PhD student in sociology 75 - 100 %

Institute of Sociology, University of Bern
Start of employment: 01.03.2025 or by agreement
Employment is fixed term and limited to four years
The Institute of Sociology (IfS) at the University of Bern has a vacancy for a doctoral candidate with an employment rate of 75% - 100% starting March 1 or by arrangement. The position is part of an international project investigating the influence of work-related gender norms on the participation of women in the labor market.

The IfS is part of the Department of Social Sciences (consisting of Sociology, Political Science and Media Studies) at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences. The IfS is collectively managed and unites a dynamic team of researchers with expertise in, among others, social structure analysis, sociological theory, environmental, organizational and economic sociology, methods of empirical social research, and computational social science.

• Research activity for further scientific qualification (doctorate)
• Collaboration in the above-mentioned research project
• Further education as part of the doctoral program
• Teaching support for IfS courses
• Participation in academic activities of the IfS

• Interest in answering social scientific questions
• Very good degree in sociology or a related discipline
• Very good knowledge of analytical sociology and empirical social research
• Very good knowledge of statistical data analysis with R, Stata, or similar software
• Experience with handling survey and register data
• Very good knowledge of German and English

• Research activities on current and socially relevant topics
• Room to design your own research project
• Further training opportunities as part of the doctoral program
• Close and individual supervision of the doctoral thesis
• Embedding in a friendly and cooperative team at the IfS
• Excellent working conditions at the University of Bern
• Salary according to the regulations of the Swiss National Science Foundation for PhD students (avg. gross salary of about CHF 50,000 p.a.)

For further information on the position, please contact Prof. Dr. Wojtek Przepiorka (E-Mail schreiben).

Applications should include a short letter of motivation (maximum one page), a CV in tabular form, two references that we can contact if necessary (no reference letters) and copies of the most important certificates (Matura or Abitur, university certificate). A first round of online interviews with selected candidates is expected to take place on January 15.
Please send your application in a single PDF file via e-mail no later than 23.12.2024 to E-Mail schreiben.