Assistant Professorship Tenure-Track in Behavioural Biology

The IEE is one of three institutes of the Department of Biology at the University of Bern and is involved in two Masters Programs (Ecology and Evolution, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology). The research and teaching strategy of the Department of Biology is to contribute to the understanding of mechanisms, processes and patterns at all levels of biological integration, from genes to ecosystems, and to provide evidence-based guidance for the conservation of biodiversity. The successful candidate should take advantage of this collaborative environment and is expected to strengthen the links between behavioural biology and other areas of biology in the Department.

Applications are sought from individuals with an outstanding research record in the integrative study of behaviour, including studies both at the proximate and ultimate levels of behavioural causation. Candidates that take empirical approaches, or that combine empirical and theoretical approaches to the study of behaviour from an ecological and/or evolutionary perspective are particularly encouraged to apply.

The candidate should have a doctorate in a relevant field, several years of postdoctoral and teaching experience, an interest in establishing an active, proliferative research group, in teaching, and in collaborating with other researchers of our institute. The new faculty member will have responsibility for teaching in the field of behavioural biology at undergraduate and graduate levels. All graduate teaching and advanced undergraduate teaching is in English.