Offene Stellen / Open Positions

Prof. Enzo Nussio invites applicants for a Research Assistant / Hilfsassistent:in position (roughly 10-20%). The Research Assistant will work in the team of the consolidator project entitled “Decades of Peace” (funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation).

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Please apply here: 2025 - Research Assistant - Professor Nussio

The Department of Political Science at the University of Zurich invites applications for a fixed-term of 7 weeks (10 hours/week). An extension of up to 27 weeks is possible, contingent on the project receiving the required funding. The position as Research Assistant starts on March 1, 2025 (or upon agreement) and is part of the research project “On the Social Origins of Political Selection” (see more here), led by MSc. Felipe Perilla Reyes at the Chair of Political Institutions and European Government, under the supervision of professor Jonathan Slapin.

Further information: 2025-RA-Slapin (PDF, 93 KB)

Please apply here: 2025 - Research Assistant - Professor Slapin

The Department of Political Science at the University of Zurich (www.ipz.uzh.ch) invites applicants for a PhD position in the research group of Dr. Thomas Malang. The PhD student will work in the project entitled Contested Representation of Inequalities in International Cooperation which is part of the University Research Priority Program (URPP) Equality of Opportunity (www.urpp-equality.uzh.ch).

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Please apply her:2025 - PhD Position - Dr. Thomas Malang

The Department of Political Science at the University of Zurich (www.ipz.uzh.ch) invites applicants for a PhD position in the research group of Prof. Silja Häusermann. The PhD student will work in the project entitled Inequalities, Politicization and Policy Demand, which is part of the University Research Priority Program (URPP) Equality of Opportunity (www.urpp-equality.uzh.ch).

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Please apply here:2025 - PhD Position - Professor Häusermann

The Department of Political Science at the University of Zurich (www.ipz.uzh.ch) invites applications for a post-doctoral research position in the research group of Professor Silja Häuser-mann (siljahaeusermann.org/), who holds the Chair in Swiss Politics and Comparative Political Economy.
The research agenda of our group is situated at the intersection of comparative political economy, comparative politics, political behavior and welfare state research. Substantively, our research relates to the development of party systems, political conflict and electoral sociology, economic regimes, labor markets, social policy and inequality in Western Europe. Our teaching is in the areas of both Comparative Political Economy, as well as Swiss Politics.

Further information: 2025-Postdoc-Häusermann (PDF, 87 KB)

Please apply here: 2025 - Postdoc Position - Professor Silja Häusermann