Technische Universität Braunschweig · Germany
The professorship in Sociology is based at the Institute of Sociology.
The profile of the position combines the analysis of social structures with innovative methods of empirical social research and modern data analysis. Within the field of social structure analysis, specialization is expected in social stratification as well as in at least two of the following fields: Life course and social mobility, Education, Family, Migration.
To ensure alignment with the university’s research priorities in the areas of “Stadt der Zukunft [City of the Future]” and/or “Mobilität [Mobility]”, the candidate must have experience in socio-spatial differences or effects (through regional/international comparisons).
The candidate must have expertise in quantitative-empirical methodology, computational social science, and data analysis, utilizing relevant analytical software (e.g., R or Python).
The candidate must have experience in the analysis of complex data structures (e.g., panel data, multilevel data, network data).
The candidate must have an excellent research profile, demonstrated by a track record of successful publications (particularly in relevant scientific journals).
The candidate must have teaching experience in the fields of social structure, data and methods and very good to good evaluation results.
The candidate must have experience in externally funded projects and the ability to apply for them.
The candidate must have experience in academic self-governance and the transfer of research results.
The candidate must have leadership skills and management capabilities.
The candidate must have international orientation (e.g., international publications, international experience/networks, very good command of the English language, teaching in English).
The candidate must have active participation in the research focus areas “Mobility” or “City of the Future” at TU Braunschweig, as well as in the interdisciplinary cross-cutting theme of the Carl-Friedrich-Gauß-Fakultät, “Data Science”.
The candidate must have involvement in bachelor’s and master’s degree programs, as well as the supervision of theses.
The candidate must have excellent command of the English language as well as the ability and willingness to teach courses in English.
The candidate must have a degree in a relevant field.
The candidate must have special qualification for in-depth independent scientific work, as a rule proven by an above-average doctorate.
The candidate must have pedagogical aptitude.
The candidate must have experience in digitalisation, internationalisation, equality and diversity.
The candidate must have experience in knowledge exchange.
The candidate must have experience in interdisciplinary collaboration and participation in research networks.
The candidate must have experience in socio-spatial differences or effects (through regional/international comparisons).
The candidate must have experience in leveraging novel data types (e.g., digital traces, text-as-data, administrative data) and processing big data.
The candidate must have experience in computational social science, utilizing relevant analytical software (e.g., R or Python).
The candidate must have experience in the analysis of complex data structures (e.g., panel data, multilevel data, network data).
The candidate must have experience in quantitative-empirical methodology.
The candidate must have experience in social stratification.
The candidate must have experience in social structure analysis.
The candidate must have experience in empirical social research.
The candidate must have experience in modern data analysis.
The candidate must have experience in teaching.
The candidate must have experience in course evaluations.
The candidate must have experience in research statements.
The candidate must have experience in publications.
The candidate must have experience in externally funded projects.
The candidate must have experience in academic certificates and diplomas (degrees).
The candidate must have experience in academic background (curriculum vitae).
The candidate must have experience in cover letters.
The candidate must have experience in parental/family care leave.
The candidate must have experience in disability status.
The candidate must have experience in German language skills (to be acquired within one year).
The candidate must have experience in the “Prof.-Programm”.
The candidate must have experience in professional and personnel development.
The candidate must have experience in equal opportunities and diversity.
The candidate must have experience in the university’s active endorsement of equal opportunities and diversity.
The candidate must have experience in the university’s promotion of diverse perspectives as essential in contributing to the university’s success in research, teaching, transfer and administration.
The candidate must have experience in the university’s promotion of international candidates (f/m/d).
The candidate must have experience in the university’s promotion of German language skills (not a prerequisite).
The candidate must have experience in the university’s promotion of teaching and administrative duties in German within one year of appointment.
The candidate must have experience in the university’s promotion of part-time appointment upon request.
The candidate must have experience in the university’s promotion of employee status (Angestelltenverhältnis) for applicants who are 50 years or older at the time the appointment commences and who have not acquired permanent civil servant status (Beamtenverhältnis auf Lebenszeit).
The candidate must have experience in the university’s promotion of temporary civil servant relationship for the initial three years.
The candidate must have experience in the university’s promotion of extension by a further three years after a successful interim evaluation in accordance with § 30 Para. 4 S. 2 NHG.
The candidate must have experience in the university’s promotion of appointment to a permanent professorship in grade W2 NBesO after a positive outcome of the procedure regulated in the tenure track regulations of the TU Braunschweig.
The candidate must have experience in the university’s promotion of the application deadline of 2026-08-31.
The candidate must have experience in the university’s promotion of the contact information for informal enquiries to Prof. Dr. Monika Taddicken.
The candidate must have experience in the university’s promotion of the contact information for legal matters and the online application process to Nicole Brückner.
The candidate must have experience in the university’s promotion of the application process via the ‘Apply’ button.
The candidate must have experience in the university’s promotion of the required documents: cover letter, academic background (curriculum vitae), academic certificates and diplomas (degrees), list of publications, list of externally funded projects, research and teaching statement, list of courses taught and results of course evaluations, proof of parental/family care leave, and proof of disability status.