Job offers

On this page we publish the jobs offers of our institute, especially in the service and technical departments.

The possibilities for promotion and scientific cooperation are not covered in any case here. Please inform yourself about this also on the pages of the scientific departments and research groups.

Information of the Max Planck Society for job seekers from both the scientific and the non-academic scope as well as the answers to 60 frequently asked questions you can find here: www.mpg.de/career.

Non-scientific positions

• The ERC-funded FINDER project is looking for one 1-year research technician in Archaeological Science. For further information please click here.

Postdoctoral research positions

• The PANTROPOCENE project is pleased to announce a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Land-use Characterization and Earth Systems Modeling. For more information please click here.
• The PANTROPOCENE project is pleased to announce a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Palaeoenvironmental Research. For more information please click here.
• The Transmission, Infection, Diversification & Evolution Group (tide) is offering a Postdoctoral position for its project:
  The "phylodynamics" of language evolution. For further information please click here.
• The 'Lise Meitner' Pan African Evolution Research Group (Pan-Ev) and the Extreme Events Research Group are seeking a postdoctoral research assistant in modelling and data science. For further information please click here.
• The Mind & Traditions research group is seeking for a postdoctal researcher for its project How to value cultural diversity. For further information please click here.
• The Mind & Traditions research group is seeking for a postdoctal researcher for its project Measuring the distinctiveness of traditional graphical symbols. For further information please click here.
• The Department of Archaeogenetics is offering a position for a postdoc in population genetics (E13 100%) for up to four years. For further information, please click here.

PhD positions

• The Department of Archaeology is offering a 3-year funded PhD position in archaeobotany with a focus on Central Asia. For full information please click here.
• The Department of Archaeology is offering up to five 3-year funded PhD positions. The following fields are eligible: biomolecular archaeology, palaeoproteomics, ZooMS, anthropogenic extinctions, environmental change, archaeobotany, Palaeolithic archaeology, and geoarchaeology. The deadline for applications is November 30, 2019. For more information, please click here.

Student Assistant positions

• The Scientific Services Group is looking for a Student Assistant to support the International Office Manager. For further information (in German) please click here.
• The Transmission, Infection, Diversification & Evolution Group (tide) is looking for a Student Assistant to support the development of phylogenetic analysis software within the Bayesian phylogenetic analysis framework BEAST2. For further information, please click here.
• The Department of Archaeology is hiring Student Assistants to assist in archaeological sample preparation in its isotope and biochemistry laboratories. For further information please click here
• The Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History is always looking for Student Assistants in all Departments, Research Groups, Service Units and Laboratories. For further information, please click here.

Internships

• There are no openings in this category at the moment.