Work group:
IAS-7 - Zivile Sicherheitsforschung
Area of research:
Scientific / postdoctoral posts
Job description:
Your Job:
As a postdoctoral researcher, you will take on a central role in advancing and integrating the research approaches within CrowdING. You will work closely with two doctoral researchers who focus on agent-based modeling and the quantitative analysis of spatial structures in experimental data. In doing so, you will develop your own research focus, support conceptual work, and contribute to scientific coordination within the project. Your tasks will include:
* Further development and integration of quantitative approaches for analyzing crowd dynamics
* Scientific support and, where applicable, co-supervision of two doctoral projects
* Development of your own research ideas at the interface of modeling, data analysis, and social-psychological concepts
* Collaboration in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of crowd experiments
* Publication of research results in international journals
* Presentations at international conferences and participation in project workshops in Wuppertal and Groningen (NL)
* Exchange and close collaboration with partners from physics, computer science, and social psychology
Your Profile:
* Completed master`s degree followed by a doctorate in physics, computer science, mathematics, data science, computational science or cognitive science
* Desirable, but not essential: Experience in agent-based modelling, Analysis of spatial or temporal movement data, Interest or initial experience in the use of geometric or morphological methods (e.g., Voronoi analyses, clustering methods, Minkowski functionals)
* Very good programming skills (e.g., in Python, C++, or comparable languages)
* Interest in social psychological concepts of group and crowd behavior and in collaborating with colleagues from social psychology
* Enthusiasm for combining and expanding methodological approaches and developing new measures or models
* Willingness to collaborate with doctoral students and interest in scientific supervision
* Very good written and spoken English
* Independent, creative, and structured scientific working style with motivation to set your own research priorities in the project
Our Offer:
We work on highly topical, socially relevant issues and offer you the opportunity to actively shape change! You can expect a wide range of opportunities:
* MEANINGFUL TASKS: The position offers a varied and diverse role in an international environment and freedom to pursue your own research ideas within the project context
* KNOWLEDGE & FURTHER TRAINING: Your further development is important to us – we offer a structured research environment with excellent opportunities for scientific advancement
* WORK-LIFE BALANCE: Optimal conditions for balancing work and private life, as well as a family-friendly company policy. The option of flexible working (in terms of location) is generally available after consultation and in accordance with upcoming tasks and (on-site) appointments
* VACATION: You will receive 30 days of vacation plus additional days off (e.g. between Christmas and New Year`s)
* FLEXIBILITY: Flexible working time models, including options close to full-time ( go.fzj.de/near-full-time ), allow you to tailor your working hours to suit your individual needs
* FAIR REMUNERATION: Depending on your existing qualifications and the tasks assigned to you, you will be classified in pay grade 13 of the TVöD-Bund (Collective Agreement for the Public Service). All information on the TVöD-Bund collective agreement can be found on the BMI website: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed. The monthly salaries in euros can be found on page 69 of the PDF download
* PERSPECTIVE: After a 3-year fixed-term contract, our goal is to retain you for the long term. Let`s use this time together to find out how well we fit together.
In addition to exciting tasks and a collegial working environment, we offer you much more: go.fzj.de/benefits
We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.
The following links provide further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality and on specific support options for women: go.fzj.de/womens-job-journey
This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.
Company
The Helmholtz Association contributes to solving major challenges to assure the future of our society. With more than 47.500 people on staff in 18 national Research Centers and an annual budget of more than 6 billion euros, the Helmholtz Association is Germany’s largest scientific organization. The name Helmholtz stands for concerted research, in which networks form the key principle behind inquiring thought and action.
The profile of the Helmholtz Association
The Helmholtz Association performs cutting-edge research which contributes substantially to solving the grand challenges of science, society and industry. To succeed in meeting these responsibilities, Helmholtz concentrates its work in six research fields: Energy, Earth and Environment, Health, Information, Matter, as well as Aeronautics, Space and Transport. Within each of these fields, research programs are developed by our scientists and regularly evaluated by renowned international experts. Their evaluation forms the basis for the program-oriented funding that is allocated to Helmholtz research. Within the six research fields, Helmholtz scientists cooperate with each other and with external partners – working across disciplinary, organizational and national borders.
Moreover, Helmholtz specializes in large-scale research infrastructures – from accelerator facilities, earth observation satellites, research ships to supercomputers. They form the basis for scientific advances in tackling global societal challenges. Managing national research infrastructure is part of the Helmholtz Association's mission.
Promoting young academics
Helmholtz scientists, a high-performance infrastructure and modern and efficient research management are the ingredients to the Helmholtz Association‘s success and global impact.
Promoting young researchers is a major priority for the Helmholtz Association. Its qualification schemes for young researchers are geared mainly towards PhD students, postdocs and young managers. The Helmholtz Association has set high standards for its talent management. Its strategy begins with targeted recruitment of highly qualified staff at all levels, followed by comprehensive support aimed at further developing their potential. Ensuring equal opportunities is an essential element in all talent management activities undertaken by the Helmholtz Association.
The Helmholtz Graduate Schools and Research Schools at almost all Helmholtz Centers provide doctoral students with the general and specific skills and training they need, as well as ample opportunity to network. The period following a doctorate is decisive in determining the direction and success of a scientific career. For this reason, we established Career Development Centers for postdoctoral researchers in the Helmholtz Centers. This equips young researchers with the skills they need to go on to head a Helmholtz Investigator Group, for example. As an Investigator Group leader, junior scientists can independently set up their own group to conduct research in their specialist field and acquire management skills.
Within its talent management strategy, the Helmholtz Association pays special attention to the increased recruitment of talented female scientists both from Germany and abroad. To this end, there are currently two funding programs supporting this policy: and Helmholtz Distinguished Professorship – Funding for the recruitment of leading international female scientists (W3) .
The increasing complexity of the content, structures and framework conditions of scientific work today requires researchers to organize their projects, their employees and, of course, themselves in a highly professional and effective way. In response to these demands, we have set up the Helmholtz Leadership Academy to provide leaders in science with professional management training. Furthermore, the Helmholtz network provides a platform for the alumni of the Helmholtz Leadership Academy to come together and share their experiences of leadership, career development and lifelong learning.
All of this combined makes the 18 Research Centers of the Helmholtz Association a highly attractive environment for talented researchers from all over the world.
Company info
Telephone
0049-30-206329-0
Location
Anna-Louisa-Karsch-Str. 2
Berlin
Berlin
10178
Germany