Germany: Postgraduate Research Associate, project 'Orthodox Christianity and Corruption'

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The University of Regensburg, home to 21,000 students, is an innovative and interdisciplinary campus university offering young people from Germany and abroad a wide range of research activities and courses. As part of the academic focus on Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, a team has been formed to examine informality, corruption and related phenomena in the context of the orthodox church from an interdisciplinary perspective. The central question addressed in the research project is how the perception of informality and corruption has developed and, in particular, how the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) institutionally deals with this topic (by, e.g., formulating regulations, commenting on cases of corruption in the country, or combatting corruption).

There is one position to be filled, commencing November, 1, 2024.

Research Associate (Postgraduate) (m / f / d)

Part-time (25 hours per week) in the project "The Church as Organization and Actor: Informality and Corruption in Serbia and the role of the Serbian Orthodox Church (1991-2023)." Project Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Steger, Chair of Business Administration/Leadership and Organization. Fixed-term contract until October, 31, 2027. The remuneration is based on TV-L E 13.

Your responsibilities:

• Participation in the project mentioned above

• Work on a doctoral thesis based on the project

• Participation in meetings and workshops of the roof-project "Corruption and Religion: The Orthodox Christianity in Russia and Serbia"

• Organizational support in project management

Your profile:

• You have an excellent academic degree (Master or comparable degree) in the field of social sciences, management or economics.

• You have a good to very good knowledge of Serbian language (at least B2)

• You are fluent in German and/or English (at least B2)

• You are equipped with professional and self-management skills, and be highly motivated

• You demonstrate communicative competence and a willingness to cooperate

We offer the opportunity to:

• Develop the scientific expertise and competences to successfully complete a PhD program of research.

• Receive intensive support for your research project.

• Work in an interdisciplinary team

• Take part in special events dedicated to the theory, methods, and empiricism of corruption research

• Participate in activities at the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS), the Graduate School of East and Southeast European Studies, and the Leibniz Science Campus "Europe and America in the modern World"

• Develop your professional and personal skills

The University of Regensburg aims to increase the number of women among the faculty staff, and therefore explicitly encourages applications by qualified women. The University of Regensburg is particularly committed to reconciling family and working life (for more information, see https://www.uni-regensburg.de/equal-opportunities/index.html).In case of essentially similar suitability, applicants with severe disabilities will be preferentially selected. Please indicate any severe disability in your application. Please note that the University of Regensburg does not reimburse any expenses related to job interviews. In justified cases, a job interview via Zoom is possible.

If you have any questions, please contact Prof Dr Thomas Steger (thomas.steger@ur.de). We look forward to receiving your application, which you should send to thomas.steger@ur.de by September, 30, 2024.