Tenure-track professorship (W1) “HF Endowed Professorship for Physics Education”

We are seeking an outstanding and highly qualified individual with strong potential to represent the field of subject-specific science education (Fachdidaktik) in both research and teaching across the full breadth of the Physics Education program at the KIT Department of Physics. The professorship will focus on physics education that is rooted in the discipline itself, and we are looking for a candidate with a corresponding background. A close connection between physics as a scientific discipline and its didactics is essential in order to align teacher training with current developments in physics and effectively transfer these into school-level instruction. The research focus of the position should therefore be on developing concepts, methods, and especially experiments for upper secondary education and university-level teaching, covering modern and scientifically rigorous topics in physics. This may include the development of novel teaching materials, experiments, digital media, and more.

In German-language teaching, the professorship will be responsible for delivering the full range of required physics education courses offered by the Department of Physics, as well as for advancing their content and format. This includes a teaching load of 4 semester hours per week (SWS), increasing to 6 SWS following a positive evaluation.

This junior-professorship is funded by the Helmut Fischer Foundation and is embedded within the KIT Department of Physics. The successful candidate will be responsible for the discipline-specific didactics training of students in the physics teacher education programs for secondary schools. In addition, involvement in the discipline-specific education of these students and participation in continuing education for secondary school physics teachers is expected.

Collaboration with didactics professors in other disciplines at KIT, as well as with teacher training institutions in the region, is encouraged.

Persönliche Qualifikation

Employment is subject to Art. 14, par. (2) of the KIT Act in conjunction with Art. 51 LHG Baden-Württemberg (Act of Baden-Württemberg on Universities and Colleges) as well as to the Quality Assurance Concept for Junior Professorships and Tenure-track Professorships at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT ). The candidate to be appointed should have a proven track record in physics didactics research. Experience in university teaching, especially in teacher qualification, is desirable. Recruitment requirements are a university degree in physics teaching or physics, pedagogical aptitude, a relevant, outstanding doctorate in the field of physics education or physics and additional academic achievements in the field of physics education.

Organisationseinheit

Contract duration

E mployment is limited to six years as a civil servant for a fixed term or as a salaried employee. Before the expiry of the third year of work, an interim evaluation will take place. The evaluation procedure and evaluation criteria are outlined in the Quality Assurance Concept for Junior Professorships and Tenure-track Professorships at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (German only). Of particular importance for the interim and final evaluations are independence and originality of discipline-specific research, as well as scientific visibility, publications in specialized or discipline-specific journals, acquisition of third-party funding, outstanding commitment to teaching, positive teaching evaluations, successful supervision of qualification work, and active participation in committee work. In case of a positive final evaluation, you will be offered a full professorship (W3).

Application up to

September 30, 2025

Contact person in line-management

For further information, please contact Prof. Carsten Rockstuhl, phone +49 721 608-46054, E-Mail: carsten.rockstuhl@kit.edu .

Canditature

Please mail your application with the relevant documents (curriculum vitae, list of publications, diplomas/certificates, teaching evaluations, description of previous and planned research and teaching activities, research and teaching concept, description of your own contributions in the above-mentioned areas, acquired third-party funds, statement on scientific honesty), preferably as a single PDF file, to Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Division V, Head of Division 5 Prof. Weber,   E-Mail: dekanat@physik.kit.edu

vacancy number: 1189/2025

We prefer to balance the number of employees (f/m/d). Therefore, we kindly ask female applicants to apply for this job.

Recognized severely disabled persons will be preferred if they are equally qualified.

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