Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG Karlsruhe)
We analyse, debate, design and shape what is to come.
The following professorship is to be filled at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG) as soon as possible:
Professorship for Product Design
W3 (66 %, limited up to six years)
The professorship represents the subject area of product design within the Design department, specialising in 'Relational Design'. The HfG is looking for an established design personality who is characterised by practice-oriented research and pursues an explicitly transdisciplinary agenda. The ideal candidate embodies a holistic andsystemic design approach towards social, environmental and labor processes and a work field that extendsbeyond the human species.
The tasks of the professorship include:
- Promoting a relational understanding of design that goes beyond the presentation of physical objects andembraces concepts in the form of temporary environments or events
- Incorporating design practices that challenge existing systems and contribute to equitable transformationthrough changing power structures and forms of ownership
- Interest in the subject area of interspecies relations
- Understanding and communicating of experiences with networks and collaborative processes in design
- Teaching in the area described above
- Commitment to a transdisciplinary way of working
- Willingness to reflect on and address the role of design in promoting just and sustainable change
Willingness to participate in the self-governance committees is required. Further official duties are regulated in § 46 of the Landeshochschulgesetz Baden-Württemberg (Baden-Württemberg State Higher Education Act).
Requirements:
- Established and international presence in the design field with a focus on practice-orientated research
- Completed university degree in the field of design or in a related field
- Special pedagogical aptitude and many years of teaching experience in your own discipline and commitment toteamwork
- Knowledge of German and English at university level
We invite candidates who are willing to engage in design education and research and actively contribute to thedevelopment of the field of Relational Design.
General information
The HfG Karlsruhe would like to maintain the high proportion of women and therefore particularly welcomesapplications from qualified female candidates. At the same time, the university is committed to increasing culturaldiversity among its faculty. Applicants with severe disabilities will be given preferential consideration if equallyqualified.
Please submit your application with CV and portfolio via the online application form by 5 May 2024. The hearingsare expected to take place on Monday, 17 June 2024.
Information on the job advertisement can be obtained from the Rectorate on +49 (0)721 8203-2297, e-mail
rektorat@hfg-karlsruhe.de. Information on the collection of personal data in accordance with Article 13 GDPR can be found on our homepage in the "Vacancies" section. Please note that the German text version of thejob tender is the legally binding.