Social Sciences, Education & Social Research – Doctoral Positions (SSH Call 2026)
- Prepare a highly original and internationally competitive PhD thesis in your designated field.
- Publish in high-impact, peer-reviewed journals and present your research at international conferences.
- Design and teach university courses and supervise students according to the requirements specified in the collective agreement for predoctoral researchers.
- Complete the public presentation of your PhD thesis within one year of your contract starting date.
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Your Tasks
- a completed Master in Demography, Geography, Social Sciences, or other relevant fields
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in German and English
- Excellent quantitative and analytical skills, excellent programming skills in R or similar packages
- Ability to work independently and to collaborate with a broader research team
- Solid knowledge of demographic methods
- Experience with demographic data
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Cognition, Behaviour & Environmental Sciences – Doctoral Positions (SSH Call 2026)
- Prepare a highly original and internationally competitive PhD thesis in your designated field.
- Publish in high-impact, peer-reviewed journals and present your research at international conferences.
- Design and teach university courses and supervise students according to the requirements specified in the collective agreement for predoctoral researchers.
- Complete the public presentation of your PhD thesis within one year of your contract starting date.
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Your personal sphere of influence:
- Dealing with issues of democracy and human rights from a social science perspective (including the collection and analysis of quantitative empirical social science data)
- Strategic planning
- Accompanying administrative tasks
- Networking among the researchers of the research network
- Planning and implementation of conferences, workshops, and other events
- Communicating relevant activities, including knowledge exchange (“third mission”) with the public sector and the general public
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Your personal sphere of play:
- You participate in international collaborations, research projects, and academic studies in the field of development sociology.
- You publish internationally and give presentations.
- You apply for projects and acquire external funding.
- You independently teach courses, including examinations, in the field of development sociology, in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement.
- You supervise students in teaching and their theses.
- You participate in evaluation measures and quality assurance.
- You assume administrative tasks in research, teaching, and at our department.
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Your Tasks
- Performing research along the research lines of the group
- Writing and submitting scientific articles summarizing your findings
- Supporting the group leader in writing project proposals
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Your future workplace:
- Developing and strengthening an independent research profile
- Participation in research projects
- Responsibility for project applications and the acquisition of third-party funding
- Organisation of lecture series and participation in seminars and events
- International publications and presentations
- Teaching duties as defined by the collective agreement
- Supervision of students
- Participation in the departmental, teaching and research administration
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Vollzeit | Teilzeit | befristet
Your personal sphere of influence:
- Participation in research projects / research studies
- Participation in publications / academic articles / presentations
- We expect the successful candidate to sign a doctoral thesis agreement within 6 months.
- Involvement in the organisation of meetings, conferences, symposiums
- Involvement in the department administration as well as in teaching and research administration
- Participation in teaching and independent teaching of courses as defined by the collective agreement
- Supervision of students
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Your personal sphere of influence:
- Participation in research projects and grant applications
- Participation in publications / academic articles / presentations
- Participation in organising workshops, conferences, symposia
- We expect you to finalise your dissertation agreement within 12-18 months
- Participation in and independent teaching of courses within the scope of the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement
- Supervision of students
- You take on administrative tasks in the department, teaching, and research administration
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Areas of work:
- Writing a dissertation
- Submitting a dissertation agreement (outline) within 12-18 months of project start
- Contribution to scientific studies and international publications
- Conference travel to present (PhD) research
- Travel to field studies (as part of the disaster task force)
- Involvement in international collaborations
- Support in acquiring third-party funded projects
- Involvement in / Independent teaching based on the collective bargaining agreement
- Support in Bachelor’s and Master’s student supervision and examination activities
- Participation in evaluation activities and in quality assurance
- Integration into the research group and participation in administrative duties
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Your personal sphere of play:
- Mixed methods researchs
- Publications in English Web of Science journals
- International publications and presentations
- Project applications and the acqisition of third-party funding
- Preparing / writing a (publication-ready) cumulative habilitation thesis
- Independent teaching of courses as defined by the collective bargaining agreement
- Assistance in the supervision of exams and master's theses
- Participation in the organization of workshops and conferences
- Involvement in the department administration as well as in teaching and research administration
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Your Tasks
- PhD in a field related to animal cognition.
- Prior experience working and publishing both bioacoustic and animal behaviour/cognition research.
- Prior experience training animals in a lab setting would be ideal.
- Comfortable handling animals. Prior experience, especially with small birds, would be ideal.
- Strong written and oral English.
- The candidate should be able to integrate into a multi-disciplinary research team.
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Your personal sphere of influence:
- You oversee and coordinate the full administrative lifecycle of PhD students, from admission to graduation.
- You handle incoming administrative queries from students and supervisors and provide timely support.
- You support teaching and exam administration
- You update and manage data documentation
- You contribute to updating the department website and information materials
- You work closely with the second administrative support member to ensure smooth workflows
- You maintain close communication with campus partners, university offices, HR, and other administrative units
- Additional responsibilities can be added depending on your interests and skill set
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Tasks:
- Committed collaboration in the preparation and implementation of projects
- Administrative participation in teaching as well as in the supervision of students
- Organizational support in the supervision of exercises
- Cooperation in organizational and administrative tasks in the field of teaching
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Your personal sphere of influence:
- Development and expansion of an independent research profile
- Participation in the teams's research projects
- Working on your dissertation and its completion
- Contribution to research, teaching, and institutional administration
- Student supervision
- Independent delivery of courses in accordance with collective agreement regulations
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Your personal sphere of influence:
- Collaboration and research in the field of kinetic theory:
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Your personal scope of action:
- Renowned management programs: e.g. M.Sc. in Business
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Your workplace:
- Specialisation 1: The focus is on knowledge of professional competences and its application in the school context. In particular, the position requires skills in school-related teaching and learning from an educational science or explicitly school pedagogical perspective.
- Specialisation 2: The specialisation is characterised by the active participation in the design of teaching practice (“Pädagogisch-praktische Studien”) in the Bachelor's and Master's programmes. In particular, the position requires pedagogical and practical skills and the associated knowledge of the link between competences acquired at university and concrete teaching and school practice requirements. Experience in the organization of school and teaching internships is an advantage.
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Vollzeit | Teilzeit | befristet | Geringfügig
Your personal sphere of play:
- Developing and expanding an independent research profile
- Participating in research projects/scientific studies
- International publication and lecturing activities
- Project applications and third-party funding acquisition
- Preparation/completion of a (publication-ready) habilitation
- Independently holding courses in accordance with collective agreement provisions
- Student supervision
- Participation in evaluation measures and quality assurance
- Participation in research, teaching, and institute administration
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Vollzeit | Teilzeit | befristet
Your professional field of activity:
- Research:
o participation in research activities depending on the chosen project
o signing of a doctoral thesis agreement within 12 - 13 months
o becoming a member of the VSM and actively participating in its activities and its administration - International and Interdisciplinary Collabortion:
o willingness to participate in international and (depending on the project) interdisciplinary or applied research
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