Doctoral Researcher in Political Science (f/m/d)

The University of Cologne is one of the largest and most research-intensive universities in Germany, offering a wide range of subjects. With its six faculties and its interfaculty centres, it offers a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines and internationally outstanding profile areas, supported by the administration with its services.

The PhD researcher will be part of Ingo Rohlfing’s BMBF-funded research project CITATIONGAP. The project uses quantitative techniques to analyze the scope and potential causes of a citation gap in journal articles between female and male researchers in political science.

Your Tasks

• work together with the Postdoc and principal investigator to crerate a dataset that will be used for the analysis of citations in political science
• work together with the Postdoc and principal investigator to develop a conceptual and theoretical basis for all three work packages
• design and implement a simulation modelling citation behavior in political science based on previous results produced in the project
• participate in a transfer workshop where the results and their implications are presented
• implement all stages of the project following current standards of research transparency
• participate in the activities of the Cologne Center for Comparative Politics

Your Profile

• Excellent Master degree in political science
• Profound knowledge of quantitative research methods and research design
• Excellent proficiency in English (B2/C1) or higher

We Offer You

• opportunity for PhD
• a diverse and fair working environment
• support in reconciling work and family life
• flexible working time models, full-time positions
• suitable for job sharing
• extensive advanced training opportunities
• occupational health management offers
• local transport ticket at a discount for UoC employees

The position is available from 01.03.2022 on a part-time basis (66,%). It is limited to four years. If the applicant meets the relevant wage requirements and personal qualifications, the salary is based on remuneration group 13 TV-L of the pay scale for the German public sector.

The University of Cologne is committed to equal opportunities and diversity. Women are especially encouraged to apply and will be considered preferentially in accordance with the Equal Opportunities Act of North Rhine-Westphalia (Landesgleichstellungsgesetz – LGG NRW). We also expressly welcome applications from people with disabilities / special needs or of equal status.

Please send your convincing application with proof of the sought qualifications by email (in one pdf-file) with the

reference number Wiss2111-20 to [email protected] .

The application deadline is 14.12.2021.