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Junior Professorship (W1, non tenured) in Computational Social Science (Fulltime, Salary level W 1 non tenured)

Reference No. 2024/235. The Department of Politics and Public Administration in the Faculty of Politics 鈥� Law 鈥� Economics seeks to 铿乴l this position by the 1st of October 2025.

The University of Konstanz is one of eleven Universities of Excellence in Germany. Since 2007 it has been successful in the German ExcellenceInitiative and its follow-up program, the Excellence Strategy. The Department of Politics and Public Administration conducts research and teaching at the highest level in the areas of (i) democracy and public policy, (ii) international politics, (iii) management and public administration, and (iv) data and methods. The successful candidate utilizes, evaluates and develops text-as-data methods to tackle policy-relevant problems. A focus on the application of Large Language Models to the analysis of textual resources such as legal texts, parliamentary speeches, media content, social media posts, and open-ended survey questions will be particularly welcome. The professorship will offer courses in text-as-data methods including LLMs, their applications in social science research, and their mathematical foundations. It will thus contribute to the undergraduate and graduate programs at the Department of Politics and Public Administration, the interdisciplinary Master鈥檚 program in Social and Economic Data Science (SEDS), and the Advanced Data and Information Literacy Track (ADILT). Involvement in the Cluster of Excellence 鈥淭he Politics of Inequality鈥� is welcome. The position requires an excellent doctoral degree in one of the social sciences, computer science, or statistics with an evident interdisciplinary inclination. Applicants should have a promising research record, substantiated through publications in high-ranking journals, as well as relevant teaching experience in the above-mentioned 铿乪ld. We place great emphasis on gender and diversity competence, re铿俥cted in teaching and research. The ability to teach in German is an advantage but not a requirement. In all other respects, the hiring requirements for junior professorships follow from 搂51 paragraph 2,3 of the Landeshochschulgesetz. The details of junior professorships at the University of Konstanz, particularly the interim and 铿乶al evaluation, are governed by 搂51 paragraph 7 of the Landeshochschulgesetz and the procedural regulations for junior professorships and junior lectureships without tenure track (搂搂51,51a LHG), available online. Concerning the application procedure, please contact Ms Stina B眉ntge, sektion.prw@uni-konstanz.de. Questions regarding the academic pro铿乴e of the position can be directed to Prof. Dr. Peter Selb, peter.selb@uni-konstanz.de. The University of Konstanz strives to increase the number of women working in research and teaching. The University commits itself to gender equality and family-friendliness as well as to creating an inclusive diversity culture in all areas and on all levels. Measures reach from childcare in the university鈥檚 own Kinderhaus (childcare centre) to support for working couples through a dual career program. (). Persons with disabilities are explicitly encouraged to apply and will be given preference if appropriately quali铿乪d. Please contact our representative for employees with disabilities, Tobias Neumann, sbv@uni-konstanz.de (+ 49 7531 88-4016). Applications with the usual documents (curriculum vitae, publication list, a list of grants and awards, details of teaching experience, statements on current research topics, future research directions and interests) can be submitted until 7th of January 2025, via our .