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With its modern facilities, Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences offers excellent studying and working conditions and prospects for ground-breaking research in the heart of Saxony-Anhalt. As a university of applied sciences that is entitled to award doctorates in its own right, we are proud of our interdisciplinary departments that are distinguished by high quality standards in teaching and application-oriented research. At both of our campuses in Magdeburg and Stendal we offer a family-friendly, culturally diverse infrastructure providing a high quality of life.

Magdeburg Stendal University of Applied Sciences is seeking to fill the following full-time post in the Department of Economics, initially limited to a period of 5 years, by 01.10.2025:

The Department of Economics has an interdisciplinary focus and offers undergraduate, co-operative and advanced BA and MA degree programmes in different disciplines. As its leading position in the current CHE rankings shows, the Department of Economics offers excellent conditions for studying, an excellent regional network in Saxony-Anhalt and also boasts an international orientation. In its strategic realignment, the Department pays particular attention to sustainability in teaching, practice and research and makes a large contribution to sustainable development.

Your Duties:

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced individual who will take responsibility for the area of appointment with the following focal areas:

• risk management
• sustainability management
• finance
• general business administration
• In terms of teaching, the professorship is primarily involved in the undergraduate Bachelor鈥檚 and Master鈥檚 study programmes of the Department of Economics as well as in relevant modules of study programmes offered by other departments on both campuses and thus promotes interdisciplinary cooperation with the other departments of the university.
• A particular focus is placed on practice-oriented teaching and on the courses of the Bachelor's and Master's study programmes it will be particularly important to you to convey the subject connections in the area of appointment in an application-oriented way. Your commitment to further training programmes is expected.
• You will be committed to strengthening the specialist profile of the department, will work on an interdisciplinary basis in the context of cross-departmental cooperation on both campuses and will be involved in the development of the range of programmes offered.
• We expect you to successfully develop areas of research emphasis in the area of appointment and, if the conditions are met, to participate in our Doctoral Centre for Social, Health and Economic Sciences. To this end, you will find a research-friendly environment here.
• It goes without saying that you will be committed to technology and knowledge transfer and cooperation with regional and international stakeholders as well as to contributing to the development of the university.
• Moreover, it is important to us that you be involved in academic self-governance.

Your Profile:

You will be a good fit with us if you are an enthusiastic teacher and researcher and enjoy supporting our students with their learning as well as encouraging them in their chosen career.

• You will have successfully completed a university degree in the economic sciences or a closely related discipline and have a particular aptitude for scientific work, which will usually have been demonstrated by a good doctoral degree. Furthermore, you will have published work relevant to the area of the appointment.
• You are able to demonstrate pedagogic experience, preferably in several of the following areas: corporate governance, quantitative methods, legal aspects of risk and sustainability management, data science, financial psychology and are in a position to convey information clearly and practically, be it face-to-face, online or in hybrid/blended learning scenarios. Experience in teaching in a university or a comparable educational setting as well as working with learning platforms will be advantageous.
• You will be able to demonstrate particular achievements in the application or development of scientific knowledge and methods in the area of the appointment. You will have accomplished these in professional practice of at least three years鈥� duration outside of the higher education sector.
• Ideally you will have experience in the acquisition of third-party funds and the management of research projects. Equally, international experience is highly desirable.
• You know how to convey scientific knowledge in an easily understandable way in both German and English and to communicate securely in German in everyday life at the university.

The general conditions of appointment for professors are derived from 搂 35 of the current version of the Saxony-Anhalt Higher Education Act.

Provided that the relevant requirements are met (assuming, among other things, that the candidate is under the age of 52) the appointee will be granted temporary civil servant status, otherwise they will be granted salaried employee status under private law limited for 5 years.

Magdeburg Stendal University of Applied Sciences is striving to increase its proportion of female members of staff. For this reason we are particularly pleased to receive applications from suitably qualified women. Magdeburg Stendal University of Applied Sciences is a certified family-friendly university and supports the compatibility of family and working life in a variety of ways. Priority will be given to applications from severely disabled candidates (m/f/o) who demonstrate equal professional aptitude and performance.

As teaching and the integration of the university in the region are high priorities, your supervision of students will primarily be in person. Accordingly, we assume that in order to fulfil the duties of the professorship, you will be based in the region.

You can find further useful information for your application and about what we have to offer in your new working environment on our application portal, 鈥淭he Path to a Professorship鈥�.

Interested?

If you would like to help us educate young people, we look forward to receiving your detailed application by 19.01.2025 via and addressed to the Rector, Professor Dr. Manuela Schwartz.

We also look forward to receiving your application if you will only meet the conditions of appointment in the near future (date of decision by the appointment committee). The face-to-face interviews are planned for approximately three months after the application deadline.

Should you have any questions regarding the substance of the advertised post, please contact the Professor Dr. Fabian Behrendt (Tel. +49 (0) 3931-2187- 4818 or email: fabian.behrendt(at)h2.de). Any questions regarding the appointment process itself should be directed to the Appointments Officer in the Rectors Office, Ms Antje V枚lker by email: antje.voelker[at]h2.de