Universität Hamburg

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As a University of Excellence, Universität Hamburg is one of the strongest research universities in Germany. As a flagship university in the greater Hamburg region, it nurtures innovative, cooperative contacts to partners within and outside academia. It also provides and promotes sustainable education, knowledge, and knowledge exchange locally, nationally, and internationally.

The Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences invites applications for a

Professorship (w3) for Economics with a focus
on Empirical Health Economics

commencing on 1 April 2021, ref. no. 2345/W3

Responsibilities:
The successful candidate is expected to teach and conduct research in the field. The professorship focuses on health economics. We are seeking a candidate with an outstanding international track record who has interdisciplinary research experience and will be able to expand and intensify interdisciplinary collaboration in Hamburg as a hub for science—beyond the field of health economics. The successful candidate is also expected to participate in collaborative research projects, in the Hamburg Center for Health Economics (HCHE), and in the emerging field Health Economics.

In their application, applicants are expected to indicate to which of the University’s core research areas, emerging fields, and profile initiatives
(https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/forschung/forschungsprofil/forschungsschwerpunkte.html) their research can best be assigned.

The successful candidate is expected to teach, especially within the Bachelor and Master of Science in Economics, the Master of Science in Health Economics and Health Care Management, and in the Graduate School in the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences. Section 12 subsection 7 sentence 2 of the Hamburg higher education act (Hamburgisches Hochschulgesetz, HmbHG) applies.

Requirements:
Academic qualifications and additional requirements as specified in Section 15 HmbHG.

Additional Criteria:
Applicants are expected to have international research experience as well as a successful track record in acquiring external funding and carrying out externally funded projects. The University places particular emphasis on the quality of teaching and therefore requests that applicants provide details of their teaching experience and objectives.

Non-German speaking post holders are expected to acquire the language skills necessary to teach in German (Level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) within two years of commencing employment.

Following hearings to evaluate knowledge and expertise, management and human resources skills will be assessed by an assessment center.

In accordance with Section 14 subsection 3 sentence 3 HmbHG, Universität Hamburg seeks to increase the proportion of women in teaching and research and encourages female academics to apply.

Suitable disabled candidates or applicants with equivalent status with comparable qualifica-tions, abilities, and experience receive preference in the application process.

For further information, please contact Prof. Thomas Siedler (Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences and Hamburg Health Center for Health Economics [HCHE]) at +49 40 42838-9460 or Thomas.Siedler@uni-hamburg.de.

The application deadline is 17 September 2020. Please submit your application with your CV, list of publications, teaching experience, successful external funding record, copies of certifica-tion and documents, teaching and research plans, additional evidence of skills and experience, such as presentations, posters, significant roles held in organizations, etc. where available, as well as a proposed structure for a collaborative interdisciplinary research project (e.g., in collab-oration with humanities), and the reference number 2345/W3, preferably by email in a single PDF file, to Bewerbungen@uni-hamburg.de or per post to:

An den
Präsidenten der Universität Hamburg
Stellenausschreibungen
Mittelweg 177
20148 Hamburg

Due to the current coronavirus pandemic, the academic search procedure is set to proceed digi-tally. More information is available from the chair of the search committee.

Please submit a completed application form alongside your application documents. Link to ap-plication form: www.uni-hamburg.de/form-prof-wiso-en