The Department of Information Systems at University of Münster with its research network ERCIS – European Research Center for Information Systems – is an international network of scientists who passionately conduct research at the intersection of management and technology. The Chair of Information Systems & Business Process Management (Prof. Dr. Jan vom Brocke) is an internationally recognized team that is continuously gaining insights into the use of innovative digital technologies in business and society. The Chair is committed to working at the forefront of research and significantly advances practice in addressing real world challenges through digital technologies. We are constantly publishing in leading journals such as Management Information Systems Quarterly (MISQ), Information Systems Research (ISR), Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS), Management Science, and MIT Sloan Management Review (MIT SMR), and we enjoy an active dialogue with thought leaders from industry and society.
The newly established Future Utility Lab is a joint research initiative with the aim of promoting research in the field of digital transformation in the utilities sector. It brings together partners from industry and academia to investigate how the processes of digital transformation and their effects on the socio-technical system of municipal utilities are developing to generate impact in practice, but also to subsequently publish them in leading journals. As an Academic Advisor, you will play an active role in shaping the Lab, contribute your own specialist interests and develop your own academic profile for a successful academic career at the Chair.
The Department of Information Systems, Chair of Information Systems & Business Process Management at the University of Münster, Germany, is seeking to fill one or more positions of a
Assistant Professor (non-tenure)
Akademische Rätin/Akademischer Rat auf Zeit
(salary level A 13 LBesO)
at the earliest possible date. We are offering a three-year, fixed-term full-time position with the option to extend by an additional three years. The prospective candidate is required to teach four hours per week during the semester (4 SWS).
Your tasks:
- Building a research profile with high visibility in academia and practice
- Publishing in leading journals
- Developing and implementing attractive teaching programs
- Establishing your own research group, especially through the acquisition of research funds
- Implementing your habilitation project
Our expectations:
- Outstanding academic performance, e.g. proven by doctorate with distinction, publications, prizes or other
- High motivation to achieve ambitious goals in a high-performing team
- Sound knowledge and experience in research design, especially the planning and application of different research methods
- Strong interest in further deepening selected research methods as well as opening up new subject areas
- Ability to work in a team, mature communication skills, organizational skills as well as an independent and productive way of working
What you can expect:
- Solid scientific training, in particular publishing in top journals at A and A+ level
- Rich international network, especially brought about by the European research center ERCIS
- Inspiring interdisciplinary environment at the intersection of management and technology
- High-performing and highly motivated students from different disciplinary and cultural backgrounds
- Secure and economically attractive employment conditions, specifically in civil servant status
The University of Münster strongly supports equal opportunity and diversity. We welcome all applicants regardless of sex, nationality, ethnic or social background, religion or worldview, disability, age, sexual orientation or gender identity. We are committed to creating family-friendly working conditions.
We actively encourage applications by women. Women with equivalent qualifications and academic achievements will be preferentially considered unless these are outweighed by reasons which necessitate the selection of another candidate.
For any questions about the content of the position please get in contact with Prof. Dr. Jan vom Brocke (jan.vom.brocke@uni-muenster.de). For any formal questions please get in contact with Dr. Michael Räckers (michael.raeckers@uni-muenster.de, +492518338080)
Are you interested? Then we look forward to receiving your application (Motivation letter, CV, Publication list) by 15 March 2026 to:
University of Münster
Department of Information Systems
Chair of Information Systems & Business Process Management
Prof. Dr. Jan vom Brocke
Leonardo-Campus 3
48149 Münster
Germany
Please send us your application electronically in PDF format within one file to michael.raeckers@uni-muenster.de.
Please note that we cannot process or consider other file formats.
