Postdoc Position (m/f/d) for Cluster of Excellence "Transforming Human Rights"
Your workplace
“Protecting migrant rights and democratic rights through law: Friends, foes or strangers?“, research project based at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), aims to examine the entanglements and disentanglements between the legal practices to protect migrant rights and democratic rights across Europe. Focussing on legal practices in Denmark, Germany, Greece, Poland, Turkey and the UK domestically and supranationally, it asks whether and how real-world experiences to protect migrant rights and democratic rights though law are entangled or disentangled, for what reasons and with what consequences.

The project is part of the Cluster of Excellence „Transforming Human Rights“. For more information see:

https://www.humanrights.fau.eu/research-chren/exc-transforming-hr/

Our benefits

• Regular promotion to the next level and increase in salary pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement for the public service of the German Länder (TV-L) or remuneration pursuant to the Bavarian Public Servants Remuneration Act (BayBesG) plus an additional annual bonus
• 30 days annual leave at five working days per week with additional free days on December 24 and 31
• Occupational pension scheme and asset accumulation savings scheme
• Excellent support during the academic qualification phase
• Family-friendly environment with childcare options, also during school holidays
• Flexible working hours
• A wide range of training courses and opportunities for professional development

Your Tasks
The postdoc will work in close collaboration with the co-PIs of the project, prof. Grażyna Baranowska (FAU) and prof. Başak Çalı (University of Oxford) and will be based at the FAU.

The postdoctoral researcher will conduct independent and collaborative research at the intersection of migrant rights and democratic rights. The postdoc will

1. contribute to the mapping legal practice communities working on migrant rights and democratic rights in six jurisdictions
2. develop a preliminary research matrix examining how the relationship between migrant rights and democratic rights manifests across different country contexts
3. co-organize three practitioner workshops.

The role will also involve conducting expert interviews.

Your Profile
Necessary Qualifications:

• Completed PhD/doctorate (thesis must be submitted by the starting date of the contract), with a strong focus on migration and/or democracy in human rights studies
• Experience in legal practice or in working with practitioners
• Initial experience in publishing academic work
• Fluency in English

Additional Qualifications:

• Knowledge of at least one of the country case studies (Denmark, Germany, Greece, Poland, Turkey and the UK)
• Strong knowledge of European and international standards at the intersection of migration and democracy.
• Training in or previous experience with socio-legal research methods

Supplementary description
We seek to realize equal opportunities, and encourage applications from interested individuals regardless of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, religion, or belief. The Cluster has appointed an Equity and Diversity Steward and an Equity and Diversity Coordinator who will participate in the selection process.

Please upload your application by 18 June 2026 (cover letter, CV, list of publications, copies of certificates) to the FAU online platform and refrain from sending applications by post or email. Interviews with selected candidates will take place on 6 July 2026.

For questions, you may contact: prof. Grażyna Baranowska ()

Application deadline

2026-06-18

Title

Postdoc Position (m/f/d) for Cluster of Excellence "Transforming Human Rights"

Job start date

2026-09-01

Payment

E13

Working time

full time

Weekly working hours

40

### Temporary Contract yes

Further general conditions

Work location

Andreij-Sacharow-Platz 1
90403 Nürnberg

Contact

Prof. Dr. Grazyna Baranowska
Tel.: +49 9131 8526840
Mobil:
grazyna.baranowska@fau.de

Please apply via our online platform instead of sending applications by post or e-mail. Applications sent to us by post will not be returned.

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FAU is a modern, cosmopolitan and family-friendly employer. We welcome your application irrespective of your age, gender, cultural and social background, religion, ideological beliefs, disability or sexual identity. Applicants with a disability or who are considered to be equivalent to people with a disability will be given preference provided their aptitude, performance and capability are essentially the same. We are happy to offer part-time positions, provided a job-sharing arrangement means that the tasks in the area are fully covered.

If you wish, you may invite a person responsible for ensuring equal rights to accompany you to the job interview without incurring any disadvantages.