The interdisciplinary Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics. Dynamics of Tradition and Innovation” at the University of Münster (WWU), Germany, is offering up to two positions as Doctoral Research Associates (Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in) commencing on 1 October 2022. We are offering two fixed-term, part-time positions. These fixed-term positions are offered at a 65% TV-L E 13 salary level. Currently, the regular working time for full (100%) employment is 39 hours and 50 minutes per week. The positions are available for three years (until 30 September 2025).

Successful candidates will join the Graduate School of the Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics. Dynamics of Tradition and Innovation”. The Cluster is an interdisciplinary research association with a thematic focus on religion as a driving force behind political and social change. Disciplines involved include political science, sociology, psychology, history, Catholic and Protestant theology, law, Islamic studies and theology, Jewish studies, Egyptology, classical and early Christian archaeology, philosophy, philology, art history, and ethnology. 

This position is tied to working towards a doctorate in one of the Cluster’s disciplines. All doctoral projects will be supervised by professors affiliated with the Cluster. Besides working on their own projects, PhD students will participate in the Cluster’s structured Doctoral Studies Programme and contribute to the Cluster’s research agenda.