University of Jena, Germany

Come work with us as a Research Associate on our DFG-funded project on punishment and intergroup relations! The successful candidate will be supervised by Dr. Mete Sefa Uysal (University of Exeter) and Prof. Thomas Kessler (University of Jena) and will be working with a fantastic group of international researchers based in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Canada. The position is based at the University of Jena, Germany, with opportunities for short visits to the University of Exeter.

The successful candidate will be filling a part-time (75% / 30 hours per week) position as from 01.10.2025 until 30.09.2028, and is expected to assist the project entitled "Collective Punishment and Intergroup Relations" while working on their own academic qualification project (e.g., PhD).

We are looking for candidates who have a master's degree in psychology; very good knowledge of social psychological theory; very good written and spoken English; interest in planning, conducting and analysing quantitative studies, especially in the field of experimental research; and interest in theoretical and empirical work in the research project CoPIn (e.g., social identity, punishment, cooperation, conflict, collective action).

The application deadline is 15.05.2025. For questions and informal inquiries, please contact Dr. Mete Sefa Uysal (m.uysal@exeter.ac.uk).

Position call and submission pages:
DE: https://jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/d0fbd91ada01bc2b7222f607014585f5f9893f020
ENG: https://jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/5ab3bdfa3e4682d950f16baa23deb8a2759b8dd80