On this site, you will see job announcements and miscellaneaous at irregular intervals as they were published before in the latest ECSR Newsletter. Generally, the ECSR Newsletter is scheduled to be published around the 10th of a month.
Jobs and Positions Announcements
– Assistant Professor in Sociology (Sociology of Conflict and Social Movements, 5-year fixed term, tenure track) at Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, Ireland
The Department of Sociology at School of Social Sciences and Philosophy of Trinity College Dublin is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Sociology, specifically in the areas of sociology of conflict, war, and peace and social movements, to join us in August 2025. We invite applications from candidates who have a proven track record in sociological research on social movements, peace, war and social conflict, or similar fields. Social movement and conflict perspectives on migration, race and ethnicity are very welcome. Candidates should have a research portfolio that uses innovative qualitative or mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative). Purely quantitative portfolios will also be considered. We appreciate profiles that demonstrate the application of advanced and innovative mixed methods designs, social network analysis, comparative research designs, or innovative methodologies from digital social research. The appointee will be expected to contribute to graduate and undergraduate teaching and supervision. Moreover, the appointee will engage in wider public and policy debates, as well as to foster collaboration with other Departments in the College and external research bodies. The post is 5 years with tenure track (permanent) subjection to positive tenure review.
More info here:
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLA723/assistant-professor-in-sociology Closing date is January 20, 2025. Informal enquiries are welcome and go to the Head of Department of Sociology, Associate Professor Dr Jan Skopek (skopekj@tcd.ie).
– 3-year PhD-position on the interplay of mental health and social media use
The PhD-position (full-time) is available at the Centre for Fertility and Health, a Norwegian Centre of Excellence.
The candidate will work in an interdisciplinary and inspiring environment and contribute to the YoungPsych-project, funded by the Norwegian Research Council.
More information about the position can be found here: Job Offer YoungPsych. Application Deadline: January 23, 2025.
– A vacancy for a doctoral candidate at The Institute of Sociology (IfS) at the University of Bern
The Institute of Sociology (IfS) at the University of Bern has a vacancy for a doctoral candidate with an employment rate of 75% – 100% starting March 1 or by arrangement. The position is part of an international project investigating the influence of work-related gender norms on the participation of women in the labor market.
The IfS is part of the Department of Social Sciences (consisting of Sociology, Political Science and Media Studies) at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences. The IfS is collectively managed and unites a dynamic team of researchers with expertise in, among others, social structure analysis, sociological theory, environmental, organizational and economic sociology, methods of empirical social research, and computational social science.
See the attached PDF-file for more details about the position. For further information on the position, please contact me via e-mail (wojtek.przepiorka@unibe.ch).
The application deadline is December 23. A first round of online interviews with selected candidates is expected to take place on January 15.
– Post-doctoral Researcher in “Divorce and Death” at BiB
The Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB) is inviting applications for a PostDoc position within the “Mortality” research group of the “Ageing, Mortality and Population Dynamics” division. One focus of this research group is on the analysis of social mortality disparities in Germany. In this research field, the research group benefits from its expertise in the analysis of microdata of the German Pension Insurance (DRV). The advertised post-doctoral position will extend research on social mortality disparities with microdata. One of the central tasks is the participation in a third-party funded DFG project: “Divorce and Diagnosis [DiDi]: Register-based analyses of the impact of divorce on health and employment trajectories”. This multidisciplinary project, which will start at the beginning of 2025, is carried out in collaboration with the Hertie School of Governance and the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. The “Mortality” group at the BiB is responsible for the module “Divorce and Death”, which investigates the influence of divorce on the risk of death. This involves working with DRV and other linked microdata. In addition to the investigations within the project, also general studies on social differences in mortality using DRV data and other data sources will be conducted.
