Student Assistant (w/m/d) to Dr. Sinisa Hadziabdic on his research project “Operationalizing Hegemony”. - Köln

The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) conducts basic research on the governance of modern societies. We currently have an immediate opportunity for a bachelor’s or master’s student who is enrolled at a university in Germany and interested in working 8 hours per week.

Your role:

• Collecting, organizing, and analyzing relevant newspaper articles
• Reading and evaluating the articles using a hermeneutic approach
• Performing automated text analysis
• Providing assistance on related projects

In this role you will have the opportunity to develop your programming skills in statistical software. You will also gain experience in all stages of designing and writing scientific papers, from formulating a research question and searching and structuring existing literature to running empirical analyses (particularly automated textual and regression analyses) and critically discussing the findings.

What we offer:

You will work at a renowned research institute in an international environment, with access to the MPIfG’s data and library resources and the opportunity to participate in its events. As part of a fixed-term employment contract (WissZeitVG), we offer remuneration in accordance with the Max Planck Society’s guidelines on support for junior scientists; the current rates are 13.80 euros per hour for bachelor’s students and 14.40 euros per hour for master’s students.

A collaborative and collegial working environment is integral to the MPIfG. Starting from the application process, we are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all of our employees. The compatibility of career and family is also one of our key concerns, as is the employment of people with disabilities. To increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented, we strongly encourage women to apply.