Manager SurveyLab

### (Full-time, pay scale E 13 TV-L, permanent position, starting date: October 2026)

Reference No.: 2026/093.

The University of Konstanz is a dynamic and internationally successful research university with approximately 10,000 students. The campus university’s architecture promotes interdisciplinary cooperation and a sense of community among researchers, lecturers and students. The University of Konstanz has been continuously funded by the German Excellence Strategy since 2006.

We invite applications for the position of Manager of the SurveyLab. The SurveyLab is a core facility of the University of Konstanz, supporting researchers of the University with their surveys. The SurveyLab acts in close collaboration with the Working Group of Survey Methods in the Department of Sociology. The manager’s responsibility is to support researchers with their surveys, develop the capacities of the SurveyLab in innovative field of survey research and make an independent contribution to survey methods research.

The Surveylab is part of the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality” which brings together researchers from political science, sociology, economics, linguistics, and related disciplines. Together, they study the political causes and consequences of inequality, focusing on how people perceive inequalities, how these perceptions influence collective mobilisation, and how political actors react. In doing so, we adopt a broad perspective on inequality, examining dimensions such as education, income, wealth, environmental conditions, political and social rights, as well as privileges.

Your Responsibilities

• Support researchers in designing, implementing and conducting survey studies at the Cluster and the University
• Support survey researchers with the management of their data
• Further develop capacities of the SurveyLab in innovative fields (such as AI use, data linkage, survey experiments)
• Produce high-quality and internationally visible research publications on survey methodology
• Establish collaborations with researchers in the Cluster

Your Competencies

• PhD in the social sciences
• Experience in survey methods research
• Specific focus on at least one modern development of survey research (such as AI use, data linkage, survey experiments)
• International orientation in research networks and output
• Ability and willingness to engage in interdisciplinary collaborations

We Offer

• An interesting, challenging and varied role at a young, family-friendly university with a strong research focus
• Opportunities for individual research and further development
• An outstanding research community of professors, junior professors, postdoctoral candidates, guest lecturers and doctoral candidates engaged in frontier research on inequality and related issues
• Constance is one of Germany’s choice destinations. Its unique setting on the shores of Lake Constance and the River Rhine, as well as its proximity to the Alps, Switzerland, Austria, and France, make it the ideal location for research and leisure.

Questions can be directed to the Managing Director of the Cluster, Mr. Dr. Thomas Wöhler via e-mail: .

We look forward to receiving your application with the usual documents until 31.05.2026 via our .

The University of Konstanz is committed to ensuring an environment that provides equal opportunities and promotes diversity, as well as a good balance between university and family life. As an equal opportunity employer, we strive to increase the number of women working in research and teaching. We also support working couples through our . Persons with disabilities are explicitly encouraged to apply. They will be given preference if appropriately qualified (contact , + 49 7531 88-4016).