Application deadline: 6 January 2025
Pay grade: E14 TVöD Bund
Working hours: 100%
Fixed term for 48 months
You will find the detailed English job ad here:
https://www.bib.bund.de/EN/Institute/Jobs/B017-24-JobOffer-Researcher-Postdoc-Agein-Mortality-and-Population-Dynamics.pdf
The German version is here:
https://www.bib.bund.de/DE/Institut/Stellenangebote/B017-24-Wissenschaftliche-r-Mitarbeiter-in-Alterung-Mortalitaet-Bevoelkerungsdynamik-Post-Doc.pdf
– Researcher (permanent position) at the Institute for Sociology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
The Institute for Sociology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences invites applications for the position of a researcher. We offer a permanent position at one of the leading institutes of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. Application deadline: February 20, 2025.
For more information visit: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/293896
– Two DAAD GSSP Scholarships for Doctoral Candidates at the Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences
The Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences is currently offering two DAAD GSSP Scholarships for Doctoral Candidates. If applicable, we kindly ask you to include our current Call for Applications for Scholarships on your Jobs and Positions Announcements website.
Deadline for Applications: 10 March 2025
Further Information: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/en/bagss/application/daad-scholarship
– Professor (f/m/x) (W3) of Sociology, especially Sociological Theory, University Bamberg
The University of Bamberg is looking to fill a professorship in Sociology, especially Sociological Theory. In the World Heritage city of Bamberg, the Institute of Sociology is one of the leading addresses for sociological research with worldwide recognition. The institute, with its current 16 sociology professors and many very committed academic researchers and teachers, also attaches great importance to intensive training in a very broad spectrum of sociological theory. Suitable candidates can apply by January 15, 2025. Please forward this job advertisement to suitable colleagues. Link to job add: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/fileadmin/abt-personal/Homepage_ab_2016-03/10_Stellenausschreibungen/01_Professuren/2024/W3-soz%20theorie-eng-11-2024.pdf
– Post-Doctoral Researcher at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
The postdoc will work within the Volkswagen-funded DECIPHE project (https://www.deciphe.eu/) at DIW Berlin for a duration of three years. The project studies whether and how demographic changes in Europe impact the intergenerational persistence of homeownership, considering variations across countries, regions, and birth cohorts.
More info here: https://www.diw.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=diw_01.c.928232.en
Deadline for application: 15 January 2025
Contact: Philipp Lersch (plersch@diw.de)
– PhD Position at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland
At the University of Lausanne, we are inviting applications for a Doctoral Researcher in Social Inequality and Social Policy. With interest in quantitative empirical research on topics such as poverty transitions, career trajectories within couples, and life course risks; including comparative research on how these inequalities vary based on social policy contexts
We offer a multicultural, diverse and dynamic academic environment, linked to the Swiss Centre of expertise in life course research LIVES and the Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences FORS
More information: PhD Position University of Lausanne
Application deadline: 8 December 2024
– Masters degrees in Sociology at the UCL Social Research Institute
UCL invites student applications for four new 1-year masters programs in Sociology due to launch in 2025. The programs will offer cutting-edge training in quantitative and qualitative methods and equip students with a wide range of transferable skills relevant for research and the labor market. The degrees can be completed full time or part time, on campus or online, giving candidates the flexibility to engage with their study from anywhere in the world. For further information and application, see below:
* MSc Sociology offers a broad sociological training that is methodologically rigorous and spans both qualitative and quantitative approaches: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate/taught-degrees/sociology-msc
* MSc Sociology and Social Inequalities will appeal to students with an interest in understanding and addressing inequalities: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate/taught-degrees/sociology-and-social-inequalities-msc
* MSc Sociology and Data Science combines a broad grounding in sociology with a computational and statistical edge: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate/taught-degrees/sociology-and-data-science-msc
* MA Sociology of Childhood and Children’s Rights is a long-running and successful program that finds a new home in this broader degree structure: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate/taught-degrees/sociology-childhood-and-childrens-rights-ma
– Associate Professor in Social Demography at the Department of Sociology (and St John’s College) at the University of Oxford
The Department of Sociology is seeking to appoint a full-time Associate Professor in Social Demography in association with a Tutorial Fellowship in Human Sciences at St John’s College. Associate Professor is the main academic career grade at Oxford with a focus on research and teaching, spanning the full range of professor grades in the USA.
