Research Associate (m/f/d)
(Ph.D. student or post-doc for Habilitation)
with remuneration according to pay group 13 TV-L on a fixed-term basis. The position is initially limited to 1 + 3 years in the case of a doctorate, and up to 6 years in the case of a post-doc position. The scope of the position is 100 per cent of the regular weekly working hours of a full-time employee.
The Chair of Economic Geography stands for a theoretically grounded research and teaching agenda that critically questions the ideas, paths, possibilities, limits and practices of sustainable regional development in the context of global challenges such as increasing socio-spatial inequality, the looming climate crisis and the progressive marketisation and technologisation of social, economic and ecological areas. A more recent focus of the Chair is also on critical geovisualisation and critical statistics.
Your areas of responsibility:
- Your tasks include academic services in research and teaching.
- In particular, you should contribute to the further development of quantitative methodological training in Geography and especially Human Geography.
- This includes the development of innovative teaching formats in the field of statistics and spatial data science in the BSc. geography and MSc. Urban and Regional Research (in the case of a post-doc position).
- At the same time, you should build bridges to a critically reflective and socio-theoretically informed approach to statistics, big data and methods of Spatial Data Science.
- They are also active in teaching in the field of general economic geography.
- You should develop your own research profile in a field close to the specialisations of the Chair.
The position is limited in time in accordance with the German Academic Fixed-Term Contract Act (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz) and serves to promote academic qualification (doctorate, post-doc or habilitation). The duration of the employment relationship is based on the legal and personal requirements. In all other respects, the recruitment requirements according to the Bavarian University Personnel Act apply.
Your profile:
- You have an excellent Master’s degree in Human Geography with a specialisation in economic geography or related disciplines (e.g. Economic Sociology).
- For the post-doc arrangement: You have a doctorate in Human Geography or a related discipline.
- You should have a particular interest in critical, heterodox perspectives on the changing geographies of economies, as well as in the further development of Economic Geography methods training (e.g. critical statistics, quantitative surveys, Critical Data Science).
- Skills in teaching quantitative methods (including open source software such as „R“).
What you can expect:
- Forward-looking and highly topical subject areas
- Modern working conditions in a creative working environment
- Flexible working time organisation
- Company health management
- Constructive working atmosphere in a friendly, open-minded and international team
- Compatibility of family and career
- The area surrounding Bayreuth (Franconian Switzerland, Fichtelgebirge) offers a wide range of activities, especially for nature lovers.
For more information on the team, the previous research profiles of the team leader and the profile of the Institute of Geography, see https://www.wigeo.uni-bayreuth.de/en/index.html; https://www.wigeo.uni-bayreuth.de/en/team/stefan-ouma/index.php
The University of Bayreuth values the diversity of its employees as an enrichment and is expressly committed to the goal of equal opportunities for men and women. Women are strongly encouraged to apply. Applicants with children are very welcome. The University of Bayreuth is a member of the best-practice club „Familie in der Hochschule e.V.“ and has successfully participated in the HRK audit „Internationalisation of the University“. Persons with severe disabilities will be given preferential consideration if equally qualified.
Application:
Please apply online with detailed application documents by 20 February 2025 using the keyword „Economic Geography“ via our online application portal of the University of Bayreuth. https://forms.uni-bayreuth.de/formcycle/form/provide/6554/?lang=en
The documents will be deleted after the position has been filled in accordance with data protection requirements.
If you have any questions, please contact: Prof Dr Stefan Ouma (Chair holder) (stefan.ouma@uni-bayreuth.de; Tel. 0921/55-2262)
Stefan Ouma
Professor of Economic Geography
Co-Director Institute of African Studies
Department of Geography
Universitätsstraße 30
95447 Bayreuth
University of Bayreuth