Professor in Human Geography

Qui sommes-nous?

Enseignement, recherche, emplois, événements: l’Université de Fribourg est un espace d’innovations et un moteur important pour la vie économique et culturelle de la région. Elle attire des étudiant-e-s et des chercheur-euse-s en provenance de toute la Suisse et du monde entier, elle marque le quotidien de la cité bilingue de Fribourg, depuis sa fondation en 1889.

The University of Fribourg is a signatory to the DORA declaration and attaches great importance to a qualitative assessment of academic performance.

The University of Fribourg is an equal opportunity employer and strives towards gender balance and diversity at all levels.

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Vos missions

Qualified applicants must have an outstanding track record of research in the field of human geography specializing in environmental issues. Topics of interest are, but not limited to, climate change debates, resource geographies, urban-rural relations, agriculture, conservation, and sustainability. The candidate will teach at the Bachelor level and contribute to the Master programs ‘Master in Geography’ and ‘Specialized Master in Nature, Society and Politics’.

The successful candidate will develop an internationally recognized competitive research program sustained by external funding. Having signed the DORA declaration, the University of Fribourg emphasizes qualitative assessment of academic achievement.

Profil souhaité

Teaching experience at university level is expected. The University of Fribourg is a bilingual university. Teaching responsibilities encompass courses delivered in French or German at the Bachelor level, and in English at the Master level. The administrative languages are German and French.

Candidates only knowledgeable of one of these two languages are expected to obtain the second language to the level of B1 within two years of arrival. Candidates not knowledgeable in either language are expected to acquire one of the two languages to the level of C1 and the second language to the level of B1 oral in the same time period.

Coordonnées des personnes de contact

Prof. Michael Walch, Dean, Faculty of Science and Medicine, University of Fribourg, dean-scimed@unifr.ch Ch. du Musée 8 CH - 1700 Fribourg