The University of Koblenz is the youngest university in Germany
– while also preserving a long-standing academic tradition. A multitude of transdisciplinary research projects spanning several institutions concentrated on a com-pact campus favourably affects our university routine. As the interdisciplinary university in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate with more than 9,400 students, we live the knowledge – transformation – innovation triad in our four profile areas “Education”, “Computer Science”, “Culture and its Mediation” as well as “Material and Environment”. We provide and conduct state-of-the-art teacher-training studies for all school types and maintain the transfer of our research results to civic society and regional businesses in a resilient and sustainable way. Join an aspiring university community and aid in advancing our further growth!
We are looking for a permanent employee (100%) to start as soon as possible as a
University Lecturer (m/f/d)
at the Institute for Management at Faculty 4: Computer Science
Main responsibilities
The successful candidate will be involved in teaching activities of the Working Group Economics (AG Ökonomie) in bachelor and master programs of the University of Koblenz. A focus is set on the following subject areas:
- Fundamentals of economics
- Economic policy and institutional economics
- International economics
In addition, the job holder is expected to actively participate in the design and implementation of new courses planned by the AG Ökonomie in the areas of empirical economic research and econometrics, innovation economics, as well as urban and regional economics. The supervision of students and de administration of examinations in all degree programs in the field of management and economics are an integral part of the job. In addition, the job holder has to engage in administrative tasks, participate in academic self-administration, and collaborate with other faculty members. It is further expected that the job holder has a strong interest in acquiring third-party funding, an active participation in research projects and publication of research results from the AG Ökonomie. The teaching load is 16 semester hours a week. The position is generally suitable for part-time employment, provided that there are no compelling official reasons to the contrary.
Requirements
- Successful completion of a university degree in economics or a related field
- Doctorate, preferably at the interface between economics and applied econometrics
- Full-time employment for at least two years and six months after successful completion of a university degree
- Active research activity, evidenced by relevant publications and/or projects related to economics and empirical economic research
- Experience in university teaching
- very good German language skills for teaching courses, supervision of students and participation in academic self-administration
Advantageous properties:
- Good methodological knowledge in empirical research, e.g., panel econometrics, quasi-experimental identification strategies for policy evaluation, or spatial statistics an econometrics
- Good knowledge of statistical software (e.g. STATA, R, Python) and confident handling of quantitative date sets (e.g. official statistics, microdata, panel data)
- Good English skills, especially in scientific communication and for conducting English-language courses
- Experience in supervising bachelor’s and master’s theses
- Experience in digital teaching, program development and curricular innovation
We offer
- Collaboration in a team with a collegial working atmosphere
- Permanent employment contract in the German public sector
- Salary according to pay grade EG 13 TV-L
- Work-life balance, flexible working hours
- Diverse sports program with health-promoting activities
- Extensive opportunities for further education and training
Welcoming
The University of Koblenz welcomes applications from all age groups, regardless of gender identity, disability, ethnic or cultural background, religion, ideology, or sexual orientation. We aim to increase the proportion of women and are therefore particularly interested in applications from women. In the event of underrepresentation, they will be given preferential consideration if they have equivalent qualifications and abilities. Severely disabled persons will be given preferential consideration if they have the same professional and personal qualifications.
For further information, please contact Prof. Dr. Timo Mitze (Mail: mitze@uni-koblenz.de, Phone: +49/261/287-2442). Please, send your detailed application documents (cover letter, CV with academic career and copies of certificates) by 22.09.2025 exclusively by email in only one PDF file, quoting the reference number 093/2025 to bewerbung-k21@uni-koblenz.de. Please, renounce by sending application photos. After completion of the procedure, the application documents will be deleted in accordance with data protection regulations.
