W1 - Professorship (with Tenure Track to W 2) in Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archaeology

id="offer-description" class="ecl-u-type-heading-2 ecl-u-mt-none ecl-u-mb-l">Offer Description Kiel University aims to attract more qualified women to professorships. The Institute of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archaeology in the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of Kiel University, within the context of the Excellence Cluster ‘ROOTS – Social, Environmental, and Cultural Connectivity in Past Societies’, invites applications for a. W 1-Professorship (with tenure track to W 2) in prehistoric and protohistoric archaeology with a focus on archaeoclimatology. for an initial period of 4 years (first phase) to start at the earliest possible date. The future job holder shall be responsible for the fields of prehistoric and protohistoric archaeology – with a focus on archaeoclimatology – in research and teaching. Archaeoclimatology is a focus integrated into archaeological research in which the reconstruction of local to global climate changes is correlated with socio-cultural reconstructions of prehistoric and historic societies. Central to this approach are the connectivities between climatic, ecological, social and cultural aspects of past environments and societies. The future junior professor is expected to develop and pursue independent, internationally recognised research in the field of palaeoclimatology with connections to archaeology. In this context, an integrative research agenda is fundamental in order to reconstruct archaeoclimatic connections. The junior pr