Virginia Tech School of Public and International Affairs

The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) is seeking to appoint several full-time post-doctoral researchers to join the EduTrack project consortium.

EduTrack: Tracking Education Pathways and Social Policies is a 6-year interdisciplinary project between the MPIDR, the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, the Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science, and coordinated by Population Europe. The project aims to generate scientific evidence, to disseminate expertise, and to promote policy dialogue on how education and knowledge transfer in different settings and over different life courses contribute to individual and societal well-being and resilience. Within the project, the MPIDR leads the research area on the bi-directional relationships between sociodemographic circumstances and educational trajectories. The geographic scope of the project is not tied to any specific region.

We welcome applications on any topic at the intersection of demography and education, and encourage everyone with a fitting and ambitious research agenda to apply. The project will fund four full-time dedicated postdocs, and is embedded in a broader working group that cuts across research groups and departments at the MPIDR. A willingness to collaborate across disciplines is essential. Strong quantitative skills are required, as is knowledge of R, Stata, Python, or other relevant programming language.