W2 Professorship for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy (with tenure track to W3)
Published on: 10.10.2024
The University of Bonn is an international research university with a wide education and research profile. With a 200-year history, approximately 31,500 students, more than 6,000 staff, and an excellent reputation at home and abroad, the University of Bonn is one of the most important universities in Germany and is recognized as a university of excellence.
The Department of Psychology, part of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Bonn, invites applications for a
W2 Professorship for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy (with tenure track to W3)
with effect from October 1, 2025.
Faculty of Arts
Deadline:
29.11.2024
Starting Date:
01.10.2025
The successful candidate will be capable of covering the two subdisciplines in their research and teaching. They will be required to have published in prestigious international journals of clinical psychology and/or psychotherapy research and to have secured third-party funding as part of a competitive process or processes. The duties of the professorship include contributing to and teaching on the consecutive master’s degree program in Psychology—specializing in clinical psychology and psychotherapy—and heading up the University Psychotherapy Outpatient Clinic as well as playing a role in the relevant University bodies tasked with academic self-administration. The post holder will be expressly encouraged to take part in the department’s various research initiatives and be ready and willing to engage in interdisciplinary collaboration within the University of Bonn as part of its Excellence Strategy. They must be prepared to work together with the University Hospital Bonn and the LVR-Klinik as part of the consecutive master’s degree program in Psychology—specializing in clinical psychology and psychotherapy. A license to practice psychotherapy and proof of competence for a method approved in the applicable guidelines (Richtlinienverfahren) are also essential. Applicants require a Diplom or master’s degree in Psychology, a relevant doctorate in Psychology, a Habilitation or equivalent achievements and relevant experience in academic teaching and psychotherapy practice. A continual professional development qualification as a supervisor in a Richtlinienverfahren and proof of positive student feedback would be an advantage.
The conditions of employment are in accordance with § 36 of the Higher Education Act of North Rhine-Westphalia (Hochschulgesetz NRW).
Diversity and equal opportunity
Die Universität Bonn fördert aktiv die Vielfalt und Gleichstellung aller Mitarbeitenden und ist als familiengerechte Hochschule zertifiziert. Ihr Ziel ist es, den Anteil von Frauen in Bereichen, in denen Frauen unterrepräsentiert sind, zu erhöhen und deren Karrieren besonders zu fördern. Um die Heterogenität der Gesellschaft als Querschnitt abzubilden, begrüßt die Universität ausdrücklich Bewerbungen von weiteren Personen, die von Diskriminierung betroffenen sind, darunter BIPoCs sowie Menschen mit Rassismuserfahrungen, genderdiverse und queere Personen. Die Bewerbung geeigneter Menschen mit nachgewiesener Schwerbehinderung und diesen gleichgestellten Personen ist ebenfalls ausdrücklich erwünscht. Alle Bewerbungen werden in Übereinstimmung mit dem Landesgleichstellungsgesetz behandelt.
