Student assistant (m/f/d) Melting Mountains: Environment, Society and the Vertical Climate Frontier in the Greater Altai (1950-2020)

The Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) conducts comparative research into the historical and cultural development processes in the region between the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea and the Adriatic from late antiquity to the present day. The GWZO, which has been based in Leipzig city centre since 2010 and in Prague city centre from 2025, employs around 80 staff from Germany and abroad.

As of 01.11.2024 we are looking for a

student assistant (m/f/d)

up to 35 hours per month, initially for 12 months for the project "Melting Mountains: Environment, Society and the Vertical Climate Frontier in the Greater Altai (1950-2020)".

The research project explores the climatic history of the Greater Altai Highlands in the Anthropocene (1950-2020) through the notion of the vertical climate frontier, focusing on how climate change threatens the traditional livelihoods of local people, making them more dependent on states and lowland societies. The project aims to contribute to mountain studies and to the climate and environmental history of socialist and post-socialist countries by proposing a new methodological approach to the study of climate change impacts in mountain regions.

Applicants will be invited to an interview between September 4 and 6, 2024.

Tasks:

• Literature research and acquisition
• Publication support (formal proofreading)
• Supporting our team in the planning and organisation of digital, hybrid and face-to-face events

Your profile:

• Good knowledge of English (B2 level), knowledge of Chinese and/or Russian at a level that enables you to conduct research
• Friendliness and open-mindedness as well as very good communication and teamwork skills
• Independent, careful, reliable and result-oriented work style

We offer:

• Payment in accordance with the current maximum payment rates for student assistants in the Free State of Saxony
• Flexible working hours
• A varied range of activities in an open and team-oriented working environment
• A lively social culture, openness and trustful cooperation 
• Workplace in the heart of the city of Leipzig

The GWZO is committed to equal rights for women and men. Disabled people with equal qualifications are given priority.

Applications should be sent with the usual documents (CV, certificates, transcript of records, letter of motivation) by 28 August 2024 to the Director of the GWZO (Prof. Dr Maren Röger, Reichsstr. 4-6, 04109 Leipzig), by e-mail to: bewerbung(at)leibniz-gwzo.de. If you have any questions about the position, please contact Prof. Dr Julia Herzberg (julia.herzberg(at)leibniz-gwzo.de). Further information about the GWZO can be found on our website www.leibniz-gwzo.de. An application by e-mail is questionable under data protection law. The sender bears full responsibility for this.

Further information about the GWZO can be found on our website www.leibniz-gwzo.de.

Purpose and legal basis of the processing of personal data

Any data you provide us with in connection with your application will be processed only for the purposes of this selection process and, where appropriate, in preparation for your employment. The legal basis of the processing of your personal data is § 11 Sentence 1 of the Saxon Data Protection Act (SächsDSG) in conjunction with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The controller responsible for data protection is the addressee of the application as stated above. Your application documents will be made available to:

• the members of the appointment committee,
• the personnel management,
• the Equal Opportunity Commissioner,
• the Disability Officer and
• the works council (if applicable)

within the scope of their organisational and legal competences.

Your personal data will be erased no later than six months after completion of the selection process. You have the following rights vis-à-vis the controllers with regard to your personal data: Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR), Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR); Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR), Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR), and Right to object to data processing (Art. 21 GDPR). Please direct any questions to the data protection officer at the GWZO. Furthermore, there is a right of appeal to the Saxon data protection officer.