The Faculty of Protestant Theology at the University of Tübingen invites applications for the position of
Tenure-Track Professor of Practical Theology II (Religious Education) to commence as soon as possible.

The successful candidate will represent a suitable breadth of research and teaching in the subject of Religious Education. Specified core research is expected in one of the following areas: Digitalization, interreligious and intercultural education, international research perspectives, empirical education research, gender and diversity research.

The position has a teaching load of four hours per week prior to the interim evaluation, and six hours thereafter.

Required qualifications include an outstanding doctoral thesis in a pertinent field and experience in obtaining grants as well as teaching experience.

In order to be appointed to a professorship with responsibilities in teacher training, applicants should as a rule have three years of work experience in schools.

Applicants for a tenure-track professorship with a PhD from Tübingen must have changed universities after completing their doctorates or have worked in academia for at least two years somewhere other than the University of Tübingen.

If the final evaluation after six years is positive, this professorship will be upgraded to a full (W3) professorship with no re-advertising of the position. Detailed information on the criteria underlying the interim evaluation and promotion to the tenured position may be found in our guidelines for tenure review under the following link: https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/278202. There you can also find information on this employment category.

Those who have completed a habilitation will be excluded.

The University of Tübingen is committed to equity and diversity and actively promotes equal opportunities. Female academics, 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

Send your application together with the required documents (curriculum vitae and outline of academic career, copies of degree certificates, publications list, list of teaching experience, research and teaching plans), along with a selection of relevant writings (monographs authored by you and up to three essays) to the to the Dean Prof. Dr. Birgit Weyel, Liebermeisterstr. 16, 72076 Tübingen, ev.theologie@uni-tuebingen.de, preferably in electronic form, by 15.04.2025. Enquiries may be directed to the same address.