Full Professorship (W3) for "Experimental Psychotherapy" (f/m/d)

Full Professorship (W3) for “Experimental Psychotherapy” (f/m/d)

The professorship will be based at the Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim (a public foundation of the state of Baden-Württemberg, director: Prof. Dr. Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, commercial director: Andreas-W. Möller).

The Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH) stands for internationally outstanding research and pioneering treatment concepts in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Addiction Medicine. The special characteristic of the institute is its dual function as a health care and research institution. In the research area, this structure in particular enables the direct implementation of a translational research approach from basic research to clinical application.

The professorship will investigate the modes of action and the development of new intervention methods in psychotherapy and consolidate the use of a translational (and transdiagnostic) research approach at the CIMH and the Medical Faculty Mannheim. Primarily, the professorship will be integrated into the CIMH research focus “Understanding the Mechanisms of Risk, Resilience and Plasticity of Mental Illness”.

The professorship represents the field in research and teaching and is integrated into the current research focuses of the CIMH and the Medical Faculty Mannheim. Successful applicants should present a research profile that includes a focus on the mechanisms of emotion regulation and behavioral modification and, overall, the methodology of translational research, thus enabling collaboration with clinicians and researchers at a high international level. Applicants should have a proven track record of outstanding scientific accomplishments, successful acquisition of third-party funded projects and international research experience in the field.

Requirements for the Full Professorship (W3) for “Experimental Psychotherapy” additionally include:

• A completed university degree in Medicine or Psychology
• A qualified doctorate in the relevant field as well as additional scientific achievements according to § 47 Abs. 2 State Higher Education Act Baden-Württemberg, which are proven by a habilitation, a successfully evaluated junior professorship or habilitation-equivalent achievements
• Pedagogical aptitude, which is usually proven by experience in teaching
• Board-certified specialist in psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy, or in psychiatry and psychotherapy, or a license to practice as a psychological psychotherapist (VT)
• Supervisor status (VT) is desirable
• Experience in research management and the acquisition of third-party funding
• Expertise in the area of eating disorders
• Focus on the area of adolescence
• Status as an internationally recognized scientist in the field of research into the mechanisms of emotion regulation and behavioral modification
• Experience in conducting (digital) psychotherapy and/or prevention studies

In addition, didactic competence, cooperation and leadership skills and experience in academic self-administration are expected.

The professorship is jointly appointed by Heidelberg University and the Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim in the ‘Jülich Model’. The professorship is a permanent position. If the general requirements under civil service and budgetary law are met, the appointment to the professorship is usually directly to the status of a tenured civil servant.

Applications with the usual documents are to be submitted exclusively in electronic form – in concordance with the application guide “Bewerber-Leitfaden Formatvorlage” and the form “Bewerber-Formblatt” at Medical Faculty Mannheim (c.f. https://www.umm.uni-heidelberg.de/karriere/berufung/) – by May 21, 2025 to Prof. Dr. med. Sergij Goerdt, Dean of the Medical Faculty Mannheim of Heidelberg University, University Medical Center Mannheim.

Heidelberg University stands for equal opportunities and diversity. Qualified female candidates are especially invited to apply. Persons with severe disabilities will be given preference if they are equally qualified. Information on job advertisements and the collection of personal data is available at www.uni-heidelberg.de/en/job-market.