We are open to different areas of specialization within social demography, such as (but not limited to) family and fertility, gender, migration, life course, population health, race, ethnicity, and socio-demographic inequalities, and the relationship between population dynamics, the environment, and sustainable development. Methodologically, we expect the successful candidate to use quantitative methods broadly defined in their research and be able to teach techniques of quantitative demography, including both macro- and micro-approaches. We welcome candidates with interests in different regions of the world, including those working on countries of the Global South.
The post holder is expected to undertake teaching responsibilities linked to demography, quantitative methods and life course research within the BA Human Sciences, and the MSc in Sociology and MPhil Sociology and Demography.
https://tinyurl.com/soc-dem-job
Apply by 12noon (UK time) on January 6 2025
– UCD School of Sociology PhD Scholarship
The School of Sociology at University College Dublin is pleased to invite applications from outstanding candidates for a PhD Scholarship. The Scholarship comprises an annual stipend of €22,000 (stipend increases to occur in line with national funding decisions), as well as a full fee-waiver. There is also an allowance of up to €2,500 for travel and summer school costs. Scholarships are available for a period of up to four years. Successful applicants must meet the University’s standard PhD admission requirements and be accepted into the School of Sociology’s PhD programme.
https://www.ucd.ie/registry/prospectivestudents/admissions/graduateapplicants/applying
For general queries about the application process, please email: sociology@ucd.ie
Closing date for applications: 27.01.2025, 3pm
– Research Assistant in a project – Pre-Doc
The Chair of Sociology, with special emphasis on Social Inequalities at the University of Bamberg has a vacancy (starting on 1 February 2025 or as soon as possible) for a Research Assistant (f/m/x) in a project – Pre-Doc (75% of a regular working week; German public service paygrade TV-L E13) limited to three years, subject to the allocation of funds by the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS).
We are looking for a colleague for the research project “Interactions between health and retirement: Social inequality in the context of an increase in the retirement age (GeReAlt)”, financed by the BMAS as part of the Funding Network for Interdisciplinary Social Policy Research (FIS). The project is a collaboration with the TU Dortmund University, Chair of Social Structure and Sociology of Ageing Societies (Prof. Martina Brandt, Dr. Carolin Kunz).
Based on the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), the project examines the social determinants of retirement as well as changes in health and well-being in different socioeconomic groups after retirement. Based on the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), the effects of raising the standard retirement age on these relationships are examined. We use advanced methods of causal analysis (including interrupted time series, difference-in-differences models with propensity score matching, and fixed-effects models).
The chair at the University of Bamberg is part of the Institute for Sociology, which, with a total of 16 professorships, is one of the leading sociology institutes in Germany, and cooperates closely with other research institutions, e.g. the Institute for Employment Research (www.uni-bamberg.de/en/sociology). We are looking for a highly motivated young scientist to contribute crucial research to this project. It would also be possible to write a doctoral dissertation as part of the project.
Application deadline: December 1st, 2024.
– Post-doctoral researcher position at Axpo Observatory, Sciences Po, Paris
Applications are invited for two 2-year Postdoctoral Research Positions at the AxPo Observatory of Market Society Polarization at Sciences Po in Paris, France, for a position starting date of September 1, 2025.
The purpose of AxPo’s research program is to bring together social-science research on multiple forms of polarization which may contribute to the fragmentation of democratic market societies. AxPo will focus on socio-economic, including inequality, segregation, and discrimination and socio-political polarizations, and their interrelations.
Application deadline: January 8th, 2025
Further information: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITIONS
– Associate Professor in Sociology at UCL Social Research Institute, University College London
The Social Research Institute is one of the leading centres for social research in the UK. It is home to seven internationally renowned research units, including Quantitative Social Science and the Centre for Longitudinal Studies. We are now seeking an Associate Professor in Sociology to contribute to teaching and research. Applications are welcomed from any applied field of sociology. The successful candidate will co-lead our new MSc Sociology degree, the first ever to launch at UCL. With a PhD in Sociology, a Sociology sub-discipline, or a closely related field, you will also be expected to evidence institutional leadership, success in obtaining research grants, and clear plans for future grant submissions. Closing date is 20 December, 2024.
