is assured. The Hertie School is an equal opportunity employer.
Employment Type
Full Time
