Research Assistant (m/f/d) at the Chair of General Sociology

To support our team, the Chair of General Sociology is currently seeking a student assistant for 40 hours per month (a contract with fewer working hours per month would also be possible). 

If you are interested, please send your CV, a short motivation letter, and a recent transcript of records. 

Your tasks include

• Learning NetLogo and Agent Based Modelling to assist with teaching
• Literature research in sociological topics, e.g., migration and social inequality
• Help with organizational matters, e.g., administrative teaching tasks
• Basic data preparation using statistical software (e.g. Stata)

Your profile

• Social sciences student, preferably sociology
• Ability to work independently
• Good academic performance
• High level of motivation and reliability
• Good command of English
• Willingness and motivation to learn new research methods and approaches
• R and/or STATA knowledge would be an advantage

What we offer

• Flexible working hours
• Working in a strongly empirical-oriented research team
• Insights into academic teaching and research activities
• Work can be recognized as a mandatory internship in the Sociology program

 

Applications from persons with a disability are given preferential consideration provided that they are appropriately qualified. The University of Mannheim is committed to increasing the quota of women and thus encourages women with appropriate qualifications to apply.

If you are interested in applying, please send your application documents via
e-mail by 31 August 2025 at the latest:

anastasiia.kuznetsovamail-uni-mannheim.de

 

If you have any questions about the position, please contact Anastasiia Kuznetsova at

anastasiia.kuznetsovamail-uni-mannheim.de