The International Psychoanalytic University Berlin (IPU) and the Hans Kilian and Lotte Köhler-Center (KKC) for Social and Cultural Psychology and Historical Anthropology at the Ruhr-University Bochum jointly invite applications for a 12-month

 

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Social and Cultural Psychology and Psychoanalysis

The successful candidate will have completed his/her PhD in the past three years with an outstanding dissertation in a relevant field; possess strong research skills and interest in the fields of depth psychological social research and cultural analysis and/or interpretive cultural psychology; possess solid knowledge of qualitative research methods and of subject, social, and cultural theory; and have an ability and willingness to think interdisciplinarily.

 

The fellowship will enable the postdoc to pursue a research project in a concentrated manner and to benefit from open-minded discussion partners.

The successful candidate

  • will receive a monthly salary of 3,000 euros (plus child allowance, if applicable) for a period of one year to work on a habilitation or comparable research project, regardless of the phase of the project;
  • will be provided with a workspace in Bochum for 6 months and in Berlin for another 6 months, so that the fellow can benefit from the specific strengths of the IPU and the KKC (regular presence at the respective place of work is required);
  • is expected to offer a 1- or 2-day symposium (financed by the IPU and the KKC) during her/his stay in Bochum, to which she/he invites 3-5 distinguished experts in her/his research area;
  • is expected to offer a research-related course (biweekly or as a block seminar) for advanced and doctoral students, tailored to his/her own research topic and project in Berlin;
  • is expected to prepare a publication resulting from the cooperation with the IPU and the KKC (which will also be financed by these institutions).

In addition to the above-mentioned salary, the IPU and KKC will assist the fellow with finding accommodations and other activities related to the research stay, cover travel expenses to a limited extent and provide a student assistant to assume library, research and organizational duties to a limited extent.

The fellowship must be completed between 1 October 2025 and 30 September 30 2026.

The application deadline is 30 June 2025.

Applications must include a

  • cover letter stating the motivation for the application,
  • tabular curriculum vitae, focused on the scientific career and experiences,
  • doctoral diploma and the expert opinions on the dissertation (if these documents are not in German or English, adding a German or English translation is required),
  • complete list of publications,
  • brief outline of current research interests and work,
  • brief outline of professional position and academic activities in a broader sense
  • (collaboration with journals, publishers, research funding institutions, etc.),
  • 3- to 5-page, differentiated project description,
  • preliminary title/plan for the mandatory course and the scientific symposium.

Application documents are to be submitted in digital form (a single PDF) to both institutions:

 

Hans Kilian und Lotte Köhler-Centrum (KKC)
Lehrstuhl für Sozialtheorie und Sozialpsychologie
Zu Händen von Sandra Plontke
Universitätsstr. 150
GD Ebene 1, Raum 261
D-44780 Bochum

Phone: +49 (0) 234 32 - 19823
email: kkc(at)rub.de

 


Internationale Psychoanalytische Universität (IPU)
Zu Händen von Tara Loeber
Stromstr. 3b
D-10555 Berlin

Phone: +49 (0)30 300 117-520
email: tara.loeber(at)ipu-berlin.de