<div dir="ltr"><p style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The
School of Social Sciences at the University of Mannheim invites applications
for a position as an </span></p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Arial,Bold',serif">Assistant
Professor in Statistics and Social Research Methods (W1) </span></p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We
seek a scholar with an innovative research agenda and teaching experience in
social research methods and statistics. The candidate should ideally have at
least one substantial research area in the sociology of the family, education,
or social mobility. The successful candidate should be committed to outstanding
teaching in methods, sociology, and related courses offered in the B.A. and
M.A./Ph.D. programs in sociology. Contributions to the research activities at
the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) are expected. We
explicitly welcome participation in the social science doctoral program (taught
in English) of the Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences (GESS). </span></p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Candidates
will need to demonstrate excellent teaching skills. Employment requirements
include a first university degree and a doctoral degree. An outstanding
dissertation is expected. Teaching can be in English, but non-German speakers
are expected to learn German within the first three years. The University of
Mannheim is deeply committed to student mentoring and expects a strong presence
of its faculty on campus. The successful candidate is therefore expected to
move into the Mannheim metropolitan area. </span></p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The
University of Mannheim is an equal opportunity employer. Candidates with
disabilities will be given preference in case of equal qualifications. The
University of Mannheim seeks to increase the percentage of its female faculty
members in research and teaching. Thus, qualified women are especially encouraged
to apply. </span></p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Please
submit your application online at <a href="http://jobs.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/">http://jobs.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/</a>.
Your application should consist of four PDFs: a cover letter, curriculum vitae
including a list of publications, certificates and records and the two latest
teaching evaluations (in a single file). </span></p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">If
you cannot submit your application online, please send the above mentioned
documents to the Dean of the School of Social Sciences at the University of
Mannheim, A5, 6, 68131 Mannheim, Germany. </span></p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">All
applications received before September 10, 2015 will be given full
consideration. </span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Leora Lawton PhD<br>Executive Director<br>Berkeley Population Center<br>350K Barrows Hall<br>(of) 510-643-1270<br>(m) 510-928-7572<br><a href="http://www.popcenter.berkeley.edu" target="_blank">www.popcenter.berkeley.edu</a><br></div>
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