Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics & Business at the Johannes Kepler University Linz
Professor for Transformative Change in a Social Science and Humanities Perspective (position open solely to female applicants)
Closing date for applications: 30 August 2023
In accordance with § 94 Sec. 2 subpara. 1 of the 2002 Austrian Universities Act, the Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics & Business at the Johannes Kepler University Linz announces a faculty opening for a female University Professor for “Transformative Change in a Social Science and Humanities Perspective”. There is also an intended affiliation to the new Linz Institute for Transformative Change.
The Johannes Kepler University Linz invites applications for a permanent professorship position under private law for
Transformative Change in a Social Science and Humanities Perspective
to begin immediately. The appointment is in accordance with § 98 of the Austrian Universities Act. An evaluation will be conducted after a five-year period.
In accordance with the concept to support the advancement of women (the JKU Plan for the Advancement of Women), the position is open solely to female applicants.
The successful candidate is expected to focus on the conditions, trajectories and consequences of past and present transformation processes with regard to future challenges. The complexities of the economic, social, political, cultural, ecological, etc. dimensions of transformations are to be taken into account to the greatest extent possible. Research perspectives regarding transition and transformation should be rooted in one or more disciplines in the field of social sciences and humanities (history, philosophy, political science, sociology, etc.). In addition, applicants are expected to initiate and engage in interdisciplinary collaboration efforts, particularly with others in the fields of social sciences and humanities. An area of concentration in one or more of the following areas is highly desirable:
- Socio-ecological transition and transformation
- The relationships between socio-economic transition, transformation, and political order
- Systemic transition and transformation as part of national, transnational, and global conflicts and collaborative relations
- The methodological and theoretical foundations in the study of transformation
The successful candidate must hold a habilitation/post-doc - or internationally recognized academic qualifications deemed equivalent to a habilitation/post-doc - in a discipline under the subject area of social sciences and humanities (history, philosophy, political science, sociology, etc.), and demonstrate research conducted in one of the above-mentioned content areas.