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Two Doctoral Researchers in Imaginaries of Democracy and Social Imagining Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany
Degree Level
PhD
Field of study
Anthropology
Funding
Two part-time positions at 65% for 48 months, starting 1 February 2027. Remuneration follows the German federal states’ public-sector collective agreement (TV-L), salary scale 13, depending on personal qualifications, including a special annual payment under the collective agreement. The positions include a structured doctoral program, supervision and research-school activities, professional-development resources, no teaching obligations, and a family-friendly working environment.
Deadline
Nov 15, 2026
Country
Germany
University
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
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The Research School Imaginamics: Practices and Dynamics of Social Imagining at Friedrich Schiller University Jena invites applicants to a doctoral programme embedded in the Cluster of Excellence “Imaginamics: Practices and Dynamics of Social Imagining.” The research focus is on how shared ideas, narratives, and images are formed, circulated, and sustained in societies. The programme treats these processes as social imagining and examines the practices, dynamics, and historical developments throu...
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About this position
Friedrich Schiller University Jena is recruiting two doctoral researchers for the Cluster of Excellence “Imaginamics: Practices and Dynamics of Social Imagining.” The positions are embedded in the Junior Research Group “Imaginaries of Democracy: Histories, Practices, and Global Perspectives,” led by Sara Gebh.
The group investigates how alternative imaginaries of democracy emerge, change, and become politically effective. Its interdisciplinary approach asks where and how democracy is imagined differently by examining alternative sites, practices, and traditions of democratic imagining. Although grounded in political theory, the research welcomes perspectives from philosophy, history, sociology, cultural studies, postcolonial studies, area studies, and anthropology.
One doctoral project will be connected to the module “Re-Imagining Democracy from a Global Perspective.” This module explores how democracy and collective self-government are imagined from non-Western and global perspectives, challenging assumptions about a supposedly universal democratic imaginary. Potential research may address Indigenous practices, transnational or global movements, and non-Western traditions of self-government.
The second project belongs to the module “Doing Democracy.” This module examines concrete practices through which democratic imaginaries are produced, stabilized, or challenged. Possible topics include contemporary social movements, political organizations and networks, civil society campaigns, digital spaces, and artistic or cultural contexts. Projects may also investigate how actors appropriate the concept of democracy in ways that undermine it.
Each researcher will develop an independent dissertation project that can be completed during the contract period while contributing to the wider research program. The role includes organizing events such as talks and workshops, participating in external workshops and conferences, and engaging actively in interdisciplinary exchange across the Cluster.
Doctoral researchers will join a structured Research School with regular colloquia, intensive supervision from the Junior Research Group leadership and Cluster researchers, and integration into the Cluster’s working groups and forums. The university also provides opportunities for professional development, optional support for gaining teaching experience, and a stimulating, collaborative research environment in Jena.
Funding details
Two part-time positions at 65% for 48 months, starting 1 February 2027. Remuneration follows the German federal states’ public-sector collective agreement (TV-L), salary scale 13, depending on personal qualifications, including a special annual payment under the collective agreement. The positions include a structured doctoral program, supervision and research-school activities, professional-development resources, no teaching obligations, and a family-friendly working environment.
What's required
Applicants must hold a university degree such as a Master’s, Staatsexamen, Diplom, or equivalent international qualification in the social sciences, humanities, or cultural studies. They should propose an original doctoral research project that advances the Junior Research Group’s program theoretically and/or empirically and contributes to political theory. Applicants should be prepared to work collaboratively in an interdisciplinary team, engage in methodological exchange, and participate in a feedback culture. Initiative, reliability, goal orientation, strong self-organization, interdisciplinary collaboration, and a very good command of spoken and written English are required. Application documents include a 1–2 page cover letter, a 3–5 page research proposal with preliminary structure and timeline, a writing sample, detailed CV, degree certificates and transcripts, and optionally contact details for up to three referees.
How to apply
Apply through the University of Jena online application form by 15 November 2026. Submit a cover letter, research proposal, writing sample, CV, degree certificates and transcripts, and optionally referee contact details; indicate which module your project addresses.
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