Assistant Professorship in History of Ideas

The School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University, invites applications for an Assistant Professorship in history of ideas with a focus on the history of science and technology broadly defined. The position is available from 1 August 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter.

An assistant professorship is a full-time, three-year training position that involves research and teaching at the BA, MA and PhD level and includes an obligatory course in university teaching for assistant professors. Following the assistant professorship period and subject to necessary funding, an associate professorship within the same academic field will be announced in open competition.
The successful applicant will be based at the School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University, Department of Philosophy and History of Ideas, Jens Christian Skous vej 7, 8000 Aarhus C.

In its pursuit of academic excellence, the Faculty of Arts is committed to creating an inclusive working environment and therefore encourages all qualified candidates to apply, regardless of personal background, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or ethnicity.

The position

The position is offered with a view to attracting talented applicants with a promising research profile and a commitment to university teaching. It is expected that the successful candidate will have experience at the doctoral level and shows readiness to transition to a new career stage and a more independent position. A core task in the position is to teach research-based courses in the history of science and technology within the BA and MA program in the history of ideas,  contribute more broadly to other courses in these programs , and through research in the history of ideas contribute to strengthening the department’s cross-faculty connections with the science and technology faculties and with other relevant stakeholders in the science, technology and innovation sectors, including for example science museums.

Research

The assistant professor is expected to develop and strengthen the department’s research profile in the history of ideas. The applicant must document research skills in the history of science and technology. Moreover, the candidate should specify any other relevant areas of research and educational expertise within the history of ideas broadly defined, such as in relation to historical time periods and settings, knowledge of other intellectual historical fields of study and methodological approaches. In the application, applicants should explicitly present their vision for the position, including for both research and for cross-faculty collaborations..

Education

The assistant professor will be expected to teach and develop the teaching in the BA and MA programs in the history of ideas, including history of science and technology. In teaching, the assistant professor will be expected to contribute substantially to the interdisciplinary profile of the history of ideas program. The position includes an obligatory course in university teaching for assistant professors (if this has not yet been obtained).

Knowledge exchange

It is expected that the successful applicant will engage in knowledge exchange as described in the strategy for the Faculty of Arts, for instance in research cooperation with private companies, government consultancy, cooperation with civil society partners or public dissemination of knowledge.

Qualifications

Applicants must have a PhD or equivalent qualifications in history of ideas or a closely related field.

Deadline: 01 April 2026

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