Your tasks:

• we primarily focus on collaboration in research as well as independent academic work and further training
• presentation of own research results at conferences and workshops
• participation in the development and elaboration of ideas for research projects
• teaching expectation during semester times (4h/week) - The teaching language can be arranged flexibly in either English or German.
• supervision of seminar papers and assistance with examinations

Your profile:

• A successfully completed scientific university degree in a suitable field (biology, physics, mathematics)
• A successfully completed doctorate (Ph D degree) in a suitable field (biology, physics, mathematics) by the time of recruitment
• Skills in theoretical evolutionary ecology with a proven capability of producing publishable research in this field
• An interest in working in a ‘theory hub’ with full-time junior researchers as well as short-term visitors
• An interest in developing one’s teaching skills
• Proficiency in written and spoken English

What we have to offer:

• A chance to work within a newly established hub in theoretical evolutionary ecology
• Internal and external training opportunities
• Jobticket, optional for the entire Rhine-Main area
• Extensive human resources development offer
• Flexible working time arrangements

• CV + publication list
• Proof of your doctorate or a documentation of the stage of the doctorate, should completion be imminent
• A one-page motivation letter, that also indicates the position of primary interest (‘bird’ or ‘non-bird’)
• Some comments on one paper, chosen either from the journal club list of kokkonuts.org (section ‘journal club’), or from Prof. Kokko’s Google scholar profile. This part of the application should list the comments that the applicant would plan to give in a journal club if this paper was discussed there. The length of this document is not prescribed: concise expression, but with enough detail so that a reader can follow the logic, is ideal.
• Two names and email addresses of references