Postdoctoral Researcher / Postdoctoral Researcheress

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The University of Zurich, Switzerland's largest university, offers a variety of exciting positions across various subject areas and professional fields. With approximately 10,000 employees and currently 12 professional apprenticeship streams, the University provides an inspiring working environment focused on cutting-edge research and high-quality education. Bring your talent and skills to our team and discover more about UZH as an employer!

Your Responsibilities

The postdoctoral researcher will engage in an independent research project centered on digital democracy, specifically focusing on the digital transformation of politics. The research group also emphasizes computational social science and is part of the Digital Society Initiative, the university's competence center for digitalization.

This position will involve:

• Teaching courses related to digital democracy, political behavior, political communication, or applied methods (approximately 1.5 classes per semester).
• Advising undergraduate and graduate students.
• Handling certain administrative tasks.
• Collaborating on ongoing research projects within the research group and the department.

Your Profile

• PhD in political science, computational social science, or a closely related discipline.
• Interest in political behavior, political communication, and research on digital democracy, especially the impacts of digitalization on politics.
• Strong proficiency in quantitative methods and computational social science, coupled with a desire to further enhance methodological skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Strong command of the English language.
• Creativity, open-mindedness, and curiosity.

Apply online using the form below. Please note that only applications matching the job profile will be considered.

Contact Information

Susanne Arlt
Personnel and Controlling
044 634 39 19
personal@ipz.uzh.ch