W2 Professorship in Experimental Media with a focus on Digital Crafting

The Braunschweig University of Art (HBK) is seeking to fill a W2 professorship in Experimental Media with a focus on Digital Crafting at the emerging institute of design disciplines with effect from October 1, 2027. The successful candidate will be appointed as either as a civil servant or as a permanent salaried employee. Application deadline: August 17, 2026.

The Braunschweig University of Art (HBK) is an internationally oriented art university with the right to award doctoral and post-doctoral degrees. With around 1000 students in the fields of fine arts, art education, performing arts, design and design studies, visual communication, art studies and media studies, the HBK Braunschweig is one of the large universities of the arts in Germany.

The university’s design departments are currently undergoing a comprehensive restructuring. In addition to the establishment of a new institute, the degree programmes are to be reorganised and numerous professorial posts to be filled. In terms of both content and structure, this process is primarily guided by the profound transformation of the concept of design brought about by the impending ecological and social transition.

The Professorship: Responsibilities and Profile
In teaching and research, the professorship is oriented towards an experimental, artistic, and design-led engagement with the interfaces between product design and media design. Alongside its focus on Digital Crafting, a central theme is the staging of works in extended realities using three-dimensional and, ideally, time-based and interactive media. Possible research areas and collaborations may lie in the field of immersive media or AI, or in the ethical dimension of design.

The successful candidate is to support the coordination of the design degree programmes in their foundational phase. It is conceived transdisciplinarily for all design programmes, with the closest ties to product design because of its focus. In addition, close collaboration with the Institute of Media Studies is envisaged.

We are looking for an established and accomplished designer whose aptitude for artistic work in the context of design processes is expressed through experimental, cross-media approaches in their own work and complemented by additional artistic achievements.

We expect
–Relevant experience in using the relevant technologies in conception and design,
–An open, profound, and multifaceted capacity for reflection on these rapidly evolving technologies within their cultural and social context,
–Explicit willingness and ability to responsibly integrate the above-mentioned and other socio-political debates into their teaching,
–Willingness to actively and comprehensively participate in academic self- administration,
–Willingness and ability to actively support and further develop the institute’s restructuring processes, including the establishment of associated degree programmes,
–Strong communication skills,
–The ability to act in an integrative manner across the university, as well as
–Fluent command of spoken and written German (C1 level at least) due to the expected teaching duties in German-language degree programmes and the organisational requirements involved in establishing new degree programmes. Willingness to teach in English is also highly welcome.

Experience in the development of study programmes is desirable. The successful candidate should have a particular interest in collaborative processes and in further developing a team-oriented environment, specifically in cross-programme and collaborative teaching. Social, leadership, equality, and diversity skills are also required in this context, as is a willingness to contribute enthusiastically to anti-discrimination work at the university, particularly in the establishment of the new institute. The successful candidate should be part of a broad, interdisciplinary network, be familiar with contemporary cultural trends and technological developments in their field and able to integrate socio-political discourses responsibly into their teaching. Furthermore, they should have a clear interest in incorporating the subject area of sustainable development.

Further requirements
–University degree in the field of design
–Pedagogical and didactic aptitude confirmed by practical experience, including the ability and explicit willingness to continuously teach the fundamentals for all design courses at the HBK and to support students in their individual creative development.
The appointment requirements are set out in Section 25 of the Lower Saxony Higher Education Act.

For further information including on the necessary application documents please visit: here.