Academic Research Assistant - Saarbrucken, Deutschland - Universität des Saarlandes

Universität des Saarlandes

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Saarbrucken, Deutschland

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Geschrieben von:

Lena Wagner

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Beschreibung

Saarland University is a campus university that is internationally recognized for its strong research programmes.

Fostering young academic talent and creating ideal conditions for teaching and research are a core part of the

university's mission. As part of the University of the Greater Region, Saarland University enables students and staff to

share and exchange knowledge and ideas between disciplines, between universities and across borders. With over

17,000 national and international students, studying more than a hundred different academic disciplines, Saarland

University is a diverse and dynamic learning environment. [Saarland University is officially recognized as one of

Germany's family-friendly higher-education institutions and with a combined workforce of more than 4,000 it is one

of the largest employers in the region.]

earliest opportunity.

Academic research assistant (M/F/x)

Reference number W2355, salary in accordance with the German TV-L salary scale1, pay grade: E13 TV- L, duration

of employment: 3 years, volume of employment: 100 % of standard working time.

Workplace/Department:

Department of European Social Research

Job requirements and responsibilities:

How is uncertainty of scientific evidence for instance in simulations communicated and how do political decision
- makers deal with such uncertainty in the policy process? The project STRAKOSIM ("Strategische Kommunikation der

Unsicherheit von Simulationsmodellen), a joint project by the RPTU (Campus Landau) and Saarland University funded

by the German Ministry of Research and Higher Education will investigate these questions during the next three years.

At Saarland University, we are advertising a Post-Doc position in the research group of Prof. Wenzelburger

(Comparative European Politics) which will be researching how scientific evidence finds its way in the policy process.

The research will involve both, quantitative time-series analyses of data collected as part of the project, and qualitative

skills in quantitative regression-based analyses as well as some experience in qualitative process tracing, document

analyses and elite interviews.

1 TV-L = collective agreement on remuneration of public sector employees in the German _Länder _
The pay grade assigned to an employee depends on their professional qualifications and the number of years of service. Each pay grade is
further subdivided into levels. Entry-level employees with no previous experience will initially be assigned a level 1 rating. After one year at
level 1 of the E10 pay grade, an employee will move up to level 2. After a further two years, the employee will move to level 3, etc.

As a postdoctoral researcher at Saarland University, you will be part of a highly motivated research group working in

an international environment. As part of the interdisciplinary group of the STRAKOSIM project, which consists of

political and communication scientists as well as psychologists, you will have the opportunity to advance your own

career in the international community working on a cutting-edge research question.

Your tasks within STRAKOSIM:

Setting up a dataset merging public opinion data and media data on the communication of scientific evidence

collected through the project.

Performing quantitative time series analysis of the dataset exploring the connections between communicative

content and public opinion.

Collecting data on policy processes that led to political decisions during the Covid19pandemic, the energy

security law, and national strategy on biodiversity from documents and via elite interviews.

Joint work with the other subprojects from the project on network analysis, experiments and preparation of the

stakeholder workshops.

Representing the project at (inter)national conferences.
Publishing at scientific outlets based on the data collected within the project.

Your profile:

Research interest in the topics of public policy research, policymaking processes, or political communication
Skills in quantitative data analysis
Experiences with qualitative case study research
Excellent spoken and written German.

Your academic qualifications:

Doctoral degree/PhD: Very good completed (or nearly completed) dissertation in the field of political science.

- have social and communication skills, as well as demonstrated administrative and organizational skills, incl. self
- direction
- have some experiences of working in collaborative research projects

Any other European language (in particular English) is considered as an additional benefit.

What we can offer you:

A flexible work schedule allowing you to balance work and family, among other things the possibility of

teleworking

Secure and futureoriented employment with attractive conditions
A broad range of further education and professional development programmes (for example language courses)
An occupational health management mo