Professorship in Swiss Constitutional and Administrative Law

Professor in Swiss Constitutional and Administrative Law (open rank)

80 - 100 %

As of 1 August 2027, the KPM Center for Public Management and the Institute for Public Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Bern are seeking a Professor in Swiss Constitutional and Administrative Law (open rank).

• Depending on qualifications, we offer a position as a full professorship, associate professorship or assistant professorship with tenure track.

• Completed habilitation or a well‑advanced habilitation project, or an equivalent academic qualification.
• License to practice law or a comparable track record with practical experience.
• Further excellent academic achievements in constitutional and administrative law with specialisations in, for example, administrative organisational law, digitisation or public finance and economic law.
• Teaching experience and the willingness to serve on the management board of the interdisciplinary KPM Center for Public Management and to participate in the acquisition of third‑party funding.
• Proficiency in German necessary for teaching, research and academic self‑administration.

• Cultivates a supportive and appreciative research culture.
• Exhibits appropriate leadership qualities.
• Committed to increasing the proportion of women in research and teaching – female scientists are expressly encouraged to apply.

• For further information, contact the chair of the appointment committee, Prof. Dr. Florian Eichel (florian.eichel).
• Applications, including a curriculum vitae, list of publications and lectures, details of previous teaching experience, teaching evaluations and a list of third‑party funding acquired, must be submitted electronically by 18 February 2026 to Ms. Andrea Rosser, Institute for Public Law (andrea.rosser-stulz).
• Trial lectures and interviews are scheduled for 23 March 2026.