W2 Professorship (W3 tenure track position) in Political, Social or Communication Science (m/f/x; Reference no.: W2905)

We expect you to develop and lead externally funded research, including third-party funding applications at national and European level and to participate actively in coordinated funding initiatives such as Collaborative Research Centres. Your teaching duties will include courses on empirical social research, digital communication research and computational methods, which will also be offered as part of related degree programmes in neighbouring disciplines. The role also includes the supervision of student theses and the mentoring of early-career researchers. university's tenure-track regulations. orientation or identity. qualifications, The appointment will be made in accordance with the general provisions of German public sector employment law (see legal recruitment requirements in $ 41 Saarländisches Hochschulgesetz, current version available at https://recht.saarland.de/bssl/document/jlr-HSchulGSLrahmen).

We are looking for a researcher with excellent academic standing in political science, sociology and/or communication science, with an empirical and quantitative focus, and a strong record of working with novel digital data sources to address societally relevant questions. You should also be open to formal affiliation with the Department of Computer Science. You will have an established international research network and an excellent track record of relevant publication and of third-party funding, including grants awarded, applications submitted or applications being prepared. A willingness to teach in English is expected, as is the willingness to teach in German in the medium term. The tenure evaluation follows the criteria of the university's tenure-track regulations.

Please complete the application form in Saarland University's online application portal at www.uni- saarland.de/berufungen and submit it with your application documents by no later than 15 October 2026. Application documents must be uploaded as a single PDF file (max. size 10 MB) and should include the following documents in the order specified: 

• Cover letter (addressed to the Dean of the Faculty of Empirical Human Sciences and Economics)
•  your resume detailing your academic career, 
• a list of your publications, 
• a summary of your research activities and external funding secured to date, 
• a list of courses you have taught, sample course evaluations, other evidence of your teaching 
• a two-page research plan and a two-page teaching plan, as well as 
• your five most important publications. 
• Proof of disability if you declared a disability in your application
• If you hold a university degree from a non-German university, please provide proof of equivalence from Germany's Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB) if available. If you have not yet requested proof of equivalence from ZAB, you must submit proof at a later date if so requested.