Junior Professorship (W1, non tenured) in Computational Social Science

The professorship will offer courses in text-as-data methods including LLMs, their applications in social science research, and their mathematical foundations.  It will thus contribute to the undergraduate and graduate programs at the Department of Politics and Public Administration, the interdisciplinary Master’s program in Social and Economic Data Science (SEDS), and the Advanced Data and Information Literacy Track (ADILT). Involvement in the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality” is welcome.

The position requires an excellent doctoral degree in one of the social sciences, computer science, or statistics with an evident interdisciplinary inclination. Applicants should have a promising research record, substantiated through publications in high-ranking journals, as well as relevant teaching experience in the above-mentioned field.  We place great emphasis on gender and diversity competence, reflected in teaching and research. The ability to teach in German is an advantage but not a requirement.

In all other respects, the hiring requirements for junior professorships follow from §51 paragraph 2,3 of the Landeshochschulgesetz. The details of junior professorships at the University of Konstanz, particularly the interim and final evaluation, are governed by §51 paragraph 7 of the Landeshochschulgesetz and the procedural regulations for junior professorships and junior lectureships without tenure track (§§51,51a LHG), available online.

Concerning the application procedure, please contact Ms Stina Büntge, sektion.prw@uni-konstanz.de. Questions regarding the academic profile of the position can be directed to Prof. Dr. Peter Selb, peter.selb@uni-konstanz.de.

The University of Konstanz strives to increase the number of women working in research and teaching. The University commits itself to gender equality and family-friendliness as well as to creating an inclusive diversity culture in all areas and on all levels. Measures reach from childcare in the university’s own Kinderhaus (childcare centre) to support for working couples through a dual career program. (uni.kn/dcc).