Full Professorship for ‘Anthropology of Human-Environment Relations’ (W3)

The Department of European Ethnology of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities invites applications for a

Full Professorship for ‘Anthropology of Human-Environment Relations’ (W3)

from 1 October 2025.

The Institute of European Ethnology is one of the largest institutes in the German­speaking area. lt cultivates an open and international understanding of the discipline without neglecting German-language research traditions. The Institute offers a broad research profile, BA/MA degree programmes with a high proportion of courses taught in English, formats for comprehensive supervision of doctoral and postdoctoral theses and a lively and active student body. It is organised as a department, i.e. with a mid-level faculty that is committed to the tasks of the institute as a whole and not to individual professorships.

The advertised professorship is dedicated to questions of the anthropology of human­environment relationships with an ethnographic research approach. The role of knowledge, expertise and experience in the transformation and shaping of dynamic human-environment relationships is of considerable importance, which also includes the reformulation of fundamental concepts and the further development of traditions of thought. The professorship is expected to engage science and technology studies and other traditions of thought on natures-cultures-relations, such as the environmental humanities, to pursue inter- and transdisciplinary research approaches and to experiment methodologically with procedures that are also suitable for capturing more-than-human dynamics. References to questions of planetary health can be just as much a part of the profile as questions of environmental infrastructures.

The post holder (m/f/d) should have an excellent track record in the subject through research and publications. Relevant experience in ethnographic research, teaching and academic self-administration as well as in the successful acquisition of third-party funding is required. In addition to participation in the self-administration of the Institute of European Ethnology, active participation in the Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems (IRI THESys) is also expected, as well as the willingness to take on leadership tasks.

The applicants must meet the legal requirements for professorial appointments in accordance with § 100 of the `Berliner Hochschulgesetz`.

HU is seeking to increase the proportion of women in research and teaching, and specifically encourages qualified female scholars to apply. Researchers from abroad are welcome to apply. Severely disabled applicants with equivalent qualifications will be given preferential consideration. People with an immigration history are specifically encouraged to apply.

Please send your application until April 10, 2025, referencing the job ID PR/001/25 to Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin or preferably via e-mail in pdf file to berufungen.philfak@hu-berlin.de.

Please attach the following documents:

• letter of motivation
• curriculum vitae with home address
• list of publications
• copies of university degree certificates, doctoral certificate, habilitation certificate if applicable
• research concept (max. 3 pages)
• teaching concept (max. 2 pages)
• a statement (max. 1 page) on past and future contributions to equality, diversity and inclusion as well as the ability to work in culturally diverse groups

Since we will not return your documents, please submit copies in the application only.

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