Postdoc Opportunities in Economics in Germany

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany is seeking motivated PhD and postdoctoral researchers to join the SYDSEN (Systems, Data, Simulation & Energy Research Group) under the supervision of Professor Sanja Lazarova-Molnar. The research focuses on data-driven modeling, simulation, expert knowledge, and Digital Twins to support better decision-making in complex systems. Potential application areas include smart manufacturing, energy systems, reliability, and other cyber-physical systems...

The Leibniz Institute for Horticultural Sciences (IGZ) in Großbeeren, Germany, is offering a fixed-term postdoctoral position in the research group Plant-Microbe Systems within the DFG-funded collaborative project Multi-level Corpus for Microbial Ecology (MuCoME). The position focuses on metabarcoding data curation and bioinformatics, with particular emphasis on building an AI-ready microbial ecology data corpus. The successful candidate will help expand the Microbial Community Database (MiCoDa)...

DIW Berlin – German Institute for Economic Research is advertising a Postdoc Public Economics (f/m/d) position in Berlin, Germany, with a hybrid working arrangement. The postdoctoral researcher will join the Public Economics Department and conduct high-quality scientific research aimed at publishing in leading Economics journals. Suggested research areas include demographic change, the distributional effects of tax and transfer systems, and household behavior over the lifecycle. The position off...

University Witten/Herdecke is seeking a full-time postdoctoral researcher for the Chair of International Political Studies. The appointment begins on April 1, 2027 , runs for two years, and may be extended by an additional 18 months. The role offers the opportunity to pursue an independent research agenda, with possible remote work arrangements. The postdoctoral researcher will teach one seminar per year and receive conference funding. The position is based at University Witten/Herdecke in Germa...

ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research is advertising a postdoc opening in social insurance within the unit Labor Markets and Social Insurance . The post is shared by Nicolas R. Ziebarth , who notes that the position is in his unit and asks readers to share widely. The opportunity is a 6-year postdoc with tenure option at 100% employment and no teaching . The research focus is centered on social insurance , with strong links to labor markets , public economics , and related policy r...

Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg is inviting applications for a Senior Research Fellow (Postdoc) in the newly established Max Planck Research Group Constellations of Global (Dis)Ordering (DISORDER) , headed by Dr. Gordon Friedrichs . The project examines how global order is transformed as states, especially great and middle powers, pursue competing visions of international order through institutions, economic and technological interdependence, a...

We’re hiring for a Postdoc position in Urban/Public Economics at Universität Potsdam . The post is shared by Rainald Borck , Professor at Universität Potsdam, and points to the Berlin School of Economics RAP – Call for Applications 2027 . This opportunity is relevant for candidates working in Economics , especially Urban Economics and Public Economics . The post does not include detailed eligibility criteria, funding terms, or a deadline in the text shown, so applicants should review the linked ...

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...

The Cryptography and Privacy Engineering Group (ENCRYPTO) at the Department of Computer Science, Technical University of Darmstadt, is offering a full-time postdoctoral researcher position in the ERC Consolidator Grant project Tools for Protecting Data and Function Privacy (PRIVTOOLS) . The project focuses on applied cryptography and secure computation, with an emphasis on building practical methods to protect sensitive data and functions in real-world applications. ENCRYPTO combines cryptograph...