More info and application:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?nPostingId=11771&nPostingTargetId=28922&id=Q1KFK026203F3VBQBLO8M8M07&LG=UK&languageSelect=UK&mask=ext
– Tenure Track Professor in the field of Health and Sustainability at the University of Vienna
Tenure Track Professor in the field of Health and Sustainability at the University of Vienna
The tenure-track position is dedicated to sociological research and teaching on the foundations and current developments at the interface of health and sustainability. We seek excellent candidates with a focus on the intersections between socio-ecological sustainability (including social inequality, multiple crises, climate change) and social, physical, and mental health. Expertise in quantitative methods and/or mixed methods is desirable. Health and sustainability are focus areas both at the University and the Faculty of Social Sciences. An interdisciplinary research network “Health in Society” has been recently established that offers opportunities for cross-faculty collaboration and enhanced visibility. the post is permanent, subjection to positive tenure review.
Application deadline: 10 Jan 2025
Informal enquiries are welcome and go to Valeria Bordone (valeria.bordone@univie.ac.at).
– Postdoc on Structural Discrimination in the Dutch Labour Market at the University of Utrecht (NL)
The overarching aim of the project is to investigate why and to what extent ethnic, racial, and religious minorities are structurally exposed to discriminatory behaviour in the Dutch labour market using a field experiment. The 1-year position (0.8FTE) is based at the University of Utrecht in close collaboration with the University of Amsterdam. Deadline for applications: 10 November 2024
Link to Job add: https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/working-at-utrecht-university/jobs/postdoc-on-structural-discrimination-in-the-dutch-labour-market
– Call for PhD positions at the University of Southampton, UK
The Department of Social Statistics and Demography at the University of Southampton is seeking PhD students to apply to the South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership (SCDTP), which offers fully funded positions. The department can supervise candidates interested in family demography, population/global health, and statistical methodology applied to social science. We are particularly interested in candidates who will use Advanced Quantitative Methods to analyse the UK Generations and Gender Survey (GGS) in comparison with other international Generations and Gender Surveys.
For further information about the position to study the GGS, please contact Professor Brienna Perelli-Harris: b.g.perelli-harris@soton.ac.uk. For other inquiries about the PhD programme, please contact Professor Sarah Neal: S.Neal@soton.ac.uk. Deadline 17 January 2025.
– Assistant Professor in Sociology (Quantitative Sociology, 5-year fixed term, tenure track) at Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, Ireland
The Department of Sociology at School of Social Sciences and Philosophy of Trinity College Dublin is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Sociology (Quantitative Sociology), to join us in August 2025. We invite applications from candidates who have a proven track record in quantitative sociology which ideally connects to research fields of the department (migration, race, and ethnicity, family and life course, social inequality, comparative sociology, educational sociology, conflict sociology, digitalisation and social networks). Candidates have a strong quantitative research orientation and associated research skills in their research portfolio. Candidates are expected to have experience in the use of advanced quantitative methods such as rigorous causal inference, social network analysis, analysis of longitudinal data, comparative research designs, or innovative methodologies from digital social research. The post is 5 years with tenure track (permanent) subjection to positive tenure review.
More info here:
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKG430/assistant-professor-in-sociology
Closing date is December 2, 2024. Informal enquiries are welcome and go to the Head of Department of Sociology, Associate Professor Dr Jan Skopek (skopekj@tcd.ie).
– Two positions (1 PhD & 1 Postdoc) at Centre for Demographic Studies (CED) and Department of Sociology from Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB)
The two positions are opened within the DIGINEQproject, funded by the European Research Council (PI: Pablo Gracia). The successful candidates will conduct outstanding research to study how adolescents’ digital use influences their well-being outcomes (e.g., mental health, academic outcomes) across demographic and socioeconomic groups, using advanced multi-method computational methodologies in the social sciences. Application deadline: December 3rd, 2024, 13:00, CET.
