Postdoc Opportunities in Anthropology in Germany

Postdoctoral Researcher in Corruption and Civil War Professor Natascha Neudorfer is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to join her new DFG-funded project, “Corruption and Civil War: Buying War or Buying Peace?”, at the University of Düsseldorf in Germany. The appointment is a 36-month, full-time postdoctoral position under the EGr. 14 TV-L classification. Part-time employment is possible. The anticipated start date is 1 April 2027. The project focuses on corruption, civil war, conflict dynamic...

Senckenberg’s Department of River Ecology and Conservation in Gelnhausen, near Frankfurt, Germany, is recruiting two postdoctoral researchers in freshwater ecology and biodiversity monitoring. The positions are connected to two major projects: the Synthesis Center on Freshwater Biodiversity Change in Europe, which brings together more than 30,000 biodiversity time series from rivers and lakes across 30 countries and a network of over 200 researchers; and BEAGLE, a Horizon Europe project using en...

Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung is seeking a postdoctoral researcher in Data-Driven Social-Ecological Research at the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F) in Frankfurt, Germany, in close collaboration with the ISOE – Institute for Social-Ecological Research. The position focuses on developing quantitative approaches to understand human–nature interactions and to support more effective stewardship or monitoring of nature under climate change. Potential researc...

Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg is advertising a Post-Doc / wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in or Akademische*r Rat/Rätin auf Zeit (m/w/d) at the Chair of Computational Social Science and Artificial Intelligence (CoSSI) . This is a full-time (100%) academic position, initially limited to three years with the option of extension . The post is aimed at candidates with interests in Computational Social Science , Artificial Intelligence , and related Computer Science / social science methods. The...

Senckenberg Society for Nature Research (SGN) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is recruiting for the VEBITA project: 2 Postdoctoral Researchers in Movement Ecology , 1 Data Scientist (50%) , and 1 Scientific Coordinator (50%) . The positions are embedded in the transdisciplinary project Behavioural Plasticity in a Changing World: Biologging as a Key to Understanding Animal Adaptability (VEBITA) , led jointly by SGN, Marburg University, and the Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE). The p...

Recruiting for a 2-year postdoctoral position with the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in the research area of Oceanic Collective Intelligence . This opportunity is posted by Will Oestreich , Group Leader at the University of Zurich . The postdoctoral role appears to be connected to his group and focuses on interdisciplinary questions around animal behavior, collective behavior, marine/oceanic systems, and related biological research themes. Funding: The post confirms a 2-year postdoc ap...

Postdoctoral position in Oceanic Collective Intelligence at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior (Constance/Radolfzell, Germany). The project sits at the intersection of biology , environmental science , computer science , and statistics , with a strong focus on collective behavior , social foraging , animal movement models , bio-logging , bioacoustics , and oceanographic data analysis. The Collective Ecology Group is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to study how oceanic predators use so...

The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) is recruiting a Postdoc / Research Scientist (m/f/d) for the Kinship Inequalities Research Group in Rostock, Germany . This is a full-time, 3-year research position focused on kinship demography , with interdisciplinary links to demography, sociology, anthropology, mathematics, statistics, computer science, and biology . The group, led by Diego Alburez-Gutierrez , works on kin availability, kin loss, family composition, generational overl...

MPIWG Postdoctoral / Predoctoral Fellowships 2027 are available at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, Germany . This opportunity supports independent research projects focused on artifacts , action , and the evolution of scientific knowledge . The post highlights an exceptional research stay for scholars and notes that full stipends are available for both predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows. Relevant academic areas include History , with possible overlap with Anthrop...