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GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences is an internationally active research institute, funded by federal and state governments and member of the Leibniz Association.

Starting on 1 February 2026, our Department Survey Design & Methodology (SDM), Team Cross-cultural Survey Methods, located in Mannheim, is looking for a

Researcher (Post-Doc)

(Salary group 13 TV-L, working time 100 %, 2-year contract)

The department Survey Design & Methodology (SDM) is both nationally and internationally recognized for its expertise in survey methodology, gained over many years by conducting own research as well as consulting on and implementing renowned survey projects. The position is part of the DFG-funded project “ScaleRep: Providing a Multilingual Answer Scale Repository to the Cross-cultural Research Community.” The project aims to develop and test a repository for frequently used multilingual answer scales (original language, tested/validated translations from existing studies, meta-information) and make it available to the community. The collaboration is interdisciplinary, involving software developers, language experts and language service providers.

Your tasks will be:

ㆍManaging the project from a content point of view, in close collaboration with a GESIS internal software developer and external language experts and service providers who, among other things, provide multilingual answer scales, evaluate them, or enrich them with meta-information

ㆍBeing the contact person for the relevant social science research communities

ㆍDrafting of guidelines for assessing the equivalence of multilingual answer scales, for replication by the research communities

ㆍDisseminating the repository at various stages of the project

ㆍProject-related research, e.g., on the equivalence of answer scales

Your profile:

ㆍCompleted Master’s degree and PhD in the social sciences, e.g., in psychology, sociology, political science, or a related field; experience with intercultural substantive or methodological research is an advantage

ㆍVery good knowledge of social science methods and in data analysis (e.g. R or Stata)

ㆍA strong interest in collaborating with software developers, including on software development, and in multilingual research

ㆍStructured, independent, and procative way of working

ㆍVery good written and spoken English; knowledge of German is an advantage

Our Benefits:

ㆍAn exciting opportunity to improve data quality, comparability, and replicability in intercultural research

ㆍSupport for your research activities by facilitating participation in international conferences and workshops

ㆍFlexible working hours and regulations for mobile working

ㆍVery good conditions for reconciling work and family life, e.g. subsidies for childcare for children who have not yet attained the age of compulsory schooling

ㆍHolistic company health management and discounted participation in the university's sports programme

ㆍGenerous support for your pension provision as a direct insurance policy

ㆍPromotion of your skills through further training measures

Contact

For further information concerning the tasks please contact Dr. Dorothée Behr (dorothee.behr@gesis.org) via email. If you have questions about the application process, please contact Helena Rustler (helena.rustler@gesis.org) via E-Mail.

Interested?

Please apply via our Online-application portal until 14.11.2025.
Our reference number is: SDM-179