The Faculty of Business Administration and Economics at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) is inviting applications for the position of a

W2 professorship for Business Administration, esp. Cultural Management

as of 1 April 2027.

We are looking for a candidate who is outstandingly qualified to represent the business administration subfield of cultural management to its full extent. In research, we require the proven ability to publish outstanding, relevant and internationally renowned contributions as well as the successful acquisition of third-party funding projects. Applicants must have proven expertise in business administrational cultural management research, especially in cultural marketing and/or human resources management in cultural businesses. Furthermore, the willingness to impart accounting and controlling related contents is desirable. Applicants should demonstrate their ability to connect to the empirical business research of the faculty.

In teaching, we expect engagement in the courses of the Bachelor’s and Master‘s programs in business administration as well as in graduate education in German and English. Considering digital elements in teaching is explicitly desired. In addition, we expect active involvement in academic self-administration.

Conditions for employment are, in addition to general administrative conditions in accordance with § 36 of the North Rhine-Westphalia University Act (Gesetz über die Hochschulen des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen), an aptitude for teaching, exceptional competence in research, and additional scientific achievements. 

Female candidates are encouraged to apply; they will be given preference in cases of equal aptitude, ability, and professional achievements unless there are exceptional reasons for choosing another applicant.

Heinrich Heine University lives the principle „excellence through diversity“. HHU has signed the “Charta der Vielfalt (diversity)” and successfully participated in the audit “Shaping Diversity” of the Stifterverband. HHU is certified as family-friendly and aims to promote its employees’ diversity.

Applications from suitably qualified severely disabled persons or disabled persons regarded as being of equal status according to Book IX of the German Social Legal Code (SGB – Soziales Gesetzbuch) are encouraged. 

At Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, appointments may also be part-time, provided there are no overriding administrative reasons in individual cases for requiring full-time employment.

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf offers a Dual Career Service and is a member of the Rhineland Dual Career Network (Dual Career Netzwerk Rheinland). Further information can be found under www.dualcareer-rheinland.de. For further inquiries, please contact the Chair of the Appointment Committee, Prof. Dr. Stefan Süß (stefan.suess@hhu.de).

Please submit your application in digital form with the usual documents (letter of motivation, curriculum vitae, list of all scientific publications, a table of acquired third-party funded project) in the appointment portal at https://berufungsportal.hhu.deand add further information if required. The application deadline is 10.06.2026.