Research Fellow (ID 276) bei Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH

The WZB Berlin Social Science Center, research area International Politics and Law, research unit Global Sociology (led by Professor Yasemin Soysal), is seeking to appoint

one Research Fellow (f/m/x)

to be employed fulltime (39 hours/week) until 31 December 2025, with a possibility of extension. Start time is preferably 01 September 2024.

We are hiring a post-doctoral research fellow to join a vibrant research group with an interest in leading edge research on globalization. The group’s research agenda ranges from the identification of macro and microlevel diffusions of global cultural scripts, institutional frameworks and practices; their effect on individual and collective actors’ cognition, behavior and outcomes; and the paradoxical implications of the inconsistencies within and across globalized scripts and the contestation and change they generate. The research fellow is to collaborate with members of the research group in the design and production of innovative empirical solutions to this end, as well as in the publications produced in this context. The ideal candidate, thus, will need to have a theoretical interest in the topics and the skills to contribute to a challenging research environment.

The position is embedded within the Global Sociology unit at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, which is a publicly financed research institution that conducts theory-based and problem-oriented social science research (http://www.wzb.eu/en). WZB researchers come from across the globe and work across social science disciplines including sociology, political science, economics, law, and psychology. A member of the Leibniz Association, WZB’s research is directed at the science community, policy makers, the media and the general public. The Global Sociology unit is also part of the Cluster of Excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Scripts” (SCRIPTS), which analyses the contemporary controversies about the liberal order from a historical, global, and comparative perspective (http://www.scripts-berlin.eu).

The research fellow is expected to work with Professor Soysal on the unit’s ongoing research projects, and in connection with the SCRIPTS program, as well as conducting independent research within the scope of the unit’s overall research agenda. Please see the unit’s website for more information (https://www.wzb.eu/en/research/international-politics-and-law/global-sociology).

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