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Job advertisement
reference number 79/2025

At the Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences of the University of Erfurt intends to appoint to the following Professorship at the earliest possible date:

Professorship in Public Law and Foundations of Law
W2 with career track option W3 (f/m/x)

Re-founded in 1994 as a reform university, the University of Erfurt considers itself as a research-oriented university that is highly committed to international cooperation as well as innovation in teaching and learning, with a special focus on teacher-training programs. With its strong profile in the humanities, cultural studies as well as social sciences and education, it is a cosmopolitan place for academic debate on key social and cultural challenges.

The Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences unites the fields of law (public law and private law), social sciences (political science and sociology), economics and public policy. In its specific teaching and research program, these subjects, though differentiated during the 19th and 20th century, are connected again. Considering the requirements of an interdisciplinary perspective on increasingly complex problems, the faculty has pioneered this approach since the early millennium years and has since become firmly established in Germany‘s university landscape.

Area of Responsibility
The professorship represents the Public Law and Foundations of Law in research and teaching. The holder of the position should represent the above-mentioned fields of public law in research and teaching at the Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences, in particular in the subjects of modern legal history and theory of law. The Faculty takes an interdisciplinary approach to its subjects. The holder of the position is expected to contribute to teaching in the courses of the Faculty, some of which are taught in English.

In addition, the tasks are specified in Section 83 of the Thuringian Higher Education Act (ThürHG).

What we expect
In addition to the general requirements under civil service law, the employment requirements pursuant to Section 84 ThürHG must be fulfilled. These include in particular a completed university degree, pedagogical competence, a qualified doctorate and a record of excellent research contributions as well as teaching experience in the above-mentioned areas, especially constitutional and administrative law, if possible also with international and European dimensions or constitutional-historical references, proven experience in the acquisition of third-party funding and postdoctorate Habilitation or habilitation equivalent achievements. Special emphasis is placed on the ability to link research and teaching to the other fields of study of the Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences. The successful candidate is further expected to have a good command of both written and spoken German (reading and listening skills at CEFR level B2, writing and speaking skills at level B1).

The University of Erfurt requires great commitment to teaching as well as a willingness to participate in academic self-administration.

What we offer
The University of Erfurt has been audited as a "family-friendly university". It promotes the compatibility of career and family/private life and supports dual-career options. For academic managers, it offers various further training opportunities as well as individual coaching and mentoring as part of academic personnel development (). There are also a number of health and prevention programs as part of occupational health management.

Comments/Remarks
The German version of this job advertisement alone shall be legally binding.

Career track professors are usually appointed to a permanent W2 professorship from the outset. Following a successful career evaluation as part of the University of Erfurt's Career Track Program the professorship is expected to be continued on a permanent basis as a W3 professorship. Further details are regulated by the University of Erfurt's statutes on the appointment of professorships in the tenure track and career track at the University of Erfurt (Tenure and Career Track Statutes) dated 18.06.2024.

The University of Erfurt sees itself as an open-minded employer that values diversity. It is committed to diversity and gender equality and welcomes applications that contribute to this. The University of Erfurt has successfully completed the "shaping diversity" audit and regulary participates successfully in the female professor programme of the federal and state governments. One of the university's strategic goals is increasing the proportion of women in research and teaching. Qualified female scientists are therefore particularly encouraged to apply. Severely disabled persons and those with equal status are given preference in the case of equal suitability, professional performance, and ability. It should be noted that even in the case of a repeated application or previous employment at the University of Erfurt, explicit reference must be made to the severe disability or equal status in the application, as this information is not automatically taken into account in the present procedure for data protection and organizational reasons.

The University expects the candidate to be willing to relocate to the University or its vicinity.

Part-time employment is possible in principle. The extent to which a part-time request can be met, particularly with regard to the location and scope of the part-time work, must be examined on a case-by-case basis.

For questions regarding content, please contact Professor Maik Wolf (Phone: +49361737-4721, e-mail: maik.wolf@uni-erfurt.de).

Application and Deadline
Please send your complete application (cover letter, scientific career, list of publications and courses, report on research activities to date including third-party funding, research concept, overview of lectures and courses held to date, certificates of academic examinations and appointments, in particular habilitation), quoting the reference number exclusively by e-mail, by 12 December 2025 to

Universität Erfurt • Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences • Deans Office •
Postfach 90 02 21 • 99105 Erfurt • e-mail: staatswissenschaften@uni-erfurt.de
Please note that applications in electronic form must not exceed a size of 15 MB for technical reasons.

Data protection
The University of Erfurt uses an e-mail system with transport encryption capabilities. Please send your e-mails with transport encryption, too. If you wish to encrypt the content of your e-mail further, please use the following e-mail address instead of the one provided above: bewerbung@uni-erfurt.de. The certificate containing the public key you need to send an encrypted e-mail to that address is available at . If you choose not to encrypt your e-mail using the certificate, we cannot guarantee that the content of your e-mail will be encrypted at all.

In sending your application files in electronic form, you agree to having your e-mail scanned for harmful coding, viruses and spam, to the temporary saving of the necessary data of your correspondence and to the conducting of further correspondence via e-mail without further encryption.

By submitting your application, you also agree to the further processing of the submitted personal data within the application process. This agreement can be withdrawn at any point in written or electronic form, without specifying your reasons. Please note that withdrawal of your agreement may lead to your application not being further considered for the position applied for.

The further information on data protection in accordance with Art. 13 EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) can be found in the ("Privacy Notices for Applicants") on our website under .

Reimbursement of Expenses
The University of Erfurt will not reimburse any costs related to the application.