Vacancy ID: 135/2025
Closing date: 2025-07-20
The Friedrich Schiller University Jena is a dynamic and innovation-driven university centrally located in Germany. With a broad range of disciplines, it shapes the future through excellent research and teaching. Its scientific excellence is reflected in the profile lines Light – Life – Liberty, which provide pioneering insights and sustainable solutions for the society of tomorrow. Through close collaborations with leading research institutions, innovative companies, and renowned cultural organizations, it advances interdisciplinary developments. With around 17,000 students and approximately 10,000 employees, it defines Jena as a vibrant, internationally connected city of science and innovation.
The Cluster of Excellence “Imaginamics: Practices and Dynamics of Social Imagining” is offering a full-time (100%) position as
to commence on 01.10.2025 for a fixed term expiring on 31.12.2032.
The Cluster of Excellence “Imaginamics” is an interdisciplinary research project of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena that conducts research on the practices and dynamics of social imagining. Funded by the DFG, the Cluster brings together scholars from multiple departments. For more information, see https://www.uni-jena.de/imaginamics. The managing director of the Cluster Office will partner closely with the Cluster’s researchers, speakers, coordination team, and others to ensure the project’s overall success and to facilitate seamless work flows.
The advertised position is offered as a fixed-term position for seven years. The position may be extended contingent upon an extension of the Cluster’s funding.
This is a full-time position (40 hours per week).
The University of Jena has received multiple awards for its diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts and its family-friendly work environment. The university seeks to employ more women, first-generation college graduates, people with a history of migration, and people of eastern German background. Severely disabled persons with equivalent qualifications will be given preferential consideration.
Interviews will take place in person in Jena in July or August 2025. Unfortunately, the university cannot reimburse expenses incurred for travel to the interview.
Interested? Apply by 20.07.2025 using our online form