In the period from February 15 to April 15, 2026, 23.59 p.m. (Central European Summer Time - CEST) you can apply for a fellowship in 2027 at Schloss Wiepersdorf. Please read the following guidelines carefully. You will find the link to the application form at the end of the text.
In order to establish the Politics Department, the IOS announces the following research positions to be filled as soon as possible:
Two full-time Postdoctoral Researcher Positions (m/f/d).
The weekly working hours for postdoctoral positions are 100% of the standard working hours (TV-L, 40.1 hours per week).
Application deadline: June 15, 2025
On-line interviews with shortlisted candidates: June 23-27, 2025
Duration: 12+12 months. 12 months fellowship awarded upon selection, with the option for another 12 months extension of the fellowship pending successful performance of the fellow in the first 12 months.
Fellowship: 50 000 CZK per month. The selected fellow will be offered a regular employment agreement for 12 months in accordance with the law of the Czech Republic.
This full-time research position (100%; 39,5 h/week)**** is funded for three years by the DFG Emmy Noether project “The New Climate Divide” (Principal Investigator: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Endre Bobáth). An extension for an additional three years is possible, contingent upon the successful evaluation of the overall project.
The preferred starting date is May 1, 2025.
The Institute offers a number of non-stipendiary Research Fellowships and, except in exceptional circumstances, considers applications made by 20 May 2026 for Fellowships to begin at the start of the next academic year (2026-27).
The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) is a research institute of the Max Planck Society (MPG) with currently two research departments, several independent research groups, and a graduate school. At the MPIWG, around 150 scholars from all over the world investigate the sciences past and present, working together on a collective, collaborative, and transdisciplinary basis. The MPIWG is renowned worldwide as a hub for reflection on the role of the sciences in politics and society.