Call for Applications: Junior Professorship in Private Law and Private International Law at Humboldt University of Berlin

The Faculty of Law at Humboldt University of Berlin (Germany) invites applications for a Junior Professorship (W1 Tenure Track to W2) in Private Law and Private International Law, to be filled as of 1 October 2026.

Candidates are expected to conduct research and teaching in Private Law and Private International Law broadly understood (including in particular International Family and Succession Law, International Civil Procedure, International Dispute Resolution, International Commercial Arbitration).

This position is part of the Faculty’s strategic effort to further strengthen its international profile as well as its commitment to foundational legal research. Applicants should demonstrate academic excellence, international visibility and have teaching experience at university level.

Candidates must hold a first law degree (ideally from Germany) and a PhD in (private international) law from either Germany or abroad. In addition, proficiency in German (native speaker level) is required as the position requires teaching and participation in academic self-governance in German.

Applications (letter of motivation, CV, list of publications and presentations, relevant academic transcripts and certificates, teaching evaluations) should be submitted to the Dean of Humboldt Law both by postal and by electronic mail (in one pdf) by 11 July 2025 under the reference number JP/003/25:

Dean of the Faculty of Law
Prof. Dr. Philipp Dann
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Unter den Linden 6
10099 Berlin
Germany

Email: dekan.rewi@hu-berlin.de

Further information on the tenure track framework at Humboldt University is available here at https://hu.berlin/tenuretrack-katalog.