Junior Professorship in Private Law and Private International Law – Humboldt University of Berlin

The Faculty of Law at Humboldt University of Berlin is inviting applications for a Junior Professorship in Private Law and Private International Law, to be filled as of 1 October 2026.

The successful candidate will engage in teaching and research across private law and private international law, broadly defined – including international family and succession law, international civil procedure, international dispute resolution and international commercial arbitration.

Applicants should have a first law degree (ideally from Germany), a doctoral degree in (private international) law from Germany or abroad and native-level proficiency in German as the position requires teaching and participation in academic self-governance in German. Applicants should demonstrate academic excellence, international visibility and have teaching experience at university level.

Applications (cover letter, CV, list of publications and presentations, academic transcripts and certificates, teaching evaluations) should be submitted both by post and email (as a single PDF) by 11 July 2025, quoting reference JP/003/25, to:

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 details on the tenure track framework at Humboldt University are available here.