Postdoc Opportunities in Law in Germany

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...

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...

Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d): Usable Extreme Weather Projections at Impact-Relevant Scales 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 compound extremes, and their societal impacts. The project combines climate physics, Earth system analysis, targeted climate model experiments, advan...

Postdoc opening in Climate Adaptation using Computational Social Science methods at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig, Germany . The project asks a timely question: how can we tell whether cities are actually implementing the climate adaptation measures they promise? The research will combine NLP , machine learning , and data mining to analyse urban climate adaptation plans, monitoring reports, and public procurement records, with the aim of tracking adaptation pro...

Andrew Lowy, Tenure-Track Faculty at CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, is recruiting a PhD student or postdoctoral researcher to join his group in Saarbrücken, Germany . The position is centered on the mathematical foundations of machine learning , with interests in differential privacy , optimization , and machine unlearning . The post also highlights broader directions in AI safety and alignment , especially for candidates interested in rigorous theoretical work, proving fundame...

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...

Postdoctoral position available in the team of María Piquer-Rodríguez at Freie Universität Berlin. The project focuses on sustainability issues in the German-Guatemalan palm-oil value chain, with research themes spanning Environmental Science, Geography, Agriculture, and Economics. The position is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - German Research Foundation in collaboration with Diego Valbuena. This is a 3-year postdoc opening for a motivated and experienced researcher. The p...

We’re hiring across Political Science at the University of Münster . This call includes five opportunities: three 100% postdoctoral positions in Comparative Politics , International Relations and Sustainability , and Quantitative Methods ; one 75% PhD position in Political Theory ; and one 65% research associate position in Sustainability Governance . The post is shared by Daniel Bischof , Professor in Comparative Politics. The announcement asks interested candidates to apply via the links in th...

GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences is recruiting a Research Associate (Postdoc) in the Field of Survey Research (GESIS Panel) for the Department of Survey Design & Methodology in Mannheim, Germany. This is a full-time, fixed-term post for four years, starting on 15 January 2027 . The successful candidate will join the GESIS Panel Team and help coordinate the implementation of the GESIS Panel.dbd Digital Behavioral Data Sample (GP.dbd) , a panel resource that enables the collection...