Tenure Track Professor (W1) of Tropical Livestock Systems
Universität Hohenheim
The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences invites applications for the position of a
Tenure Track Professor (W1) of Tropical Livestock Systems
at the Institute of Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute) to be filled as soon as possible. This is a grade W1-professorship for which recruitment payments can be offered.
The successful candidate should represent livestock systems in the tropics and subtropics in research and teaching.
The successful candidate is expected to conduct systems-oriented innovative research on the development of sustainable livestock systems in the tropics and subtropics. The candidate’s research should focus on interactions between tropical livestock production and climate change, biodiversity, and food security; the candidate should also develop innovative approaches to reduce trade-offs between conflicting goals. Research on pastoral livestock systems in the tropics and subtropics is encouraged. Systems-oriented empirical research at farm, herd, and landscape level should be the center of the research activities; modeling can also be used.
The candidate should be distinguished by independent innovative livestock research and as well as empirical research experience in tropical livestock systems, ideally also in smallholder systems. International publications in this field of research are expected. Candidates are expected to show a strong record of securing external funding. Interdisciplinary collaboration with research groups within the institute, the faculty, and the university as well as with international research organizations is expected.
The successful applicant will offer courses in English on livestock systems in the tropics and subtropics for the Bachelor and Master programs of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences as well as the joint PhD program with the Faculty of Natural Sciences. The teaching load will comprise four contact hours per week. For international applications, the successful candidate is expected to acquire German language skills within a reasonable period of time.
The position offers attractive conditions for tenure-track appointees. This professorship is particularly suitable for highly qualified early career researchers. The requirements for an appointment are a completed university degree, pedagogical suitability and a doctorate of outstanding quality.
If the requirements for civil service are met, the appointment will be a temporary civil service position for six years. After six years, the applicant may be appointed to a W3-position if the requirements described in the University’s quality assurance guidelines are met. The appointment to a W3-position may be done without any additional call for applications and through a simplified appointment process. More information on quality assurance and evaluation is available at
https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/appointment-principles.
With equal qualifications, preference will be given to candidates with disabilities.
The University of Hohenheim seeks to increase the proportion of women in research and teaching and therefore strongly encourages female scientists to apply.
Please attach the following documents to your application:
a cover letter, a statement of your future research interests, a curriculum vitae, transcripts of records and degree certificates, a list of publications, a list of third-party funded projects, a teaching record, information on teaching evaluations as well as three key publications.
Please apply online at https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/prof-appt-portal by March 13 2026. Questions regarding the position may be directed to Prof. Dr. Ludwig Hölzle (ludwig.hoelzle@uni-hohenheim.de).
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