About us:

The team of researchers based at the Chair of Comparative Political Science is dedicated to the study of consolidated democracies and the challenges they face, with a focus on European democracies.

​We cover a wide range of topics such as crisis politics and its long-term consequences for the functioning of democracies, challenges related to the integration of migrants, the contentious role of constitutional courts in law-making and the ever more challenging mobilization of citizens in individualizing societies. Our interests lay in political parties, civil society organizations and citizens as much as in parliaments, governments and courts, whether they are operating on the national, regional or European level.

We engage in theoretically informed, systematic empirical analysis, highlighting the importance of a tight integration of theory, substance and method. While building on insights across the social sciences including political science, sociology and comparative law, we combine in our work a variety of methods including state-of-the art quantitative, experimental and qualitative methods.

We are looking for you:

Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/x)

in Munich

Your tasks and responsibilities:

• Conducting research in the context of the ERC-funded project CIVILSPACE, especially the preparation and implementation of several large-scale group surveys including survey experiment in several European countries as well as contribution to the consecutive data analysis
• Participating in dissemination and publication of project results
• Contributing to administrative tasks in the context of the CIVILSPACE project.

Your qualifications:

• An excellent dissertation in a social science discipline on a theme broadly relevant to CIVILSPACE (completed or close to completion)
• Advanced skills in quantitative data analysis relevant to the analysis of survey and experimental data
• Experience in the design and implementation of survey experiments
• An interest in or readiness to actively engage with civil society, non-profit, organization or interest group research
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to work independently and in teams. Experience of working in cross-national, comparative projects is desirable
• Fluency in English. Fluency in one additional European language (that is not German) is desirable.

Benefits:

Pay is based on TV-L, ,Entgeltgruppe’ E 13. The workload is 40,1 hours a week.

Posts ought to be filled no later than April 1, 2025, and are initially restricted to a duration of two years (probation 6 months) with the possibility of extending by one more year.

Your workplace will be in the center of Munich and is well connected through public transport.The application of women is encouraged.

Also possible in a part-time capacity.

Contact:

Please submit the following (in English):

• Cover letter that explains why you want to work in the project and what qualifies you for the post
• CV
• Diplomas
• One single-authored paper or chapter (published or not) that displays methods skills relevant to the project
• Contact data for two referees (referees will contacted only at the interview stage)

The submission deadline is December 8, 2024. Please submit your application per e-mail (in one single PDF file, max. 5MB) to the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Chair for Comparative Political Science, Ms. Zwerger, sekretariat.bolleyer@gsi.uni-muenchen.de.

Interviews are planned to take place in Munich on January 8, 2025 (interviewees will be informed before Christmas).

If you have any questions, please get in touch with Professor Dr. Nicole Bolleyer (n.bolleyer@lmu.de))).

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