CfA: Graduate Assistant (m/f/d) in the Lise Meitner Research Group14.11.2025 {en}

The Lise Meitner Research Group “China in the Global System of Science” in Berlin seeks to appoint a

Graduate Assistant (m/f/d)

–up to 12 hours per week, starting from March 1, 2026 for one year (with the possibility of extension), working in a Volkswagen Foundation funded research project–

Funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, the project China’s Science Silk Road and the New Geopolitics of Knowledge Production, led by Dr. Anna L. Ahlers, Dr. Han Cheng and Dr. Hang Zhou, is an international partnership between the Lise Meitner Research Group “China in the Global System of Science” at the MPIWG and Université Laval in Canada. It aims to conduct one of the first in-depth analyses of the Science Silk Road, exploring its components, impacts on scientific knowledge production in Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries, and implications for established science powers and international science alliances. Drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives from international relations, sociology of science, science and technology studies, anthropology and geography, the project will contribute to theoretical and policy debates at the intersection of science and geopolitics in the 21st century.

Deadline: 31 December 2025

Further information: https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/news-events/career/opportunities.