Veröffentlicht am: 20.01.2025
Post-Doctoral Research Position in the Research Group of Professor Silja Häusermann (80%)
Universität Zürich, Zürich
Bewerbungsfrist: 09.03.2025
Your responsibilities
- Engage in research related to the research priorities of the group/chair.
- Conduct and publish high-quality research.
- Collaborate with other members of the research group and the Department.
- Develop your own research agenda, a strong academic network and engage in acquiring project funding.
- Teach at the BA and/or MA level (1.5 classes per semester on average, in English or German) and advise students (incl. MA theses). Teaching can be in the broader areas of either CPE or Swiss Politics.
- Provide support for research, organizational, and administrative tasks.Teach at the BA and/or MA level (1.5 classes per semester on average, in English or German) and advise students (incl. MA theses). Teaching can be in the broader areas of either CPE or Swiss Politics.
- Provide support for research, organizational, and administrative tasks.
Your profile
- PhD in political science (completed or close to completion).
- Ambition and ability to produce high-quality and high-impact research in the area of the re search group.
- Proficiency in quantitative methods skills with knowledge of relevant statistical software.
- Ability and willingness to work in a team and also to conduct independent research.
- Motivation to pursue an international academic career.
- Excellent command of English, knowledge of German is a plus.
What we offer
- Starting date: 1 September 2025, or later upon agreement.
- Duration of employment: 3 years with renewal for further 3 years contingent on research productivity, teaching quality and participation to departmental activities.
- Salary according to UZH/cantonal guidelines, approx. CHF 82,000 per year.
- Opportunities for paid optional additional teaching.
- Funding for conferences, additional training, and research.
- A highly motivated, engaged and supportive team.
- Excellent working conditions in a leading research-oriented and international department that provides a constructive and collaborative research environment.
- Career mentoring.Opportunities for paid optional additional teaching.
- Funding for conferences, additional training, and research.
- A highly motivated, engaged and supportive team.
- Excellent working conditions in a leading research-oriented and international department that provides a constructive and collaborative research environment.
- Career mentoring
Place of work
Zurich, Switzerland UZH, Department of Political Science, Affolternstrasse 56, 8050 Zurich
Application
- Application files should include: a letter of interest, CV including a list of publications, diplo mas, a writing sample, the contact details of 2-3 people willing to serve as references.
- Please upload your application electronically as one pdf-file to the following online form: https://www.ipz.uzh.ch/de/ueber-uns/offene-stellen/2025-Postdoc-Häusermann.html
- Deadline for applications is 9 March 2025, with a view of holding interviews in early April 2025.
Further information
For questions about the position, please contact Silja Häusermann at silja.haeusermann@ipz.uzh.ch
- 2025-01-20_01_Postdoc_Haeusermann.pdf
