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Job advertisement: Research Associate (f/m/d) Faculty 7 Business Studies and Economics. Reference number: A298/22

At the Faculty of Business Studies and Economics at the University of Bremen there is, from 1st of February 2023, a vacant position in the working group “Innovation and Structural Economics”:

Research Associate (f/m/d) – salary 13 TV-L (100% full time)

to be filled for a limited period until 31th of July 2024.

We are looking for candidates from the fields of economics or related social sciences (e.g. business engineering, sociology, psychology) with a pronounced interest to work on topics relating to technology and the environment. We are looking for a motivated colleague with previous research experience, who is capable to conceptionalize and carry out research independently. You will become part of a large, interdisciplinary project consortia within “The German Marine Research Alliance” that analyzes a novel carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. Furthermore, you will be part of a large and dynamic working group with plenty opportunities for scientific exchange and collaboration at the Chair of “Innovation and Structural Economics”.

The goal of the research project – “AIMS3 - Alternate scenarios, Innovative technologies, and Monitoring approaches for Sub-Seabed Storage of carbon dioxide” – is to assess a novel approach for carbon capture and storage from both the technological and societal perspective. The working packages for this position include e.g. the assessment of public acceptance towards this novel technology with quantitative and/or qualitative approaches.

Responsibilities:

  • Independent, empirical, quantitative and qualitative analyses in the field of innovation and sustainability research
  • Collaboration in a large interdisciplinary project consortium
  • Leading the content-related and organizational implementation of the designated working packages in the third-party funded project, including budget planning and reporting

Requirements:

  • A completed academic university degree (master's/university diploma) in economics or related social sciences (e.g. industrial engineering, sociology, psychology) and a substantially progressed (or ideally finished) PhD thesis, with an empirical focus
  • Strong knowledge in the field of quantitative and/or qualitative empirical methods in social and economic sciences
  • Openness to apply different empirical methods
  • Experience in the use of relevant (statistical) software (e.g. STATA, R)
  • Interest in the topics of innovation and/or sustainability
  • Good knowledge of the German and English language
  • Team orientation and scientific curiosity  

Working environment:

  • Access to an excellent research consortium within the project coordinated by MARUM
  • Freedom for independently designing research within the framework of the research project
  • Use of an extensive data infrastructure of the working group
  • Technical support in the team of the working group for data work and management
  • Collaboration in an international, agile team of about 20 people
  • Integration into the international research network of the working group
  • Opportunity for advanced training in empirical methods, data science, etc.
  • Support in career development and follow-up employment

 

The University of Bremen intends to increase the proportion of women in the academic field and therefore expressly encourages women to apply. Severely disabled applicants will be given priority if their professional and personal qualifications are essentially the same. Applications from people with a migration background are welcomed.

 

Application and deadline

If you are interested, please send your application with the usual documents (cover letter, CV, certificates), stating your earliest possible starting date, including an electronic copy of your masters/diploma thesis and your dissertation (if not yet completed, an individual paper from the doctoral project is also welcome) by November 11th, 2022, quoting reference number A298/22 to:

University of Bremen, Faculty of Business Studies and Economics, Prof. Dr. Michael Rochlitz, Professor of Economics, Innovation and Structural Economics, Max-von-Laue-Str. 1, 28359 Bremen or to the e-mail address: office-guentherprotect me ?!uni-bremenprotect me ?!.de

In case of questions, please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Tobias Wendler, Email: tobias.wendlerprotect me ?!uni-bremenprotect me ?!.de

Further information about the working group can be found at: https://www.uni-bremen.de/guenther/