Your responsibilities will include:

• Project administration, including maintaining website content, supporting the team collaboration platform, preparing online meetings and taking minutes, and assisting with project reports and other administrative tasks.

• Tasks related to the GTN-P Data Platform: quality control of permafrost data, data uploads, platform testing, and developing code for data analysis and data management.

• Supporting other project-related activities as needed.

Opportunity for an MSc thesis

Preference will be given to students who are interested in conducting an MSc thesis related to the PeTCaT project. Possible research topics include: GTN-P, remote sensing of permafrost landscapes, ML, permafrost geospatial data synthesis and analysis amongst others.

Working place:
AWI Potsdam – or remote with occasional in-person meetings at the Potsdam Telegrafenberg Campus

Working hours:
~40 hours per month, possible on a flexible working schedule

Payment:
15,20 Euro per hour

Duration:
by agreement, preferably as early as possible to December, an extension might be possible

The PeTCaT project investigates how rapid permafrost thaw across the Arctic may influence future climate trajectories and the remaining global carbon budget required to meet climate targets. The project brings together nearly 40 researchers from seven institutions.

As part of the project, we collaborate with the Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN P), the leading international programme for long-term permafrost monitoring. The GTN-P Data Platform serves as the central access point for global permafrost data.

We are looking for a highly motivated student assistant (HiWi) to support the PeTCaT project and the GTN-P Data Platform

For further information, please contact Tillmann Lübker (tillmann.luebker@awi.de).
To apply, please send your CV and a short motivation letter by 10 August 2026.