Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft
Veröffentlicht am: 24.01.2025

Assistant Professorships (m/f/d)

Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Munich

Bewerbungsfrist: 21.03.2025

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The Chair of Empirical Political Research and Policy Analysis (Prof. Dr. Paul W. Thurner) at the Geschwister-Scholl-Institute of Political Science (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (LMU)) is advertising, with possible start dates of 1st October 2025 and 1st April 2026 two (2) positions of Assistant Professorships (m/f/d).

The positions will be filled with Assistant Professorships (100%, A13: "BeamtIn auf Zeit", max. 4-4,5 years).

Job Description

  • 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.)

https://www.en.gsi.uni-muenchen.de/chairs/analysis/index.html)                       

  • Publication of research results and application for third-party funding (individually and in teams)
  • Teaching 5 SWS (~2-3 courses) per semester in the area of quantitative methods.

Job Requirements

  • 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 research interests of the chair (conflict studies, electoral research, survey research etc. https://www.en.gsi.uni-muenchen.de/chairs/analysis/index.html)
  • 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.

Our Offer

  • Payment is based on ‚Entgeltgruppe A13‘,  “BeamtIn auf Zeit”.
  • The posts ought to be filled by 1st October 2025 and 1st April 2026 and are 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.

Your application

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 21st March 2025. Please submit your application per Email (in 1 PDF, max. 10MB) to Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Empirical Political Research and Policy Analysis, Ms. Hopp, sekretariat.thurnergsi.uni-muenchende