Full Professorship, Educational Monitoring (W2/W3)

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The School of Education at Leuphana University Lüneburg invites applications for the following full professorship:

Educational Monitoring (W2/W3)

The new to-be-established Centre for Empirical Educational Research in Lower Saxony (ZEB) and the School of Education at Leuphana University Lüneburg are seeking a scientifically outstanding individual to represent the field of Educational Monitoring in its full scope within both research and teaching. In research, the professorship will lead the Educational Monitoring research focus at ZEB and complement the already prominent profile in empirical educational research within the School of Education at Leuphana University Lüneburg. In teaching, the professorship will be responsible for the successful professional development of prospective teachers in educational sciences and will contribute to the development of new academic programmes, including educational science master’s programmes and doctoral tracks, such as an English-language master’s programme in “Assessment, Measurement and Evaluation.”

The professorship, together with the newly to-be-appointed professorships in Educational Measurement and Educational Innovation & Change, will actively participate in the establishment, development, and consolidation of the Centre for Empirical Educational Research in Lower Saxony (ZEB). The Centre will strengthen the visibility of empirical educational research in Lower Saxony through cooperative efforts among several universities in the region and will deliver research output at an international level of excellence. The professorship’s specific content focus in this context will be on documenting and describing the structures and processes within the educational system as a key aspect of international, national, and regional educational monitoring. With a quantitative methodological orientation, the professorship will concentrate on generating and reusing large datasets, exploring the potential for linking different datasets from various sources, and empirically examining the effectiveness of reporting, feedback, and utilization of findings across all levels of the school multi-level system. Given the ever-increasing volume of educational data and the continuous development of new and more sophisticated methods for analyzing large datasets – particularly for predictive purposes – the professorship will also explore the potential for using machine learning and artificial intelligence in this context. The professorship will lead the scientific activities of the “Educational Monitoring” research area, which will include two positions dedicated to scientific qualification. An additional junior professorship will also be affiliated with this research area.

Your research demonstrates a clear focus on both substantive and methodological questions of empirical educational research and enriches the academic discourse on the aforementioned topics with significant forward-looking contributions, which are published in high-quality outlets, with clear national and international visibility. For an appointment at the W3 level, we expect an independent, broad, and innovative research profile with a visible international impact, evidenced by a consistent record of high-level publications in recognized academic outlets.

In addition, you are able to demonstrate experience in successfully acquiring third-party funding. For a W3 professorship, this experience includes leading roles in prestigious funding programmes (e.g. DFG, ERC) and/or collaborative research projects. Moreover, you present a compelling vision for the development of the professorship, including a coherent publication and funding strategy for the coming years. Your research projects should also aim to produce practice-relevant results. Ideally, you have specific experience in cooperating with educational administration and practice partners.

In the area of teaching, you demonstrate a portfolio of subject-specific teaching experience in the thematic area of the professorship and distinguish yourself through innovative contributions to teacher training in the context of educational sciences. You have successfully supervised theses, ideally including doctoral dissertations, in the professorship’s thematic area, and should be willing to continue to engage in curriculum development and doctoral supervision. During the initial phase of the ZEB (six years), a reduced teaching load will be in place. For an appointment at the W3 level, you should also have experience in establishing and successfully mentoring and qualifying a scientific research team.

You are also prepared to assume leadership and organizational responsibilities within the Centre for Empirical Educational Research and ideally have leadership experience conducive to this role.

You can demonstrate the ability to deliver courses in English. Due to the proximity of the professorship to German-language educational policy discourse, excellent German language skills are also required.

The professional position will be filled in accordance with pay grade W2/W3 (university full professorship). Formal requirements are based on § 25 of the Lower Saxony Higher Education Act (NHG) and include a university degree and a doctoral degree in a discipline relevant to the open position; your aptitude for teaching and your ability to engage in independent academic research as demonstrated by the outstanding quality of your dissertation, and additional academic achievements obtained, i.e. in the course of being an assistant professor, during your postdoctoral lecture qualification (German:Habilitation ) or other achievements recognized as being equivalent to a postdoctoral qualification. In addition, you should provide evidence that you have teaching experience or suitable pedagogical experience or experience in empirical research corresponding to the tasks of the professorship.

At Leuphana you will find an academic community that is open to changes in perspective and cultivates the dialogue among the different disciplines as well as between research and practice. With spirit and initiative, we address the challenges of civil society in the 21st century. Pursuing our idea of liberal education, our students are enabled to think, question and act upon it. Our professors foster the awareness of gender and diversity aspects in teaching as well as research.

Leuphana University is an equal opportunities employer. The university aims to increase its number of female professors. Qualified women are especially invited to apply.

For further information, please contact the Dean of the School of Education, Prof. Dr Michael Besser (), or the Vice-Dean for Research, Prof. Dr Marcus Pietsch ().

Please submit your application (without submission of an application photo) consisting of the following materials in two separate PDF files: a) motivation letter, CV, full publication list, copies of academic degrees, a research and cooperation concept (approx. three pages) and b.) three relevant publications. Please enclose the completed application form (as Excel file) with your documents. Guidance on the required application materials can be found here .

Applications should be sent preferably by email using the key word “Educational Monitoring (W2/W3)” to or to the President of Leuphana University Lüneburg, Post Box 2440, Lüneburg D-21314 by March 9, 2025 . Please be aware that we cannot return application documents sent physically.

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