Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (HNEE) is located just outside Berlin. Around 60 professors affiliated to the Faculties ‚Forest and Environment‘, ‚Landscape Management and Nature Conservation‘, ‚Wood Engineering‘ and ‚Sustainable Business‘ teach about 2,100 students in a practiceoriented way. Our focus on subjects oriented towards rural areas and our very close cooperation with both international and local partners from research and practice are unique in Germany.

At the Faculty of Forest and Environment, the permanent W2-Professorship is now open for applications.

Successful candidates must have outstanding accomplishments and future potential in an area related to ecosystem management in combination with a clear expertise and commitment related to UNESCO biosphere reserves. Ecosystem-based transformation management refers to any strategic change management-targeting land use and conservation of specific ecosystems, their functionality and services. This concept shall be explored and implemented in biosphere reserves as living labs for sustainability. Conceptually rooted in principles of system ecology, the professor‘s work shall inspire students and practitioners stimulating innovative thinking for biosphere reserves.

We expect the professorship to become an integral part of the new Biosphere Reserves Institute, and to be actively engaged in the biosphere.center, a partnership of Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development with Michael Succow Foundation and EUROPARC Germany. The new professor is expected to provide inspiration and leadership in research, contribute proactively to both undergraduate and graduate level teaching (in English), establish a convincing and independent research, and further develop the existing network related to biosphere reserves and ecosystem management.

The successful candidate will tightly cooperate with the Eberswalde professorships involved in international nature conservation, biosphere reserves, and ecosystem restoration. Establishing additional cooperation with other professorships is wanted. Special emphasis will be given to selecting candidates who show special interest and expertise in scientific team work and team teaching. Further, the candidate shall be proactive for the initiation of new projects. International working experience and contacts to Biosphere Reserves are a prerequisite.

In accordance with section 41 of the Higher Education Act of the State of Brandenburg (BbgHG), the successful candidate must hold a qualified PhD, and must have particular achievements with regard to the application or development of scientific findings and methods in a minimum of three years of practical work, thereof two years outside academia. Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a list of publications and projects as well as a brief concept note on research, teaching and transfer of an Institute focused on Biosphere Reserves. HNEE attaches importance to a qualitative evaluation of applicants‘ achievements. In this sense, applicants are requested a brief description of most important achievements (maximum half a page). In addition to research results, these can also include special achievements in teaching and its further development, services for the academic community or society, knowledge and practice transfer, spin-offs and the like.

Applications are particularly welcome from women and individuals with disabilities.

For further questions please contact Prof. Dr. Tobias Cremer (E-Mail: tobias.cremer@hnee.de or tel. +49 3334 657 166).

Please send your application in electronic form (one PDF file, max. 3 MB) within 6 weeks after publication of this advertisement with all the required documents to the following address: stellenbewerbung@hnee.de, Hochschule für Nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde, Abteilung Personalangelegenheiten, Schicklerstr. 5, D-16225 Eberswalde

German version of job advertisement: https://www.hnee.de/de/Aktuelles/Stellen-Ausschreibungen/Stellenausschreibungen-K1283.htm