W3 Research Professor for Media-Supported Learning in Informal and Extracurricular Learning Venues

The Psychology Department of the Faculty of Science at University of Tübingen and the independent Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien (IWM) are seeking to appoint a

 

W3 Research Professor for Media-Supported Learning in Informal and Extracurricular Learning Venues

beginning 31 October 2024.

 

The professorship is part of the Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien (IWM), one of 96 research institutions of the Leibniz Association (Leibniz Gemeinschaft). The IWM’s research focuses on knowledge acquisition, knowledge exchange, and cooperation with digital media. The W3 professor will be responsible for establishing and managing a lab that focuses on the use of media in informal learning in extracurricular learning venues such as museums. Research specializations could include experience-based learning in an authentic context, (participative) science communication as a learning venue, and/or the use of innovative technologies such as VR/AR or AI for experience-based learning. Successful candidates will have a background in cognitive or educational science and be willing to work on interdisciplinary projects as well as in close cooperation with the other IWM labs. It is also expected that the future professor will be willing to engage in the focal initiatives of educational research in Tübingen (e.g., graduate school and research network LEAD) as well as in science communication.

As a member of the Leibniz Association, the IWM is committed to international standards of excellence in science and offers outstanding career opportunities. Applicants are expected to have a distinguished, internationally visible research profile in the field of media-supported informal learning, to have acquired substantial competitive third-party funding, and to have engaged in research transfer activities. In addition, they must be willing to engage in cooperative, interdisciplinary research with other IWM labs and to participate in managing and developing the IWM.

The Director of the Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Prof. Dr. Ulrike Cress ( u.cress@iwm-tuebingen.de), will be glad to help prospective applicants with further information concerning the appointment on request. Further information: www.iwm-tuebingen.de

Required qualifications include a PhD or equivalent degree as well as postdoctoral qualifications and teaching experience equivalent to the requirements of a full professorship.

The appointment will be made at the Faculty of Science of Tübingen University.

IWM and the University are committed to equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion. Female scientists, in particular, are explicitly invited to apply, as are applicants from outside Germany.

Applications from equally qualified candidates with disabilities will be given preference.

General information on professorships, hiring processes, and the German academic system can be found here: https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/213700

Please submit your application documents via the online application portal of the University of Tübingen at https://berufungen.uni-tuebingen.de by January 31, 2024. Questions about the call for applications and questions about the online application portal can be directed to the Dean of the Faculty of Science, Prof. Dr. Thilo Stehle, University of Tübingen, Germany (career@mnf.uni-tuebingen.de).