PhD Positions in Social Sciences at MPIDR 1516 views

The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) invite applications to recruit 1-2 PhD students to work within the ERC-funded project “Lifespan inequalities: Why ages at death vary between countries and socioeconomic groups”. The selected PhD students will be jointly supervised by Alyson van Raalte at the MPIDR and a collaborating partner from a leading European university.

Requirements:

• Applicant must have strong quantitative skills and a background in the social sciences, statistics or epidemiology.
• The working language of the MPIDR is English, applicant must possess excellent proficiency in English (written and oral)

Duration: initially for 3 years; may be extended

Salary: net salary around 1250 € per month; may vary depending on factors such as experience and tax class.

Starting date: flexible, but no later than September 2018.

Application

• Applications to be sent to apply-lifeineq@demogr.mpg.de and include, in one pdf:
• Letter of Interest (2 page maximum)
• CV
• Contact information for 2 academic references