Institution Faculty of Social Sciences - Geschwister-Scholl-Institut für Politikwissenschaft (Political Science) Remuneration group BesGr A13
Full-time / Part-time Full-time (100%)
Start date 2025-10-01 and 2026-04-01
Application deadline 2025-03-21
We are looking for you:
Assistant Professorship (m/f/x)
in Munich
Your tasks and responsibilities:
- The independent implementation of a postdoctoral research project in a thematic area relevant to research conducted at the chair (conflict studies, electoral research, survey research etc.)
- Publication of research results and application for third-party funding (individually and in teams)
- Teaching five SWS (~two-three courses) per semester in the area of quantitative methods.
Your qualifications:
- An excellent dissertation related to quantitative political science methods (Methods & IR or Comparative Politics), completed or close to completion.
- Skills to teach multivariate methods in R, special methods skills in one or more specific areas (e.g. NLP, Machine Learning, Causal Designs etc.)
- Research interests related to (conflict studies, electoral research, survey research etc.)
- Publication in peer-reviewed journals or strong indications of the potential to place publications competitively.
- Fluency in English. Good German skills are desirable.
- Excellent organizational skills and the ability to work independently and in teams.
Benefits:
- Pay is based on, Entgeltgruppe A13, “BeamtIn auf Zeit”.
- The post ought to be filled by 1 October 2025 or 1 April 2026 and is restricted to a duration of three years (probation 6 months). The position can be extended for 1-2 more years.
- The Geschwister-Scholl-Institute of Political Science (GSI) is one of the most renowned political science institutes across Europe.
- Your workplace will be centrally located in Munich and can be easily reached by public transport.
- More information on the Family Service of LMU can be found .
LMU has signed the "Charter of Diversity" and is committed to the diversity of its employees. We therefore actively promote equality between women and men.
Also possible in a part-time capacity.
People with disabilities who are equally as qualified as other applicants will receive preferential treatment.
Contact:
Please submit the following (in English):
- Cover letter
- CV
- Diplomas
- Contact data for two referees (referees will be contacted only at the interview stage)
- One writing sample of an article or a chapter representative of your research agenda (preferably single-authored)
The submission deadline is 21 March 2025. Please submit your application per Email (in one PDF, max. 10MB) to
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
[Empirical Political Research and Policy Analysis](https://www.en.gsi.uni-muenchen.de/chairs/analysis/index.html)
Ms. Hopp, [sekretariat.thurner@gsi.uni-muenchen.de](https://mailto:sekretariat.thurner@gsi.uni-muenchen.de)
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