Young, modern and research-oriented: The University of Potsdam (UP) was founded in 1991 and has firmly established itself in
the landscape of scholarship and science. It has also become an outstanding factor in regional economics and development. The
University is highly successful in the acquisition of external funding, has received multiple awards for its teaching, and offers a serviceoriented
administration. About 21,000 students and 3,000 employees work at three locations - Am Neuen Palais, Griebnitzsee and
Golm - at one of Germany's most beautiful academic institutions.
The University of Potsdam is the only institution of higher education in Brandenburg for the training of teachers and has about 4,200
students enrolled in bachelor's and master's degrees for certified teachers. The University has been part of the nationwide "Quality
Campaign for Teacher Training" since 2015 and will also receive support until 2023 in a second phase of funding. Digitalization in
the teaching and learning process is an important component of teacher training and is therefore a cross-disciplinary task for all
professorships associated with teacher training. Teacher training is being improved, both in terms of quality and quantity, in the years
leading up to 2020. This effort includes the establishment of 22 new professorships and the annual enrollment of 1,000 students in
the bachelor's program.
The Faculty of Human Sciences of the University of Potsdam invites applications for three professorships in the field of inclusive
education. We are looking for researchers of national and international stature who have a strong profile in empirical education
research and teacher training. The successful candidates are expected to engage in the predominantly quantitative research of
inclusion education in Potsdam. They will have excellent publications in international peer-reviewed journals, successful experience
in acquisition of external funds and international networking. They are expected to engage particularly in the development of degree
programs (including program internationalization) and actively cooperate with the Center for Teacher Training and Education Research
(ZeLB). The language of instruction is German.
Documents can submitted in German or English. A German version of the advertisement can be found here:
https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/verwaltung/dezernat3/stellen.html
The University of Potsdam invites application for the following position, to be filled as soon as possible:
Professorship (W2) of Inclusive Education for Cognitive and
Emotional Developmental Disabilities
The successful candidate will engage in research and teaching with a special needs focus on intellectual disabilities. The candidate's
research interests should focus on the analysis of pedagogical, didactic, and psychological strategies for teaching heterogeneous
learning groups. He/She will contribute to the further development of inclusive concepts for the education of children and adolescents
with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Responsibilities will include teaching in primary- and secondary-level teacher degree programs, particularly the courses of study
in special needs and inclusive education including pedagogic and didactic concepts of inclusive instruction, models of the genesis
of developmental disorders, diagnostics, case management, and supervision. Teaching competences in the areas of relationship
management and counseling of colleagues and parents are expected.
Applicants are required to have a degree in special needs education with a focus on the above-mentioned aspects, or a related subject
with the same focus. Professional experience in the preparation of expert opinions and development of individual education plans, as
well as in counseling and intervention in cases of intellectual disabilities, are desirable.
The professorships advertised here are part of the new degree program for remedial education (secondary level) at the University of
Potsdam. We expect close cooperation between the six professorships of this innovative course of studies with a strong connection to
the subjects of German, mathematics, WAT (Economics, Work and Technology) and the Educational Sciences.
The University of Potsdam views the networking of scholarship and teaching in the education of teachers as a particular challenge.
The holder of this position must be able to adequately represent both fields.
The University of Potsdam has a distinguished teacher education program that acknowledges the realities of school and instruction
while also incorporating the latest research findings in the field; the program includes a high proportion of practical exercises. The
"Potsdam Model" of teacher education will be further developed together with other professorships relevant to teacher training at the
University of Potsdam and in cooperation with the Center for Teacher Training and Education Research. We expect a willingness to
cooperate in continuing teacher education and an interest in crossfaculty collaboration.
The requirements for an appointment are enumerated in Section 41 of the Brandenburg Higher Education Act (BbgHG).The
appointment procedure is conducted in accordance with Section 40 BbgHG.
The University strives for a balanced gender ratio at all levels. Severely disabled applicants will be given preferential consideration in
the event of equal qualification. We expressly invite applications from people with migration backgrounds.
The University of Potsdam offers dual career support and coaching for newly-appointed professors:
www.uni-potsdam.de/berufungen.html
Applications (with a presentation of your research interests, curriculum vitae, copies of academic certificates and documents,
a list of publications, a list of courses taught, a list of externally funded projects) should be sent (in a single PDF file) to the
University of Potsdam at ausschreibungen@uni-potsdam.de within four weeks of the publication of this notice.