Job offer: Doctoral researcher in project C1

The DFG-funded Collaborative Research Center ›Production of Migration‹ (SFB 1604) examines the conditions and functions of the social production and negotiation of migration across disciplines. The aim of SFB 1604 is to establish reflexive migration research as an approach to the study of society. The SFB is located at Osnabrück University (Germany) – a uni-versity with diverse research activities that attract students and scientists from all over the world to a city with a high quality of life.

Project ›C1 – The Production of Urban Spaces of Migration by Local Administrations and Science‹ is seeking to appoint

Doctoral Researcher (m/f/d)
(Salary level E 13 TV-L, 75 %)

The position begins as soon as possible and ends on December 31, 2027.

Project C1 investigates the co-production of urban spaces of migration by municipalities and science. It aims at a reflexive analysis of the scientific spatialisation of migration in cities and urban neighbourhoods and its interrelation with the spatialised knowledge produced in and by cities. More information on the project can be found here.

Your Duties:

• Working on a doctoral thesis on the topic of project C1, ideally on migration-related spatial semantics or on migration-related interaction between urban administration/policy and science
• Contributing to other case studies of the project
• Active participation in the SFB's Integrated Research Training Group
• On-site participation in the events and activities of the SFB in Osnabrück

Requirements:

• Very good university degree in in a relevant discipline in the Humanities, Cultural and Social Sciences (MA or equivalent)
• Strong research interest in Migration Studies
• Excellent English and German language skills

Additional Qualifications:

• Experience in interdisciplinary and international cooperation
• Excellent knowledge of current Urban and Migration Studies
• A doctoral project that has already been developed on the topic of the SFB project C1

We offer: 

• Participation in an exciting and highly relevant research project
• A structured PhD programme at Osnabrück University (i.e. the SFB’s Integrated Research Training Group)
• Opportunities to gain relevant research and teaching experience
• A cooperative working environment in an interdisciplinary, international and diversity-orientated team that is committed to fostering equal opportunities
• Additional training opportunities according to needs

Osnabrück University is a family-friendly university and is committed to helping working/studying parents balance their family and working lives.

Osnabrück University seeks to guarantee equality of opportunity for women and men and strives to correct any gender imbalance in its schools and departments.

If two candidates are equally qualified, preference will be given to the candidate with disability status.

SFB 1604 is committed to a greater diversity in highly skilled employment. It explicitly welcomes applications from people with a personal or family history of migration.

Please submit your application in electronic form. Applications include a max. five-page synopsis, explaining your scientific connections to the SFB project C1, a CV (with a list of publications if applicable), certificates of university degrees (BA/MA, including transcripts of records) and the name and e-mail address of one academic reference. Please send your application in a single PDF-file to sfb1604@uni-osnabrueck.de no later than December 4, 2024.

Information on this project and the Collaborative Research Center can be found at: www.producingmigration.org.

Should you require further information regarding this vacancy, please do not hesitate to contact the project leaders, Prof. Dr. Jochen Oltmer (jochen.oltmer@uni-osnabrueck.de) and/or Prof. Dr. Andreas Pott (andreas.pott@uni-osnabrueck.de).

We look forward to your application.

Call for applications (PDF)