- Ref. F3-030008
- Full-time contract
Your Role
Research activities
During the last three decades, context and structures of youth development have considerably changed in Europe. Education and training, competitiveness and employability, as well as social and political participation represent only some key words that describe important research agendas as well as the public discourse within this area. Moreover, youth development in today’s society also implies intergenerational relations and the discussion about the distribution of public resources as indicated by the concepts of “resource fairness” and solidarity between generations.
The Associate Professor will be member of the research unit INSIDE (Integrative Research Unit on Social and Individual Development) within the FLSHASE that studies all these topics. Here, he/she will join the “Institute for Research on Generations and Family” as a member of the group on youth research directed by Professor Dr Helmut Willems.
The candidate will contribute to youth research within the already existing national and international structures and networks. In this, he/she will participate in the national perennial youth report and further research projects in cooperation with national ministries. He/she will also apply for funding within domains specific to youth research offered by the Luxembourg Research Fund as well as by European funding programmes (e.g., Horizon2020).
Several options for collaborative and interdisciplinary research exist within the research unit as well as at the Faculty level on issues of sustainable socio-economic development, learning in multilingual and multicultural contexts, and intercultural studies.
Teaching activities
The Associate Professor in Youth Studies will teach in existing programmes at the Bachelor and Master’s level according to his/her competence profile; the successful candidate is as well invited to contribute to the Doctoral School in Social Sciences.
At the Bachelor level both the “Bachelor en Sciences de l’éducation” as well as the “Bachelor en Sciences sociales et éducatives” will need further support concerning the teaching of context and structures of youth development.
For further information please contact:
Prof. Dr. Dieter Ferring
Head of the research unit INSIDE
Tel: ++352-466644-6649 (secretary)
e-mail: dieter.ferring@uni.lu
Your Profile
Qualifications
- PhD in in social sciences (e.g., sociology, psychology, pedagogics)
- Postdoctoral period of at last three years.
Experience
- An excellent knowledge in quantitative research methods including major software solutions (SPSS;STATA, MPlus, etc);
- Experience in scientific social reporting;
- Excellent written and oral communication skills across a variety of audiences;
- Ability to build and to maintain strong national and international connections;
- Ability to teach and tutor students at Bachelor, Master and PhD level.
Languages
The University of Luxemburg is situated in a multilingual context. Successful applicants are required to be fluent in French as well as either in English or German; fluency in the third language should be acquired within the first two years.
Further Information
Applications
Candidates are asked to send a hard copy only by postal mail and an electronic copy of their full application (in French, German or English) by 15 June 2015 mentioning the job opening reference number and including the following documents
- cover letter;
- curriculum vitae;
- copies of diplomas;
- list of publications;
- copies of recent publications relevant for the field in question;
- list of courses taught.
to: Prof. Dr. Georg Mein
Dean of the Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education
B.P. 2
L – 7201 Walferdange
Grand-Duché de Luxembourg
E-mail : flshase-recrutement@uni.lu
The University of Luxembourg is an equal opportunities employer.