Full Professor or Associate Professor (promotion track) of Educational Diversity Management

The holder of the position will be a member of the Department of Education and Social Work within the Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences.

She/he is expected to:

• Develop and maintain research activities—with national embedding and of (inter)national relevance—explicitly focusing on educational diversity management in the fundamental education classroom (e.g. adaptive learning methods, instructional scaffolding, differentiated education, formative assessment, reciprocal feedback), explicitly including the leveraging of digital opportunities (e.g., personalized learning and training apps/platforms), thus identifying and (further) developing best practices that can feed back into both teacher training and the school system
• Exercise leadership internally and externally both in their field of knowledge and, as a leading educationist, apply their general knowledge and skills as a researcher and scholar
• Develop and sustain the scale and quality of teaching and learning in the full range of the Faculty’s study programmes in Education
• Undertake tutoring and internship supervision of BScE and BFP students, and engage with national education actors and stakeholders
• Undertake doctoral and post-doctoral supervision and mentoring, further contributing to the development of doctoral education and training
• Undertake leadership roles that ensure that the Faculty further strengthens its position as a leading European multicultural and multilingual site of research and teaching in the field of educational and social sciences

Teaching areas:

The holder will mainly be teaching in the Bachelor en Sciences de l’Education, the new Bachelor en Formation Pédagogique and the new Master in Development of Instruction (Master en Développement de l’Enseignement).

She/he will also lead the new Master in Development of Instruction (Master en Développement de l’Enseignement).

• PhD in educational sciences or a closely related field (a multi/interdisciplinary research profile is particularly welcome)
• A minimum of five years of postdoctoral experience acquired in a university or comparable research centre (teaching experience in a fundamental education setting is an advantage)
• An outstanding research record in educational and social sciences
• International research and teaching experience (teaching experience in basic training and/or specialisation programmes for fundamental school teachers is an advantage)
• Proven ability to acquire research funds and conduct cross-national research projects
• Knowledge of and familiarity with Luxembourg’s multilingual educational system and its actors is considered an advantage
• Willingness to engage in teamwork in teaching and research groups
• Ability to work autonomously

Language requirements:

The University of Luxembourg is set in a multilingual context. The person hired on this position must be proficient in French and German and have a good working knowledge of English.

In Short...

• Contract Type: Permanent - this position is offered at the Full Professor or Associate Professor level, depending on qualification. Both levels are tenured. At the Associate Professor level, a possibility of promotion will be given after 5 years upon positive evaluation.
• Job Reference: F3- 50019902