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Organisation/Company Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus Department Referat Personalangelegenheiten Research Field Other Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Positions Other Positions Country Germany Application Deadline 3 Dec 2025 - 23:59 (Europe/Berlin) Type of Contract Permanent Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 40 Offer Starting Date 1 Oct 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) bundles top-level research and transfer at an international level, thereby creating an interdisciplinary innovationnetworkandanexcellentscienceandtechnologylocation.Togetherwithits renowned partners, the BTU forms the Lausitz ScienceNetwork-anallianceofresearch institutions that together want to further develop the strengths of the science location Cottbus-Senftenberg and increase its visibility. Through innovative research and new teachingandlearningformats,theBTUisshapingthefuture: with scientific findings and practice-relevant solutions, it is helping to shape the major issues of the future and transformation processes. In four profile lines: "Energy Transition and Decarbonisation","HealthandLife Sciences","GlobalChangeandTransformationProcesses"and"ArtificialIntelligenceand SensorTechnology"–itcombinesitsstrengthsinteachingandresearchacrossinstitutes andfaculties.

At its locations in Cottbus and Senftenberg, the BTU guarantees its students a challenging education, individual support and the opportunity to learn from and with each other with curiosity and openness. The BTU stands for an inspiring atmosphere of learning and research in a dialogical, democratic cooperation of all: The diversity of our faculty and students enables innovation and progress.

FacultyofBusiness,LawandSocialScience invitesapplicationsfora

PROFESSORSHIP (W3) General Business Administration, especially Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior

TheprofessorshipisacorepositionwithintheInstituteofBusinessandEconomicsatthe Faculty of Business, Law, and Social Sciences. It is responsible for thesubjectsofHumanResourceManagement,OrganizationalTheory,and Leadershipinthefaculty’sdegree programs. Within these fields, Human Resource Management and Leadership constituteaprimaryfocus.Ethicsmayserveasanadditionalfocus.

Inresearch,theprofessorshipaddressescurrenttopicsinthefieldofhumanresourcesaswellasattheintersectionsoforganizationalandmanagementresearch,withparticular emphasisonorganizationalchangeprocesses.Thepositionisexpectedtoengagewith contemporary topics in transformation such as digitalization,globalandregionalstructural change, new organizational forms of work, and broader societal transformation processes, along with their implicationsfororganizations,firms,andthepeopleworkingwithinthem.

Againstthisbackdrop,researchtopicsalsoincludeNewWork,human–machine interaction, and modern human resource management, including questionsconcerningemployeewell-being. With these research foci and fields of application, the professorship makes a significant contribution to structural transformationintheLusatiaregion.

We are seeking:

anationallyandinternationallyrecognizedscholarwithexpertiseinthefieldsofhuman resource, organizational, and management research—demonstrated through high-rankinginternationalpublicationsintheseareasandexperienceineitherquantitativeorqualitative business or organizational research. The professorship is expected to represent these fieldsin research and teaching within the faculty’s programs as well as in other degree programs at BTU. Teaching responsibilities include courses at both the bachelor’s and master’s level in German and English. Sufficient proficiency in German is required to ensure participationinthemanagementoftheinstituteandthefaculty,activeengagementinuniversityand external committees,andteachinginthebachelor’sprogramsinGerman.

Profile

Asafutureprofessor,youcandemonstrate,inaccordancewith§43(1)No.1–4aofthe Brandenburg Higher Education Act (BbgHG), the following qualifications:

• a relevant completed university degree,
• pedagogicalqualification(evidencedbyevaluations,certificatesofparticipationin didactic training, or similar),
• proven ability to conduct scientific work, generally demonstrated by the quality of a completed doctoral degree, and

Inaddition,youpossessexperienceinacquiringthird-partyfundingaswellasinconductingthird-party funded projects, with experience in DFG or EU projects being particularly desirable.

Your university teaching experience enables you to provide excellent teaching in the subject area to be filled. You are able to teach at all curricular levels from bachelor’s to doctoral studies, supervise final theses, and support early-career researchers. Your knowledge and experience also enable you to contributetoacademicself-administration andtothefurtherdevelopmentofthefaculty’sprofile.

Weoffer

• fairandtransparentappointmentnegotiations,
• attractiveworkingconditionsinacitywithhighqualityoflifeandinrelativeproximity toBerlin,Dresden,andLeipzig,
• adynamicallydevelopingresearchenvironment,
• supportwithrelocationtothevicinityofyourplaceofemployment,
• comprehensive counseling through our Dual Career Service and in matters of familysupport,and
• anattractivesalarywithanegotiableperformance-relatedcomponent.

Further duties arise from § 44 BbgHG in conjunction with § 3 BbgHG.

The hiring requirements and conditions are governed by §§ 43 paras. 1–4a and 45 BbgHG.

BTU is committed to equal opportunities and diversity. The university seeks a balanced gender ratio across all employee groups and, in cases of equal qualification, gives preference to persons with severe disabilities or those with equivalent status.

Please submit your application, including proof of qualifications, a tabular curriculum vitae, a list of publications identifying your five most important works, documentation of teaching aptitude, and research and teaching statements for the advertised professorship, by e-mail in a single PDF file (max. 7 MB) mentioning the Reference-No: 150/25 until 03.12.2025 to:

Dean of the Faculty of Business, Law, and Social Sciences

When sending your application via unencrypted e-mail, please be aware of the risks concerning the confidentiality and integrity of your application materials. Please also consult the data protection notices on the BTU Cottbus–Senftenberg website.

For further information, Prof. Dr. David Müller will be pleased to assist you (Tel.: +49 (0)355/ 692949, e-mail: david.mueller@b-tu.de )

E-mail fakultaet5+bewerbungen@b-tu.de

Research Field Other Education Level PhD or equivalent

Specific Requirements

Asafutureprofessor,youcandemonstrate,inaccordancewith§43(1)No.1–4aofthe Brandenburg Higher Education Act (BbgHG), the following qualifications:

• a relevant completed university degree,
• pedagogicalqualification(evidencedbyevaluations,certificatesofparticipationin didactic training, or similar),
• proven ability to conduct scientific work, generally demonstrated by the quality of a completed doctoral degree, and

Inaddition,youpossessexperienceinacquiringthird-partyfundingaswellasinconductingthird-party funded projects, with experience in DFG or EU projects being particularly desirable.

Your university teaching experience enables you to provide excellent teaching in the subject area to be filled. You are able to teach at all curricular levels from bachelor’s to doctoral studies, supervise final theses, and support early-career researchers. Your knowledge and experience also enable you to contributetoacademicself-administration andtothefurtherdevelopmentofthefaculty’sprofile.

Languages GERMAN Level Excellent

Languages ENGLISH Level Excellent

Number of offers available 1 Company/Institute Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) Country Germany State/Province Brandenburg City Cottbus Postal Code 03046 Street Platz der Deutschen Einheit 1