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The Chair of Empirical Political Research and Policy Analysis (Prof. Dr. Paul W. Thurner) at LMU Munich's Geschwister-Scholl-Institute of Political Science is advertising, with possible start dates of 1 October 2025 and 1 April 2026 two (2) positions of Assistant Professorships (m/f/x) in Munich.

Your tasks and responsibilities:

• The independent implementation of a postdoctoral research project in a thematic area relevant to research conducted at the chair (conflict studies, electoral research, survey research etc.);
• Publication of research results and application for third-party funding (individually and in teams);
• Teaching 5 SWS (approx. 2 - 3 courses) per semester in the area of quantitative methods.

Your qualifications:

• An excellent dissertation related to quantitative political science methods (Methods & IR or Comparative Politics), completed or close to completion;
• Skills to teach multivariate methods in R, special methods skills in one or more specific areas (e.g. NLP, Machine Learning, Causal Designs etc.);
• Research interests related to research interests of the chair (conflict studies, electoral research, survey research etc.);
• Publication in peer-reviewed journals or strong indications of the potential to place publications competitively;
• Fluency in English. Good German skills are desirable;
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to work independently and in teams

 Contact:

Please submit the following (in English):

• Cover letter;
• CV;
• Diplomas;
• Contact data for two referees (referees will be contacted only at the interview stage);
• One writing sample of an article or a chapter representative of your research agenda (preferably single-authored).

The submission deadline is 21 March 2025. Please submit your application per email (in one PDF, max. 10MB) to:

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich

Ms. Hopp, sekretariat.thurner@gsi.uni-muenchen.de