Professor In The Area Of Management (M/F/D)

With around 400 students and about 50 colleagues in academia and services, Karlshochschule International University in Karlsruhe is an innovative non-profit university. Our mission is to contribute to transformation in politics, business and society. The "Karls" creates spaces for inter- and transdisciplinary dialogue, inspiration, and playful exploration. We are particularly proud of our internationality, with a very high proportion of full-time international students from more than 70 different countries. As a feminist-oriented and anti-racist university, we strive to challenge structures of power, privilege and marginalization and overcome all forms of discrimination. Furthermore, we are committed to values of intercultural sensitivity, justice, diversity, and sustainability.
Karlshochschule places great importance on the personality development of its students. Thus, we are offering service learning and foster civic engagement. The didactic principle of the university is to offer integrated, interactive and constructivist teaching by working with case studies, role-plays, simulations, project work and other approaches.
Our Management Faculty focuses on research and teaching in the interplay of managerial practices, symbolic meanings, institutional logics, and global challenges. We are open for and interested in various approaches and theories such as practice theory, discourse analysis, critical theory, systems theory, poststructuralist approaches, gender theory, critical management studies, cultural studies and consumer culture theory.
For the start of the winter semester we are looking for a:

Professor in the area of Management (m/f/d)

Your critical approach and your research interests are reflected in your scholarly activities and publications and incorporated in your teaching. We are particularly interested in applicants who combine an expertise in one or more of the fields of Management studies (e.g., marketing, finance, accounting, organization studies, human resource management, strategic management, change management, intercultural management, sustainability management, diversity management, non-profit management, digital transformation, cultural management) with an inter- and transdisciplinary perspective (e.g., background in cultural studies, sociology, philosophy, economics, sustainability sciences).

We are looking for a candidate with the following profile:

• deep commitment to the university mission and the academic profile of the management faculty
• engagement in both applied and critical teaching and research in the areas of your academic and practical expertise, work with our international faculty and the student body
• experience of working with diverse, international, and multicultural student groups
• proven professional experience and an international biography
• active professional network in your area of expertise desirable
• formal requirements of § 48 LHG Baden-Württemberg

You should be willing to

• engage actively, creatively and joyfully in our academic community and become part of Karl’s academic self-administration and everyday life and living culture
• teach courses on undergraduate, graduate and executive level in your area of expertise, but also in basic management subjects (teaching load according to a professorship for a university of applied sciences)
• coordinate our International Business degree program (support of students and lecturers, management of academic quality, further academic development, public outreach, development of relevant networks)
• participate in the strategic development of the university, especially through the development of future study programs
• contribute to joint (inter- and transdisciplinary) research projects

... and this is what awaits you:

• exciting work at a critical and transdisciplinary international university dealing with questions of social transformation
• flat hierarchies and a very collegial and interculturally oriented environment
• an international profile, which is reflected not only in the students and English-language study programs, but due to international professors and staff
• the possibility of a company pension plan
• participation in language courses and mobility projects
• and much more... get a picture for yourself!

We also encourage early career researchers who are not yet meeting all expectations but are ready to grow into this role.
If you see yourself in this role, apply by April 25, including your full CV, a letter of motivation, a list of your teaching experiences with evaluations and a list of publications. As an employer, Karlshochschule International University values long-term cooperation, promotes equal opportunities and is committed to ethics, inclusion, and transparency. Accordingly, we value diversity and welcome all applications.
We are looking forward to your application via our online application portal to the Human Resources Department of Karlshochschule International University, attn: Ms. Judith Strücker, Karlstraße 36 - 38, 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany. If you have any questions outside the application process, please use the general e-mail address: academics@karlshochschule.de.
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