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February 1, 2021 - July 31, 2021

Leipzig University, Faculty of Economics and Management Science

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Junior Professorship in Nature’s Values (W1 with tenure track leading to W2)

JOE ID Number: 2021-01_111466757
Date Posted: 03/23/2021
Date Inactive: 07/31/2021
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Junior Professorship in Nature’s Values (W1 with tenure track leading to W2)
Section: International:Full-Time Academic (Permanent, Tenure Track or Tenured)
Location: Leipzig, Saxony, GERMANY
JEL Classifications:
C -- Mathematical and Quantitative Methods
O -- Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth
P -- Economic Systems
Q -- Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics
Keywords:
Nature’s Values
economic sustainability research
combination of economics, natural and life sciences
sustainability
climate change
biodiversity change
quantify values that humans attach to nature and its services
empirical and experimental methods
integrated assessment modeling
Full Text of JOE Listing:

Leipzig University, Germany seeks to fill, from 1 April 2022, the
Junior Professorship in Nature’s Values
(W1 with tenure track leading to W2),
funded by the Tenure Track Programme of the German Federal Government and the Federal States. The new professor of economics will represent the topic Nature’s Values in research and teaching at the Faculty of Economics and Management Science. They will contribute to economic sustainability research, one research focus of the Faculty of Economics and Management Science, and to Leipzig University’s Sustainable Global Change research field. This research field combines excellent economics, natural and life sciences to study questions of sustainability under climate change and biodiversity change. The professorship’s core research topic is to quantify values that humans attach to nature and its services, using empirical and experimental methods and/or integrated assessment modeling to explore the actual and potential roles of these values in society and the economy.
A detailed job description with further information on what is expected of the future post holder, the personal requirements of a successful candidate, as well as the legal basis for the appointment, documents to be submitted and explanations on data protection can be found at https://www.uni-leipzig.de/en/university/working-at-leipzig-university/job-opportunities/detailed-view-job-description/artikel/juniorprofessur-fuer-inwertsetzung-von-natur-w1-mit-tenure-track-auf-w2-2021-03-17/

Application Requirements:
  • Application Instructions Below
Application deadline: 04/30/2021
Application Instructions:
Applications including a cover letter (1–2 pages), a detailed CV, a list of scientific work and
academic teaching to date including records of teaching evaluations if available, as well as a
certified copy of the highest academic degree acquired should be sent, either by post or
electronically as a single PDF file, to:

dekanat@wifa.uni-leipzig.de

or

Leipzig University
Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Management Science
Professor Johannes Ringel
IPF 170001, 04081 Leipzig