Particularité
The University of Fribourg Environmental Sciences and Humanities Institute (UniFR_ESH Institute) coordinates and promotes environmental and sustainability research and teaching at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. In research and teaching, we place particular emphasis on the ethical issues of environmental practice and the challenges of the just distribution of environmental burdens and differentiation of responsibilities.
Domaine d'activité
The university offers a 15-month contract. We offer a vibrant research environment in a team of applied ethicists all working on different interdisciplinary contexts of environmental challenges
- Teaching: Support the consolidation and establishment of the MSc in Environmental Sciences and Humanities programmes. Collaboration on the development of the new programmes. Support for ongoing MSc teaching
- Research in the field of environmental ethics with a view on ethical decision-making in practice. Participation in the institute’s research activities (conferences, workshops, projects, supervision of MSc students)
- Administrative support for the implementation of the new programmes
Exigences
- Outstanding PhD in environmental ethics, climate ethics, animal ethics, or similar
- Teaching experience and enthusiasm to support program development
- Interest and ability to work in a highly collaborative fashion
- Extraordinary skills in English, French and or German
- Willingness and capacity to publish and acquire project funding
Exigences linguistiques
Français et/ou Allemand
autre:
Date d'entrée en fonction:
Renseignements:
Ivo Wallimann-Helmer
[email protected]
Date limite de réception des offres:
15.05.2026
Please send your application in a single PDF file by e-mail to [email protected]
by 15. May 2026 (letter of motivation, curriculum vitae, 2 project proposals related to existing UniFR_ESH research clusters (abstracts of max. 1 page each), 2 samples of published work).
Mail subject: "Application Senior Assistant in Environmental Humanities".
