The Department of Cultural Studies at TU Dortmund University is offering the following position (starting at the earliest possible date): TU Dortmund University comprises 17 departments in the natural and engineering sciences as well as the humanities and social sciences and is a dynamic university with a strong profile in research, teaching, promotion of young scientists and transfer.

You represent the field of German as a second language and German as a foreign language in research and further develop this with international visibility. Your focus is on language learning and language education. Additional desired areas of focus are one or more of the following: Psycholinguistics, didactics of German as a second and as a foreign language, fostering of linguistic skills, (early) multilingualism, language variation, intercultural competence. In doing so, you participate in research networks and cooperations within and outside TU Dortmund University and are committed to promoting early career researchers. You are expected to participate appropriately in teaching in various areas of linguistics of German and in all relevant study programs of the department (a. o. teacher training and Applied Linguistics) in German. Your tasks will also comprise organization of and teaching within the module "German as a Second Language".

You will have obtained a doctorate with above-average success and have acquired a post-doctoral lecture qualification (Habilitation) or an equivalent qualification. You will have demonstrated your research excellence in the field covered by the professorship through continuous publications in recognized peer-reviewed venues, especially in the last few years. Relevant presentations at conferences or workshops as well as experience in acquiring third-party funding is expected. Additionally, you will have the potential for teaching excellence. Experience in academic teaching and language teaching is desirable. Social and leadership skills and the willingness to participate in academic self-administration will complete your profile. Moreover, the recruitment requirements in Sections 36 and 37 of the North Rhine-Westphalia Higher Education Act (Gesetz über die Hochschulen des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, HG) apply.