For the Department of Politics at the Institute for Eastern European Studies/Professorship of Political Science with a focus on Eastern Europe at the Department of Political and Social Sciences, we are looking for a student assistant to support research and teaching.

Research and teaching in the Department of Politics cover the whole range of political processes and institutions in Eastern Europe and post-Soviet Eurasia (with a special focus on Russia). Our main focus is on comparative authoritarianism.

Responsibilities:

• Supporting research work within the professorship;
• Scientific data management and analysis;
• Scientific literature research and procurement;
• Support in the preparation and implementation of courses;
• Blackboard assistance

Desired:

• Basic knowledge of quantitative empirical social research;
• Knowledge of how to use at least one common statistical programme (R, SPSS, STATA);
• Good knowledge of English;
• Good knowledge of Russian (sufficient for reading press articles and for researching statistical data in Russian-language sources);

Further information

Applications should be sent electronically by e-mail to Prof. Dr. Alexander Libman: sek-politik@oei.fu-berlin.de or by post to the

Freie Universität Berlin
Zentralinstitut Osteuropa-Institut
Herrn Prof. Dr. Alexander Libman
Garystr. 55
14195 Berlin (Dahlem)

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