PhD Position (4 years): https://ced.cat/recursos/PhD-ERC_Digineq.pdf Postdoc Position (3 years):https://ced.cat/recursos/Postdoc-ERC_Digineq.pdf
– Postdoctoral Research Position at WZB Social Science Research Center in Berlin
For its interdisciplinary research department Migration, Integration, Transnationalization (MIT), headed by Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans, the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB) is looking for a postdoctoral research fellow (f/m/x) to join the project “Unequal trajectories: Spatial dynamics in refugees‘ multidimensional integration” funded by the Leibniz Association (UneTra; WZB lead: Dr. Jonas Wiedner).
Research Project Overview: UneTra is a collaborative project by the WZB, the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LifBi), and the Institute for Employment Research (IAB). It examines the role of the residential environment and of residential mobility in the integration of refugees in Germany since 2013. Using innovative analytical approaches, the project investigates what kinds of neighborhoods different refugee groups settle in, and how these neighborhoods shape the integration of adults and the development of children.
Qualifications: The ideal candidate is a sociologist/economist/political scientist (or with a related background) interested in immigrant integration (theory), is proficient in quantitative methods, and has a keen interested in issues of causal identification.
Conditions: 30 months, full-time, in Berlin. Salary: Remuneration in accordance with EG 14 TVöD Bund. The position is available from January 1st, 2025 (exact starting date is negotiable).
Further information: https://wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/342/postdoctoral-research-fellow-f-m-x-id-300?page_lang=en
Application deadline: November 17th 2024
– Visitors grants to the LIVES Centre in Lausanne and Geneva
The LIVES Centre is delighted to offer visitor grants to scholars who wish to conduct research on the life course at the Universities of Lausanne or Geneva in 2025. These competitive grants are open to PhD students, postdocs, lecturers and professors who plan to spend at least two months on site, doing research in Lausanne or Geneva. The grants cover travel and accommodation costs of up to 3000 CHF (~3000€). For further information, please consult the call for applications below and contact Daniel.Oesch@unil.ch if you have any questions. The deadline for applications is 15 November 2024.
https://centre-lives.ch/en/appel/lives-visitor-grants-2025
– Doctoral and Postdoctoral Research Position at the SciencePo
The Center for Research on social InequalitieS (CRIS) at the Sciences Po, Paris is seeking to appoint a postdoctoral researcher, doctoral research and research assistant to join the Research Team led by Prof. Bastian Betthaeuser working on the ERC-funded project “Understanding the Consequences of Major Health Crises for Education: Learning from the COVID-19 Pandemic (LEARN)”.
https://www.sciencespo.fr/osc/en/content/join-erc-learn-project-team.html
– Postdoctoral Research Position in Sociology at Goethe University Frankfurt
The Faculty of Social Sciences at Goethe University Frankfurt invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d) to join the project “Intergenerational Transmission of Work and Family Trajectories in Germany,” funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Research Project Overview: This project, led by Prof. Heather Hofmeister, Ph.D., compares patterns of work and family trajectories between parents and their adult children using sequence analysis with data from the German Socio-Economic Panel. Most of the data preparation has been completed by previous project members. The position also includes teaching opportunities and includes mentoring toward the goal of becoming a professor.
Conditions: Position: 36 months, full-time for 15 months and after that 50%. Salary: According to E13 TV-G-U, typical full time gross salary around €60,359.92, adjustable based on experience.
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– Visitors grants to the LIVES Centre in Lausanne and Geneva
The LIVES Centre is delighted to offer visitor grants to scholars who wish to visit and conduct research on the life course at the Universities of Lausanne or Geneva in 2025. These competitive grants are open to PhD students, postdocs, lecturers and professors who plan to spend at least two months on site, doing research in Lausanne or Geneva (excluding July and August). The grants cover travel and accommodation costs of up to 3000 CHF (~3000€). For further information, please consult the call for applications below and contact Daniel.Oesch@unil.ch if you have any questions. The deadline for applications is 15 November 2024.https://centre-lives.ch/en/appel/lives-visitor-grants-2025
For further information, contact Professor Ilze Plavgo (ilze.plavgo@uni-mannheim.de) and Professor Reinhard Pollak (reinhard.pollak@gesis.org).