<div dir="ltr">Dear all<div><a name="m_-7193207675659008758_BkMod_001" style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></b></a></div><div><a name="m_-7193207675659008758_BkMod_001" style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Lucerne, Switzerland,</span></a><a name="m_-7193207675659008758_BkMod_012" style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"></a><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">is looking to fill the following positions</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> for the “Zug Institute for Blockchain Research”</span><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm;line-height:normal;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Professor of “Philosophy and Blockchain” (100%, open rank).</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Professor of “Political Science and Blockchain” (100%, open rank)</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Professor of “Sociology and Blockchain” (100%, open rank)</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm;line-height:normal;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm;line-height:normal;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><a name="m_-7193207675659008758_BkMod_013"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">starting February 1, 2025, or by agreement.</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm;line-height:normal;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The successful candidates will play an active role in establishing the interdisciplinary Zug Institute for Blockchain Research at the University of Lucerne. The newly appointed professorships and their research teams will focus on the social, political, legal and economic consequences of blockchain technology. The aim is to create an institute for blockchain research with a human science focus that is unique in the world in terms of its breadth and diversity.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:13.91px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The University of Lucerne explicitly encourages qualified female scientists to apply.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;text-align:justify;line-height:13.91px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><a name="m_-7193207675659008758_BkMod_014"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><b>Application deadline is August 4, 2024.</b></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:13.91px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">For further information, please see </span><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.unilu.ch/en/university/personnel/human-resources-department/vacancies/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="text-decoration-line:none">https://www.unilu.ch/en/university/personnel/human-resources-department/vacancies/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:13.91px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Also, please feel free to circulate the job ad amongst your networks. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:13.91px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Thanks and best<br>Sophie Mützel</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:13.91px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:sophie.muetzel@unilu.ch" target="_blank">sophie.muetzel@unilu.ch</a><br>Professor of Sociology<br>Department of Sociology<br>University of Lucerne<br>Switzerland</p></div></div>