Tenure Track Professorship in Economic History

(Fulltime, Salary level W 1)

Reference No. 2025/061. The Department of History, Sociology, Sport Science and Empirical Educational Research in the Faculty of Humanities seeks to fill this position by October the 1st, 2026.

The University of Konstanz is one of eleven Universities of Excellence in Germany. Since 2007 it has been successful in the German Excellence Initiative and its follow-up programme, the Excellence Strategy.

The successful candidate contributes to research and teaching in the area of economic history with a global historical perspective focusing on the 19th and 20th century. We particularly welcome applicants who additionally plan to specialize in the area of environmental history. Please include a three-page (maximum) outline of future research and teaching plans. The professorship will be mainly responsible for teaching courses in the area of economic history. The teaching requirement is two courses per semester before, and three courses after the interim evaluation. We are looking for a candidate who is willing to become involved in ongoing and future collaborative research initiatives. Applicants should have a strong publication record in international journals, as well as experience in university teaching and excellent teaching skills.

For further information please contact Prof. Dr. Sven Reichardt (Sven.Reichardt@uni-konstanz.de). If you have queries concerning the application procedure, please contact Dr. Peter Krause (Peter.Krause@uni-konstanz.de).

In all other respects, the hiring requirements for tenure track professorships follow from § 51 paragraph 2,3 and § 51 b paragraph 1 of the Landeshochschulgesetz. The position is a tenure track position leading to an appointment as a W3 professor. Upon a positive evaluation, an appointment to a W3 position is made without a new job announcement in a suitably simplified appointment procedure. Information on the evaluation process and evaluation criteria can be found in the “Satzung über das Tenure-Track-Verfahren” (tenure track procedure statutes), available online.

We look forward to receiving your application with the usual documents (cover letter, curriculum vitae, publication list, a list of grants and awards, details of teaching experience, teaching evaluations, a three-page (maximum) outline of future research and teaching plans) until April the 12th 2025 via our Online Application Portal.

The University of Konstanz is committed to ensuring an environment that provides equal opportunities and promotes diversity as well as a good balance between university and family life. As an equal opportunity employer, we strive to increase the number of women working in research and teaching. We also support working couples through our dual career programme (https://www.uni-konstanz.de/en/equalopportunities/family/dual-career/).

Persons with disabilities are explicitly encouraged to apply. They will be given preference if appropriately qualified (contact sbv@uni-konstanz.de, Tel. No.:+ 49 7531 88-4016).