POLITICAL SCIENCE/ POLICY ANALYSIS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE

in research and teaching.

We prefer applicants with qualifications in these key areas:

1. theoretical and empirical analysis of agenda setting, policy formulation and implementation of political decisions;
2. structures, procedures and development in public administration;
3. a special focus on the spatial dimension of politics and administration in multi-level systems.

Experience with research projects on national, comparative or European policy analyses and administrative science and corresponding courses is desirable. We expect the selected applicant to collaborate in one or more of the faculty's interdisciplinary research clusters (in particular ‘State’, ‘Space and Social Inequality’ and ‘International Dynamics’) and in the ZEFIR (Centre for Interdisciplinary Regional Research). Furthermore, the position holder is expected to engage in cross-faculty cooperation within the university.

The professorship teaches in B.A. and M.A. social science programmes. At B.A. level, the selected candidate mostly teaches and convenes courses in the modules ‘Urban and Regional Development’ and ‘Political System of Germany’. At M.A. level, the position holder teaches mostly in two study programmes: ‘City and Region’ and ‘Culture and Democracy’. Furthermore, the willingness to regularly offer courses in English is expected.