Juniorprofessur für Cybersicherheit und vertrauenswürdige Systeme / Junior professorship for Cybersecurity and Trustworthy Systems Universität zu Lübeck

The University of Lübeck stands for excellent research and teaching. We are a modern foundation university with thematically focused degree programs. Under the motto “Focus on Life,” we offer a range of courses in mathematics, computer science, natural sciences, and technology, as well as medicine, health sciences, and psychology.

The following position is open at the Institute for IT Security (Department of Computer Science/Technology) at the University of Lübeck as of September 1, 2026:

Junior professorship for Cybersecurity and Trustworthy Systems (W1 with tenure track to W2)

Your area of responsibility:

We are looking for an outstanding individual with a strong track record of excellent research in one of the areas of cybersecurity who can represent this expertise in research and teaching. The future job holder will have an outstanding PhD and excellent scientific achievements in one of the following areas:

• Theory and Practice of Cryptography
• Security and Privacy in Machine Learning
• Formal Methods in Security
• Secure Protocols and Networks
• Software and Systems Security
• Usable Security and Privacy

Applications with complementary or new thematic focus areas in the field of IT Security that expand the existing expertise at the Institute for IT Security are expressly welcome. The establishment of a separate working group at the Institute for IT Security (www.its.uni-luebeck.de) is expected.

The applicant should have high potential to strengthen the university's research profile in the field of IT Security through excellent publications, have high potential for successfully acquiring third-party funding at national and international level, and have the ability to lead research projects. Scientific participation in the institute's main areas of research and the university's profile areas, such as the trustworthiness of systems and the cross-sectional area of intelligent systems, is expected, especially in the context of self-acquired projects (public funding, industrial cooperation, etc.). Collaboration in the AnoMed competence cluster on anonymization for medical applications is encouraged.

Teaching obligations include participation in the “IT Security” degree programs (German-language Bachelor's and English-language Master's) and other degree programs in the STEM sections of the university. Willingness to contribute to the ongoing development of the IT Security curriculum is expected.

Junior professorships are initially filled for a fixed term of three years. Following a positive interim evaluation, the position is extended for a further three years. The position will be converted to a permanent W2 professorship if the tenure evaluation is positive and the requirements under civil service and higher education law are met. Please refer to Sections 62 and 64 of the Higher Education Act of the State of Schleswig-Holstein for further information. The requirements for employment are a completed university degree and a qualifying doctorate that was obtained no more than six years ago.

The University of Lübeck strives to increase the proportion of female professors and therefore strongly encourages suitably qualified women to apply. Women will be given priority if they have the same qualifications, skills, and professional achievements.

The University of Lübeck values and promotes the diversity of its employees' skills and therefore welcomes all applications regardless of age, gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion or worldview, sexual orientation, and identity. Applications with the usual documents, including a résumé, copies of certificates, academic career, list of publications (separated into peer-reviewed original works and review articles), three selected offprints, and a list of third-party funding acquired must be submitted exclusively electronically via the application portal on the University of Lübeck until 01.04.2026 via our online application form.