Postdoc Position Research Group of Professor Karsten Donnay

The University of Zurich, Switzerland's largest university, offers a range of attractive positions in various subject areas and professional fields. With around 10,000 employees and currently 12 professional apprenticeship streams the University offers an inspiring working environment on cutting-edge research and top-class education. Put your talent and skills to work with us. Find out more about UZH as an employer!

Your responsibilities

The postdoc will pursue their own research in the area of digital democracy, i.e., work related to the digital transformation of politics. The research group's second main research interest is in computational social science, and it is part of the Digital Society Initiative, the university's competence center on digitalization.

The position contributes to teaching in the field of digital democracy, political behavior, political communication or applied methods (1.5 classes per semester on average), advising of BA and MA students, and some administrative tasks. Collaboration in research projects running in the research group and the department is encouraged.

Your profile

• PhD in political science, computational social science or in a closely related discipline
• Interest in political behavior, political communication and, more generally, research on digital democracy, i.e., the consequences of digitalization for politics
• Excellent knowledge of quantitative methods/ computational social science and an interest in further developing methodological skills
• Ability to work both independently and in a team
• Strong command of English
• Creativity, open-mindedness and curiosity

Susanne Arlt
Personnel and controlling

personal.ch