Postdoc Opportunities in Archaeology in Germany

Leibniz University Hannover invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in sedimentary geology and stratigraphy within the Institute of Earth System Sciences, Section Geology. The five-year role combines independent research with teaching and academic supervision in the Geosciences. The successful candidate will conduct research in sedimentary geology and stratigraphy, manage individual research projects, and contribute to securing third-party funding. A major component of th...

The University of Cologne is offering a postdoctoral position in the General Ecology Research Group within the Institute of Zoology, led by Professor Patrick Fink. The project, “The Rhine Floodplain – a Biogeochemically Coupled System under Stress,” investigates the Rhine floodplain as an interconnected environmental system. The research links hydrology, sediment dynamics, biodiversity and greenhouse gas emissions to understand how floodplain processes respond to environmental stress. The succes...

This postdoctoral position is based in the Institute of Zoology, General Ecology research group at the University of Cologne and is part of the project “The Rhine Floodplain – a Biogeochemically Coupled System under Stress.” The project examines how altered hydrology shapes floodplain sediment dynamics, biodiversity, food webs, microbial activity, and greenhouse gas emissions. The successful researcher will develop a mechanistic framework connecting hydrological drivers with biotic, sedimentary,...

The Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) is advertising a full-time postdoctoral researcher position in Prague for the department Knowledge and Participation , starting 1 February 2027. The post is based in Prague, with regular travel to Leipzig for central institute events. The appointment is initially fixed term for four years, with the possibility of becoming permanent subject to satisfactory performance and available funding. The department, headed by Dr Mic...

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...

Postdoctoral Researcher in Drivers and Statistics of Accelerating Extreme Weather Trends at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology (MPI-GEA), Jena, Germany. This postdoctoral opening sits in the Carl Zeiss Stiftung Independent Research Group on High-End Climate Risks (CZS-HECR) , which studies worst-case climate outcomes, unprecedented and compounding extremes, and their societal impacts. The project combines climate science , atmospheric science , Earth science , physics , statistics , and...

We’re hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry (LAMMC) , Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, to work at the intersection of AI , digital phenotyping , plant genetics , and climate-resilient agriculture . The project focuses on developing methods to analyse UAV and ground-based RGB , multispectral , hyperspectral , and 3D imagery , while integrating genomic , transcriptomic , and agronomic data to better understand crop growth, stress resp...

Postdoctoral researcher position at the Ethics Laboratory of the Cluster of Excellence HUMAN ORIGINS , University of Tübingen , Germany. The role sits at the intersection of ethics , philosophy , research ethics , field ethics , and the ethics of science, with strong relevance to human origins , repatriation , decolonization , and prehistory. The lab develops ethical standards and best practices for research in human origins and supports ethical reflection across a multidisciplinary cluster comb...

A postdoctoral position is available immediately in the evolutionary genomics group of Henrik Kaessmann at Heidelberg University, within the Center for Molecular Biology (ZMBH). The appointment is for 3 years with a possible extension, and applications are reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. The lab works on major questions in evolutionary genomics, especially the origins and molecular evolution of organs in mammals and other vertebrates, and the genomic changes underlying ...