W2906 - W3 Professorship Computational Social Science

We are looking for a researcher with excellent international standing in computational social science and a strong record of working with novel digital data sources applied to societally relevant questions. Your expertise should include computational methods such as network analysis, automated text analysis, the analysis of large-scale digital behavioural data and Al-based modelling. You should be open to a formal affiliation with the Department of Computer Science. You will have an established international research network, an excellent record of high-impact publication and of third-party funding, including grants secured and applications submitted. You should also be prepared to take on principal investigator roles in coordinated funding initiatives such as Collaborative Research Centres. A willingness to teach in English is expected, as is the willingness to teach in German in the medium term.

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 
• Please also include proof of disability if you declared a disability in your application and,
• if you hold a university degree from a foreign 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.