Student assistant (40 hours per month)

The project “Food coalitions beyond the local scale: spaces for a democratic sustainability transformation of food systems?”, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), focuses on cross-border initiatives to promote sustainable and democratic agricultural and food systems. This transdisciplinary project is being carried out in cooperation with the University of Basel and BOKU University Vienna. Further information on the project is available at: https://translocalfoodcoalitions.org/en/

• Assisting with the research and characterization of cross-border initiatives promoting sustainable and democratic agricultural and food systems (20%)
• Researching and compiling relevant academic literature (excerpts) (20%)
• Providing substantive support in documenting interviews (20%)
• Contributing substantively to the preparation, compilation, and analysis of results (30%)
• Support in preparing the content for academic events(10%)

Required criteria:

• Basic knowledge of global sustainable food systems
• Experience with qualitative methods in social research
• Experience with literature reviews
• Good command of German and/or English required; willingness to acquire any missing language skills

Preferred criteria:

• Experience using MAXQDA
• Strong knowledge of interview data analysis

Please send your application, compiled into a single PDF document (maximum size: 5 MB), via email, citing the reference number.

Party responsible for specialist area / point of contact for job posting: Benjamin Hennchen - hennchen@ztg.tu-berlin.de
Period of employment: 01.11.2026 - 31.08.2027
Apply to: hennchen@ztg.tu-berlin.de

Please submit your written application including cover letter, your CV, certificate of enrollment, and where applicable, current transcript of records, with the reference number to the place of employment indicated above.
In the interest of promoting equality opportunities for men and women, applications from women with suitable qualifications are particularly encouraged.