Advertisement Research assistant (m/f/d)

The Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Humanities and Social Science, Institute of Sociology, is seeking to fill the position of Chair of Methods in Empirical Social Research as of 01.10.2025.

research associateEmployee (m/f/d) (if the personal requirements are met E 13 TV-L) with 67.5% of the regular weekly working hours, as a replacement in the course of the temporary reduction in working hours for 36 months (according to § 14 para. 1 sentence 2 no. 3 TzBfG).

Tasks:

• Teaching in the field of methods of empirical social research to the extent according to HSDAVO
• Own and cooperative research in the Chair's profile area, preferably with a focus on social science methods research, measurement and computational social science
• Presentation and publication activities
• Participation in the acquisition of third-party funds
• Support of PR measures and maintenance of the Chair's website, support in the development of teaching materials

Requirements

• Above-average academic degree University degree (Master's, Diploma or comparable) in sociology, social sciences or a related subject
• Advanced knowledge of quantitative data collection methods and statistics
• very good empirical thesis with the use of quantitative methods
• very good knowledge of statistical software (R, SPSS or STATA)
• very good written and spoken German and English skills
• Ability to work in a team and organizational skills

Advantageous are:

• Knowledge of methods in the field of structural equation modeling and computational social science
• Interest in a doctorate in sociology

We offer:

• an outstanding interdisciplinary environment at a university of excellence
• Opportunities for comprehensive further training in the field of activity
• Opportunities for further academic qualification
• Opportunities for national and international academic networking
• flexible working hours

The TUD aims to increase the proportion of women and therefore expressly invites applications from women. The university is a certified family-friendly university. Applications from severely disabled people are particularly welcome. In the case of equal suitability, these persons or persons with equal status by law (SGB IX) will be given preference.

Please send your informative application with the usual documents by 31.07.2025 (the postmark of the Central Post Office or the time stamp on the TUD e-mail server applies) preferably via the SecureMail portal of the TUD https://securemail.tu-dresden.de as a PDF document to or to: TU Dresden, Chair of Methods in Empirical Social Research, Prof. Dr. Menold, Helmholtzstr. 10, 01069 Dresden. Your application documents will not be returned, please submit copies only. Interview costs will not be covered.

You can find the complete job advertisement as PDF here: Job advertisement Research Associate Methods 25.pdf