The following nine institutions cooperate in the Research Associates Program of the Berlin School of Economics (BSoE RAP) to promote the careers of junior researchers: the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics at European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), the School of Business and Economics at Freie Universität Berlin, the School of Business and Economics at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, the School of Economics and Management at Technische Universität Berlin, the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Potsdam, ESMT Berlin, the Hertie School, ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin Institute for the Economy and the Future of Work (RFBerlin) and the WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
The Berlin School of Economics invites applications for several Research Associate positions for fixed-term appointments between 3 to 6 years, according to German WissZeitVG - E 13 TV-L HU/TU/FU/UP or E 14 TVöD.
Excellent researchers from the following fields are invited to apply: macroeconomics, applied microeconomics, experimental economics, behavioral economics, labor economics, economics of education and media economics.
Each of the positions will be hosted and administered by one of the nine Berlin School of Economics institutions.
Duties: Successful candidates will contribute part of their time to research and teaching in economics at the Bachelor, Master or PhD levels, as well as to furthering their own research agenda.
Requirements: Applicants should hold a PhD in economics or a neighboring discipline at the position starting date, and should have excellent qualifications as well as outstanding own research.
Applicants should submit
Applicants are required to organize the separate submission of at least two academic letters of recommendation by their referees. Nominated references will be contacted by the Berlin School of Economics and will be asked to uploaded their letter in the Berlin School of Economics application portal.
Applications should be submitted online at our application portal no later than November 20th, 2025 (CET). Only complete applications will be considered.
For further information, please contact the Berlin School of Economics Office (bsoe.admission@hu-berlin.de) or Peter Haan (peter.haan@fu-berlin.de).
We highly appreciate diversity and are thus pleased to receive any application - irrespective of gender, nationality, disability, or ethnic and social background.
The application deadline to the Berlin School of Economics RAP Program is November 20, 2025 (CET).
Detailed information on the available position at the University of Potsdam can be found here:
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Labour/Education Economics (Link to the document tba).
Please visit the official website of the University of Potsdam, which gives you access to the legally binding German version:
Akademische/-r Mitarbeiter/-in (w/m/d) (Postdoc) in der Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Fakultät, Professur für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung (Link to the document tba).
For further details or inquiries concerning this position, please contact Prof. Dr. Marco Caliendo (caliendo@uni-potsdam.de).
The WZB offers three positions for postdoctoral research associates in 2026. Strong researchers with a research focus on issues related to macroeconomics, applied microeconomics, experimental economics, behavioral economics, labor economics and media economics are encouraged to apply.
For more details about the positions, please contact WZB research manager for the econonmists' groups, Babette Hagemann (babette.hagemann@wzb.eu).
