Berlin School of Economics RAP - Call for Applications 2026

Detailed information on the available position at the University of Potsdam can be found here:
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Labour/Education Economics 

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.

For further details or inquiries concerning this position, please contact Prof. Dr. Marco Caliendo (caliendo@uni-potsdam.de).

The WZB Research Area 'Markets & Choice' (MC) is looking to fill 3 openings for postdoctoral research associates in the summer/fall of 2026 to join the group of economists at the WZB Social Science Center Berlin and the MPIB. Strong post-doctoral researchers interested in doing cutting edge research with a background in applied micro- and/ or experimental economics and micro-econometrics and a research focus on behavioral economics, market design, media economics or digitalization/AI are encouraged to apply to one of the following:

1. For the Research unit ‘Market Behavior’ (head: Dorothea Kübler), we are searching for a behavioral economist working on theory and/or experiments, especially in the field of matching markets, education, and labor (3-6 years). (Link to the website/postdoc position description tba)
    
2. The Research group ‘Inequality, Social Mobility and Growth’ (head: Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln), and the interdisciplinary group at the ‘Center for Humans and Machines’ (CHM, head: Iyad Rahwan) at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development (MPIB) in Berlin are jointly looking for a postdoctoral researcher with strong microeconometric skills and experience working with observational data and quasi-experimental designs to investigate the economic, social, and cultural effects of artificial intelligence, especially addressing questions in labor economics or cultural evolution, and in how AI influences markets, social norms, and human behavior. This position will be based at the MPIB as part of CHM projects (2+1 years). (For the legally binding ad go to: MPIB website)
    
3. For the ‘Information, Incentives, and Inequality group’ (head: Maja Adena) we are offering a postdoctoral position (3 years) funded by two DFG-funded projects: "Responsible Citizenship in a Digitalized World—Field Experiments with a News App" and "(Mis)Trust in Science: Roots, Mechanisms, Consequences, and Remedies." The ideal candidate will have a research background in media economics and applied microeconomics and/or experimental economics, experience in conducting experiments and/or big data analysis, and a good command of German. (Link to the website/postdoc position description tba)

The WZB is a publicly funded research institution within the Leibniz Association. The scientific research conducted at the WZB in the field of social sciences is theory-driven and problem-oriented. The position at the WZB includes freedom from teaching obligations, strong administrative support for projects, grant applications and the organisation of workshops, access to the WZB-TU Economic Laboratory, and numerous opportunities for exchange with academic colleagues.

For more details about the position, please contact Prof. Dorothea Kübler (dorothea.kuebler@wzb.eu), Prof. Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln (nicola.fuchs@wzb.eu), Prof. Maja Adena (maja.adena@wzb.eu) or MC research manager Babette Hagemann (babette.hagemann@wzb.eu).

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin School of Business and Economics

Research Associate (m/f/d) in economics or business administration with expected full-time employment - E 13 TV-L HU (third-party funding limited until December 31, 2028)

In collaboration with the Berlin School of Economics, the Microeconomics Research Group at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin invites applications for the position of a Research Associate (m/f/d).

Excellent researchers particularly from the following fields are invited to apply: organizational economics, public policy, education economics, behavioral economics, personnel economics.

Job description:

- scientific service in teaching and research in economics or business administration at the Bachelor, Master or PhD levels

- Successful candidates will become members of the collaborative research center TRR 190 “Rationality and Competition: The Economic Performance of Individuals and Firms.”

- collaboration in the DFG-funded Project “Anticipation of Social Influence”

- tasks for personal scientific qualification

Requirements:

- completed scientific university education and PhD (completed or close to completion) in economics or a related discipline

- excellent knowledge of economic research methods and a strong record of independent research

- very good command of written and spoken English (at least B2)

Information about the Microeconomics Research Group can be found at

https://www.wiwi.hu-berlin.de/en/Professorships/vwl/microeconomics.

Information about the Berlin School of Economics is available athttps://berlinschoolofeconomics.de/home, and details about the CRC TRR 190 can be found at rationality-and-competition.de.

The position is to be filled as soon as possible, no later than October 1, 2026.

Please send your application (including a letter of motivation, research plans, a detailed curriculum vitae, copies of degree certificates, and teaching evaluations, if available, within 5 weeks, referencing the job ID DR/002/26 to Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, School of Business and Economics, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin or preferably in electronic form as a PDF-file to myrna.selling@hu-berlin.de; in addition applicants are required to organize the separate submission of at least two academic letters of recommendation by their referees, to be sent by the referees via email to myrna.selling@hu-berlin.de. Only complete applications will be considered.

For further information, please contact Anja Schöttner (anja.schoettner@hu-berlin.de) or Jonas Radbruch (jonas.radbruch@hu-berlin.de).

The Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is seeking to increase the proportion of women in research and teaching, and specifically encourages qualified female scholars to apply. Severely disabled applicants with equivalent qualifications will be given preferential consideration. People with an immigration history are specifically encouraged to apply.

Since we will not return your documents, please submit copies in the application only. Information pursuant to Art. 12, 13 DSGVO on the processing of personal data at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin within the framework of job advertisements can be found on our website: hu.berlin/DSGVO.

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