Within the DFG-funded Infrastructure Priority Programme New Data Spaces for the Social Sciences
(SPP 2431), the following position (salary max. E14 TV-L, 100%) is to be filled as of 01 April 2024,
provided that final approval is granted by the DFG. The position is initially limited to three years. It
may be extended depending on the approval of the second funding phase. The programme may also
be extended for more than six years.
Managing Director (f/m/d) of the DFG Infrastructure Priority
Programme New Data Spaces for the Social Sciences
New Data Spaces is a multi-local programme distributed across several institutes and universities in
Germany. Coordination and management of the Priority Programme is located at the Leibniz Institute
for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) in Bamberg.
The Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi), with about 250 employees, is an independent
research and infrastructure institution for empirical educational research and a member of the
Leibniz Association. The core of the institute is the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS), the
largest longitudinal educational study in Germany. LIfBi is active in acquiring third-party funding and
is constantly expanding its research profile through successfully acquired projects.
The Managing Director will work in close cooperation with the speaker of the programme, Prof. Dr.
Cordula Artelt, Director of LIfBi, and the other members of the programme committee: Prof. Dr.
Corinna Kleinert (LIfBi), Prof. Dr. Stefan Liebig (Freie Universität Berlin), Prof. Dr. Alexander Mehler
(Goethe-Universität Frankfurt), Prof. Dr. Reinhard Pollak (Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences,
GESIS). The programme committee and Managing Director are also in charge of the programme’s
central project ENTAILab, the programme’s core infrastructural service and research center.
The Programme New Data Spaces for the Social Sciences
This coordinated long-term research programme aims at innovating the data landscape available for
social science research by improving, enhancing, and combining existing data sources and data that
have only recently become available. The programme contributes to this aim by bundling the skills,
knowledge, and expertise in different fields of empirical social research and computer science and by
providing the means to test new methods and procedures of data generation, to develop best
practice examples of data sources, data collection, and data integration, to enhance data quality, and
to anchor innovations in data collection programmes.
For more information on the programme and ENTAILab see: www.new-data-spaces.de
Your tasks
The Managing Director will be responsible for
• ensuring coordinated processes and enabling collaboration within and among the SPP
projects, together with the programme committee’s members and their lead and
coordination of ENTAILab
• conceptualizing, initiating, organizing, and coordinating a kick-off meeting, annual
workshops and hackathons, a cluster conference as well as regular Steering group and
Board meetings
http://www.new-data-spaces.de/
• coordinating, organizing, and accounting for the central network funds and the exchange
initiatives (exchange program, organizing interdisciplinary research tandems)
• general media and science communication (public affairs) in cooperation with the LIfBi
communication team and in consultation with the speaker
Together with his/her team (one administrative support position and two student assistants) the
Managing Director might also be responsible for coordinating central output of the Programme and
supporting the dissemination of findings.
Your prerequisites
• A Doctorate in a relevant subject area (e.g., social sciences, psychology, educational research,
computer science)
• Experience in science communication
• Experience and in the field of survey methods
• Interest in, and ideally experience with, questions of (longitudinal) empirical social research
and panel studies, survey data, data protection and ethics, open science
• Excellent knowledge of English, the ability to work in and coordinate interdisciplinary and
multi-local teams, and extensive experience in project management
We offer
• Possibility of intensive networking in seminal subject areas highly relevant for society
• Performance-adequate salary (TV-L)
• Flexible working times, possibility of remote work, broad offers of further training
• Modern workplace and environment (see https://www.lifbi.de/en-us/Start/Career)
• Working in an attractive region with high living standards
The programme is committed to gender equality and staff diversity. We promote the compatibility of
work, family, and care.
Contact
Please apply by 29 February 2024 via our online form. If you have any questions about the position
and programme, please contact Dr. Patrick Rummel (+49 951 863-3784, patrick.rummel@lifbi.de) or
the programme‘s speaker Prof. Dr. Cordula Artelt (+49 951 863-2060, cordula.artelt@lifbi.de).
https://www.lifbi.de/en-us/Start/Career