W2-Professorship of Business Psychology, with a specialization in Work and Health Psychology

Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe

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Join our university in the Department of Business Administration and Economics:

W2-Professorship of Business Psychology, with a specialization in Work and Health Psychology

starting September 1^st, 2026 | campus Lemgo | permanent position | full-time

We are OWL University of Applied Sciences and Arts. In Lemgo, Detmold and Höxter we develop around 5,700 students: personally, professionally and future-orientated. We foster interdisciplinary exchange and benefit from cooperative structures. This is how we actively shape our appreciative working and educational environment at all locations. Strong institutes and international networks bring our innovations from application-oriented research to the dynamic economic region of East Westphalia-Lippe – and far beyond.

Your responsibilities

You will teach in the Bachelor’s and prospectively also in the Master’s program in Business Psychology.

You will take on courses in applied psychology in the field of Work and Health Psychology (e.g., „Work and Health Psychology“, „Occupational Health Management“) as well as basic psychological and methodological courses (e.g., “Applied Project in Business Psychology”, “Advanced Multivariate Statistics”).

You will also supervise Bachelor's and Master's students in seminar papers and theses.

You have a strong desire to be on campus and present for your students. Up to 25 % of your teaching can be provided as digital teaching, if required, to enable cross-location lectures.

You are prepared to conduct courses in German as well as in English.

You will promote interdisciplinary study formats, e.g., through practical student projects.

You will conduct research in the field of work and health psychology, ideally related to the digital transformation or innovative, sustainable ways of doing business.

You are interested in conducting research in cooperation with stakeholders from business, politics and administration as well as other research institutions, in addition to acquiring third-party funding.

You have strong interest in innovative communication formats which encourage the dialog between science and society.

You will shape the teaching and research profile of the Department of Business Administration and Economics as a committed, creative and team-oriented individual.

In doing so, you will strengthen the interdisciplinary integration of business psychology where it intersects with business administration, economics and engineering.

You will work with us to further develop our teaching and research profile and build up the Master’s degree program in Business Psychology.

You will contribute to the university’s internal committee work in a collegial manner and participate actively in expanding cooperation relationships with domestic and foreign universities.