Stellenticket Technische Universität Berlin

The Wis­sen­schafts­zen­trum Ber­lin für Sozi­al­for­schung gGmbH (WZB Ber­lin Social Sci­ence Cen­ter) is offe­ring

one 3-year posi­tion of a
rese­ar­cher (f/m/d)

star­ting pre­fer­a­bly on July 1, 2019, for the EU-Hori­zon 2020 Pro­ject “Tech­no­lo­gi­cal ine­qua­lity – Under­stan­ding the rela­tion bet­ween recent tech­no­lo­gi­cal inno­va­tions and social ine­qua­li­ties (TECH­NE­QUA­LITY)”. Depen­ding on the app­li­cant’s aca­de­mic pro­file/qua­li­fi­ca­tion, we are offe­ring

a full-time posi­tion (39 hours per week) for post­doc­to­ral rese­ar­chers

or

a part-time posi­tion (65% posi­tion, cur­r­ently 25,35 hours per week) for rese­ar­chers pur­suing a Ph.D.

The WZB is a publicly finan­ced inter­na­tio­nal social sci­ence insti­tu­tion that con­ducts basic rese­arch that is theory-based and pro­blem-ori­en­ted (see: http://www.wzb.eu/en). The posi­tion will be atta­ched to the rese­arch depart­ment “Skill For­ma­tion and Labor Mar­kets” (Direc­tor: Pro­fes­sor Heike Solga).

The aim of the TECH­NE­QUA­LITY pro­ject is to push bey­ond the cur­rent rese­arch fron­tiers by focu­sing on the broa­der socie­tal impact of tech­no­lo­gi­cal deve­lop­ments. The inter­di­sci­pli­nary TECH­NE­QUA­LITY con­sor­tium brings tog­e­ther socio­lo­gists and eco­no­mists from several European uni­ver­si­ties and rese­arch insti­tu­tes (Oxford, Stock­holm, Flo­rence, Tal­linn, Maas­tricht, Til­burg, and Ber­lin). Wit­hin the con­sor­tium, the WZB leads the work package “Edu­ca­ting today for tomor­row’s labour mar­ket” (local PIs: Heike Solga, Rein­hard Pollak, and Mar­tin Ehlert) – mainly working tog­e­ther with Maas­tricht (ROA), Flo­rence (EUI), and Tal­linn Uni­ver­sity. This work package zooms in on edu­ca­tion sys­tems’ capa­ci­ties to pro­vide appro­priate oppor­tu­nities for indi­vi­du­als’ early and con­ti­nuous skills acqui­si­tion, the inter­play bet­ween edu­ca­tion sys­tems and tech­no­lo­gi­cal chan­ges, as well as dif­fe­rent types of ine­qua­li­ties in new skill acqui­si­tion. Spe­ci­fi­cally, it focus­ses on empi­ri­cally exami­ning the match bet­ween edu­ca­tio­nal bio­gra­phies and skills and the impact that edu­ca­tion sys­tems, fami­lies, and work­pla­ces as lear­ning oppor­tu­nities have on this rela­ti­ons­hip. The ana­ly­ses will make use of lon­gi­tu­di­nal and com­pa­ra­tive data sources such as NEPS or PIAAC.

Tasks:

• Ori­gi­nal rese­arch wit­hin the pro­ject,
• Con­tri­bu­tion to the theo­re­ti­cal and empi­ri­cal deve­lop­ment of the pro­ject,
• Close coope­ra­tion with all pro­ject par­ti­ci­pants,
• Par­ti­ci­pa­tion in joint publi­ca­ti­ons,
• Pre­sen­ta­tion of pro­ject results in work­shops and con­fe­ren­ces,
• Sup­port of coor­di­na­tion tasks with the pro­ject part­ners.

The rese­arch fel­low is sup­por­ted by a rese­arch assi­stant. The WZB and the rese­arch depart­ment pro­vide various forms of sup­por­ting the career deve­lop­ment of young rese­ar­chers, inclu­ding the coor­di­na­tion of work/family obli­ga­ti­ons or the pos­si­bi­lity to teach cour­ses at uni­ver­si­ties in Ber­lin or else­where. The WZB was the first Ger­man insti­tu­tion to receive the "HR Excel­lence in Rese­arch Award" from the European Com­mis­sion in June 2013.

For more infor­ma­tion, see our web­site (https://www.wzb.eu/en/research/dynamics-of-social-inequalities/skill-formation-and-labor-markets/projects) or con­tact (Mar­tin Ehlert martin.ehlert@wzb.eu).

Requi­re­ments, depen­ding on qua­li­fi­ca­tion:

• Excel­lent aca­de­mic creden­ti­als (mas­ter’s or Ph.D. degree) in socio­logy or a rele­vant field in Social Sci­en­ces,

Accord­ing to qua­li­fi­ca­tion level:

• Out­stan­ding know­ledge of quan­ti­ta­tive rese­arch methods, espe­ci­ally in lon­gi­tu­di­nal data ana­ly­ses (expe­ri­en­ces in com­pa­ra­tive rese­arch or mul­ti­le­vel data ana­ly­sis are wel­come but not requi­red),
• Excel­lent know­ledge in labor mar­ket or edu­ca­tion rese­arch,
• Excel­lent Eng­lish wri­ting and com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills,
• Know­ledge of Ger­man is wel­come but not requi­red.
• For post­doc­to­ral app­li­cants: at least one peer-reviewed jour­nal arti­cle, eit­her published or, in case of a very recently com­ple­ted Ph.D., sub­mit­ted.

Remu­ne­ra­tion: Depen­ding on qua­li­fi­ca­tion, salary group E13 (pre-doc app­li­cants) or E14 (post­doc app­li­cants, in accordance to the Wage Agree­ment for Public Ser­vice (TVöD) scale).

Equally well qua­li­fied dis­ab­led per­sons will be given prio­rity. The WZB expressly invi­tes women and people with an immi­grant back­ground to apply.

App­li­ca­ti­ons inclu­ding a moti­va­tion let­ter, cur­ri­cu­lum vitae, copies of rele­vant cer­ti­fi­ca­tes, and one publi­ca­tion (i.e., one dis­ser­ta­tion chap­ter, one published, sub­mit­ted jour­nal arti­cle, the­sis or semi­nar paper; pre­fera­ble pro­ject rela­ted) should be sent elec­tro­ni­cally in pdf-for­mat (not more than two sepa­rate pdf-files) to sek-aam@wzb.eu (the office of the rese­arch depart­ment) by April 7, 2019.

Job inter­views are expec­ted to take place on May 2, 2019.