Assistant Professorship with Tenure Track in Prevention and Mental Health

Assistant Professorship with Tenure Track in Prevention and Mental Health

The University of Zurich invites applications for an assistant professorship with tenure track in prevention and mental health. The position should be filled by 1 August 2025 or at the earliest opportunity. After two temporary three-year contracts the position will become tenured on the condition that the candidate passes the evaluation process. This is a dual professorship at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Medicine, with a primary affiliation to the Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

Candidates must have a clear subject matter profile with a focus on clinical-psychological prevention research and an excellent international track record in this field. The candidates' research focus should be on the indicated and/or selective prevention of mental disorders, including innovative approaches (e.g. digital mental health, telemedical and/or personalized approaches, etc.). Research work can be located at the macro (e.g. identification of risk groups and courses; effects on incidence and prevalence etc.), meso (e.g. implementation and acceptance; processes and outcome of preventive measures; client/caregiver characteristics etc.) and/or micro level (e.g. client/caregiver interactions; couple interaction in the clinical context etc.). Further psychotherapeutic training (specialist title, license to practice) to become a psychotherapist in the adult field is desired.

Successful candidates with existing psychotherapeutic training will be able to participate in the Psychotherapeutic Center of UZH. In teaching, the professorship should be able to cover the entire range of topics in clinical psychology.

In addition to innovative research impulses for the subject, the professorship is expected to collaborate in research and teaching with other professorships at the Department of Psychology and to cooperate in research at the Faculty of Medicine, in particular at the Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute. A good national and international network and knowledge of the Swiss healthcare system or the willingness to familiarize oneself with it are also expected.

Candidates must hold a PhD degree at the time of application and have an excellent record of academic achievements in the relevant field. The administrative language of the University of Zurich is German, which is why candidates are expected to acquire a working knowledge of German within the first three years of their appointment.

The Department of Psychology values transparent, reproducible and replicable research and supports open science practices. Applicants are asked to outline in their application how they have already pursued these practices in the past and/or would like to pursue them in the future.

The Department of Psychology, the University of Zurich and Zurich as location of higher education offer a stimulating research and teaching environment with diverse opportunities for professional exchange and cooperation. The University of Zurich is an equal opportunities employer. In order to increase the gender diversity in leading academic positions, qualified women and individuals from other underrepresented groups are particularly encouraged to apply.

The closing date for applications is 25 April 2024. Details on the application procedure are available on the website of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

Assistant Professorship with Tenure Track in Prevention and Mental Health

For further information about the position, please contact
Prof. Dr. Birgit Watzke