The Department of Social and Political Sciences, invites applications for a *Junior Professorship in Comparative Politics (with W3 Tenure Track) * starting from 1 October 2022. This is a W3 tenure track position so conditional upon successful evaluation, the candidate will be promoted to full professor and chair. In order to verify whether the individual performance meets the requirements of a permanent employment, an evaluation process will be opened not later than five years of service. Tenure track professors at the HU Berlin are expected to carry out research and teach, as well as be active on various university committees, in promotion of young scientists and acquire leadership and management skills. The concrete requirements out of the framework catalogue [https://hu.berlin/tenuretrack_katalog] will be specified in the course of the appointment process. The Department of Social Sciences brings together Sociology and Political Science and is committed to methodologically-grounded research on changing modern societies, and the transformation of their political institutions and democratic practices. We seek an internationally outstanding candidate with a specialization in comparative politics as demonstrated by excellent and visible international publications. We expect potential for collaboration in at least one of our department’s research foci: social and political inequalities; migration and diversity; democracy and transformation. The successful applicant has relevant theoretical and methodological skills in the field of comparative politics as well as pedagogical skills and is willing to contribute to our BA and MA study programs as well as to our structured PhD programs, The Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences and the DFG Research Training Group DYNAMICS. The applicants must meet the legal requirements for professorial appointments in conjunction with § 102c combined with § 100 of the ‘Berliner Hochschulgesetz’. We are looking for an early-stage-researcher who acquired her or his PhD degree not more than six years ago (exceptions due for instance to child care are permissible). HU is seeking to increase the proportion of women in research and teaching, and specifically encourages qualified female scholars to apply. Researchers from abroad are welcome to apply. Severely disabled applicants with equivalent qualifications will be given preferential consideration. People with an immigration background are specifically encouraged to apply. Please send your application (including a publication list, a complete list of taught courses, information on both past and current research projects, and a 2-page synopsis of the research profile) within 4 weeks, and quoting the reference number PR/013/21 to: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Prof. Kassung, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin or preferably in electronic form in one pdf file to: berufungen.ksbf@hu-berlin.de. Since we will not return your documents, please submit copies in the application only. Please visit our website www.hu-berlin.de/stellenangebote, which gives you access to the legally binding German version. Questions are welcome. -- Prof. Dr. Heike Klüver Professor of Comparative Political Behavior Head of Department Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Department of Social Sciences Phone: +49 (0) 30-2093 66566 Email:heike.kluever@hu-berlin.de Personal Website:www.heike-kluever.com Chair Website:www.sowi.hu-berlin.de/de/lehrbereiche/politischesverhalten Twitter: @Heike.Kluever Office: Universitätsstraße 3b, Room 419 10117 Berlin Mail: Unter den Linden 6 10099 Berlin