The Institute for Economic Geography and GIScience is currently inviting applications for a 30 hours/week Teaching and Research Associate position (pre-doc, employee subject to the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement for University Staff - Angestellte/r gemäß Kollektivvertrag für die Arbeitnehmer/innen der Universitäten; minimum gross monthly salary, paid 14 times per year: Euro 2,095.95, recognition of previous employment - if relevant to the advertised position - possible). This employee position will be limited to a period of 12 months, starting as soon as possible (commencement date subject to change).

The Institute for Economic Geography and GIScience is currently inviting applications for a 30 hours/week Teaching and Research Associate position (pre-doc, employee subject to the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement for University Staff - Angestellte/r gemäß Kollektivvertrag für die Arbeitnehmer/innen der Universitäten; minimum gross monthly salary, paid 14 times per year: Euro 2,095.95, recognition of previous employment - if relevant to the advertised position - possible). This employee position will be limited to a period of 12 months, starting as soon as possible (commencement date subject to change).The Institute for Economic Geography and GIScience is currently inviting applications for a 30 hours/week Teaching and Research Associate position (pre-doc, employee subject to the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement for University Staff - Angestellte/r gemäß Kollektivvertrag für die Arbeitnehmer/innen der Universitäten; minimum gross monthly salary, paid 14 times per year: Euro 2,095.95, recognition of previous employment - if relevant to the advertised position - possible). This employee position will be limited to a period of 12 months, starting as soon as possible (commencement date subject

to change).The Institute for Economic Geography and GIScience is currently inviting applications for a 30 hours/week Teaching and Research Associate position (pre-doc, employee subject to the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement for University Staff - Angestellte/r gemäß Kollektivvertrag für die Arbeitnehmer/innen der Universitäten; minimum gross monthly salary, paid 14 times per year: Euro 2,095.95, recognition of previous employment - if relevant to the advertised position - possible). This employee position will be limited to a period of 12 months, starting as soon as possible (commencement date subject

to change).The Institute for Economic Geography and GIScience is currently inviting applications for a 30 hours/week Teaching and Research Associate position (pre-doc, employee subject to the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement for University Staff - Angestellte/r gemäß Kollektivvertrag für die Arbeitnehmer/innen der Universitäten; minimum gross monthly salary, paid 14 times per year: Euro 2,095.95, recognition of previous employment - if relevant to the advertised position - possible). This employee position will be limited to a period of 12 months, starting as soon as possible (commencement date subject

to change).

The Institute for Economic Geography and GIScience is currently inviting applications for a 30 hours/week Teaching and Research Associate position (pre-doc, employee subject to the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement for University Staff - Angestellte/r gemäß Kollektivvertrag für die Arbeitnehmer/innen der Universitäten; minimum gross monthly salary, paid 14 times per year: Euro 2,095.95, recognition of previous employment - if relevant to the advertised position - possible). This employee position will be limited to a period of 12 months, starting as soon as possible (commencement date subject to change).

Responsibilities:

• Teaching at the (under-)graduate level, both independent and co-teaching with other members of the institute

• Active participation in the institute's current research agenda

• Research assistance and administrative supervision of current projects at the institute

• Co-supervision of bachelor and master theses

• Student support related to the institute's teaching and research fields

Your Profile:

The successful candidate is expected to contribute to the institute's teaching and research agenda and to provide research assistance for currently active projects in the form of literature surveys, data preparation, and econometric analyses. He/She will work together closely with other researchers at the WGI and is expected to produce high-quality research targeted at top-tier journals in the field. In addition to working with WGI staff, the successful candidate is also welcome to pursue his/her own independent research activities (i.e. dissertation/PhD).

He/she should provide a written motivation how he/she can contribute to the current research agenda at the WGI, either in the field of income/wealth inequality, voting behaviour, migration and/or other relevant fields concerning spatial inequality.

We wish to attract candidates with a strong focus on empirical methods, meeting the following criteria:

• Masters in Economics, Socioeconomics, Geography and/or related subjects

• Strong quantitative skills, especially in the field of econometrics and spatial econometrics

• Programming experience in either R or SAS, preferably both. Experience with other programs (Git, LaTeX, PostgreSQL) beneficial, but not required

• Strong English and communication skills

• Experience in working with large micro/macro databases preferred

• Previous research experience in line with the institute's agenda (e.g., inequality, voting behaviour, income inequality, migration) preferred

• Teaching experience beneficial

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