We are looking for a candidate with an outstanding track record in experimental economic research and an international network. Research achievements must be demonstrated by relevant publications in leading international journals. Success in acquiring competitive third-party funding, preferably from the DFG or comparable funding organisations abroad, as well as relevant international experience are required.

The professorship comes with the position of Director of the Essen Laboratory for Experimental Economics (elfe). The successful candidate will have the opportunity to actively shape the highly dynamic research environment for experimental and empirical health economics as a member of the CINCH health economics research centre. The professorship also has a pivotal role in the integration of business administration and economics at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Accordingly, cooperation with other working groups within the faculty, for example with the House of Energy, Climate and Finance (HECF) – Markets, Systems and Decisions, and with the Mercator School of Management, is desired. The faculty also cooperates very closely with the Essen-based RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and, as part of the University Alliance Ruhr, with the neighbouring universities in Bochum and Dortmund. Involvement in doctoral student training within the framework of the Ruhr Graduate School in Economics is desired.

The successful candidate will be expected to teach courses on behavioural economics and economic policy in the bachelor’s and master’s programmes in economics. Classes in the bachelor’s programme are to be held in German, while either English or German may be used in the master’s programme. Involvement in courses on economics in the core area of the bachelor’s programme and teacher training programmes is also expected. Applicants who do not have sufficient German language skills are expected to acquire them within the first three years after their appointment.

The University of Duisburg-Essen attaches particular importance to the quality of teaching. Candidates must outline their didactic approach, also taking the profile of the University of Duisburg-Essen into consideration.

The formal requirements are based on Section 36 of the Higher Education Act of North Rhine-Westphalia (Hochschulgesetz NRW).

The University of Duisburg-Essen aims to promote the diversity of its members (https://www.uni-due.de/diversity/en/) It strives to increase the proportion of women in its academic staff and therefore strongly encourages women with relevant qualifications to apply. If two candidates are equally qualified, women will be given preference as stipulated in the Equal Opportunities Act of North-Rhine-Westphalia (LGG NRW). Applications from qualified candidates with disabilities or equivalent status as defined in Section 2 (3) of Book IX of the German Social Code (SGB IX) are encouraged.

Applications should include the usual documents (CV including information on both your academic and professional experience, a list of academic publications, copies of relevant certificates, a description of your research profile and the resulting perspectives for the University of Duisburg-Essen, a teaching and learning concept that takes the profile of the University of Duisburg-Essen into account, and information on your teaching activities, your involvement in academic self-administration and external funds that you have obtained to date). 

Please submit your application in digital form as a PDF file with the subject line ‘Application ExWiFo’ to the following address by 11 May 2025:

Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics at the University of Duisburg-Essen,

Prof. Erwin Amann, at dekanat (at) wiwi-essen.uni-due