Position type: Full time, 3-Year Contract
Scope: Academic Teaching and Research

Call for Applications - Junior Professor Positions in Design and Art

The Faculty of Design and Art at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy) is opening an exciting junior academic position for outstanding candidates in the fields of Design and Art . We invite applications from artists, and designers holding a PhD (or equivalent international doctorate), who are passionate about innovative teaching, research, and artistic/designerly practice in a highly interdisciplinary, trilingual and international environment.

Profile: We are seeking a junior post-conceptual artist with an active practice in spatial practices and/or performance art , who engages critically with political theory, cultural studies, postcolonial or gender studies. The ideal candidate maintains an internationally visible practice, regularly exhibiting and publishing work.

Key Qualifications:

• Early-career academic or professional track record
• Strong critical and reflective approach to contemporary art practice
• Emerging international network
• Experience in interdisciplinary and cross-cultural cooperation
• Motivation to contribute to faculty life and the shared academic culture and governance of the faculty

Research: You will develop projects addressing complex socio-cultural, technological, and environmental challenges through experimental, transdisciplinary, and practice-based approaches.

Teaching: Teaching in the Art Major of the BA program and/or our new Master in Critical Creative Practices, while possibly contributing to other programs of the Faculty (60–120 hours/year). Teaching language: English, German and/or Italian.

Requirements:

• PhD or equivalent international doctorate in Art, Design or related disciplines
• Excellent command of at least one of the official teaching languages (English, German, Italian)

Starting date: 01.11.26 (tentative)

For detailed information, please contact Prof. Shona Kitchen, Shona.Kitchen@unibz.it

Why Join Us? The Faculty of Design and Art offers a vibrant academic environment with excellent facilities and strong international networks. Located at the crossroads of Italian and German-speaking cultures in South Tyrol, our university offers unique opportunities for intercultural and interdisciplinary work, in one of Europe's most fascinating Alpine regions.

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