The Institute of Sociology at Freie Universität Berlin conducts research on current sociological issues with a focus on international, especially European societies and the analysis of globalisation and Europeanisation processes. Since 2006, the Institute has offered the bilingual Master's programme "Sociology - European Societies" and the Bachelor's programme "Global Sociology". The research and teaching agenda, in which the regional institutes for Latin America, North America and Eastern Europe are also involved, also benefits from close cooperation with non-university institutions such as the Socio-Economic Panel at DIW Berlin and the Social Science Research Centre Berlin (WZB). For further information see https://www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/soziologie.

The vacant position is assigned to the Department of Social Structure Analysis and Survey Methodology (Prof. Dr Stefan Liebig). The Department of Empirical Social Structure Analysis analyses how individual preferences, values, attitudes and the actions of individuals are shaped by social structures and vice versa: how individuals influence the structures of modern societies through their actions. The analyses focus primarily on current social dynamics of the development of social inequalities, migration and refugee movements, prejudice and discrimination, as well as social threats. When analysing these phenomena, we take a strictly theoretical approach and draw on theories and explanatory approaches from the social, economic and behavioural sciences. Our empirical studies are generally based on large national and international, cross-sectional and longitudinal data sets from the social and economic sciences. We are looking for a student assistant with an interest in questions in the field of "Social inequalities and their perception and evaluation.

Job description:

Supporting the research group’s research and teaching agenda in the area of “Social inequalities, their perception and evaluation”:
1. Research tasks include assisting with data analysis using the German Socio-economic Panel (SOEP), the European Social Survey (ESS) and other large-scale datasets from the social sciences, literature research as well as preparation of publications and other materials for dissemination
2. Teaching related tasks include assisting with literature searches, preparing slides, Blackboard

Desirable:

- enrolled in Sociology, Political Science, Economics or related disciplines
- good academic achievements
- excellent computer skills and knowledge of Office applications
- knowledge and experience in survey-based social research
- knowledge and experience in STATA and/or R, esp. panel- and multi-level analysis
- communication skills
- highly proficient in spoken and written English (C1); good working knowledge of German (B2)

For further information, please contact Ms. Kathrin Oster (kathrin.oster@fu-berlin.de/ +49 30 838 71265).