Dear All, we are advertising a 4-year, full-time, postdoc position. The position is in the project "Politicians, Policies, and the Reproduction of Wealth", funded by the Volkswagen Foundation with 1.6 million Euros. The project focuses on the role of politicians in the reproduction of wealth in Brazil, South Africa, the United Kingdom and Germany. Together with an international team of political scientists, legal scholars, and economists, the project will examine the extent to which the social and economic characteristics of members of parliament correspond to those of economic elites, how this affects policy-making and the incomes of the wealthy. Qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and analysis will be used. The other project PIs come from the University of Strathclyde, the University of Cape Town, and Fundação Getulio Vargas (São Paulo). The postdoc will be based in Marburg, but *knowledge of German is NOT needed for the position*. Tasks: * Coordination of the international team * Research in the project "Politicians, Policies, and the Reproduction of Wealth," especially in work package 3 "Policie * Planning, conducting and analyzing elite interviews (MPs, lobbyists, experts) on selected policies in Germany and South Africa (or UK) * Quantitative analyses of MP profiles and policy outcome * Co-authorship of articles Profile: * PhD in political science or another social science subject that is relevant to the project * Research profile in the field of political behavior, representation, comparative political science *  Experience in qualitative and quantitative data analysis * Excellent command of written and spoken English * Software skills (in qualitative data analysis (e.g. MAXQDA, nVivo or similar) and/or quantitative data analysis (e.g. R or Stata) * International academic experience (e.g., PhD or research/study abroad). We offer a constructive, collegial, working environment in an international team. In Marburg, the position is integrated into the "Inequality and Distributive Politics" research team, where practical and research-related topics are discussed on a weekly basis. Internationally, we work closely with our project partners. Project postdocs receive representation on the project's Steering Committee and participate in the three network conferences (2024 in São Paulo, 2025 in Cape Town, and 2027 in Glasgow). We offer the opportunity for further qualification by attending Summer/Winter Schools. Resources to attend national and international conferences are available. The postdoc can access project data for single-authored publications. There is the possibility of a visiting stay at one of our cooperation partners (University of Strathclyde, University of Cape Town, Fundação Getulio Vargas (São Paulo). The paygrade is E13 TV-H.  Please consult "Entgeltgruppe 13" in the table here for the range of*gross monthly salary*: https://www.gew-hessen.de/fileadmin/user_upload/4_tarif_besoldung/entgelttabellen/2022_03_fl_entgelttabelle.pdf . Please get in touch if you have any questions: Miquel Pellicer (miquel.pellicer@uni-marburg.de <mailto:miquel.pellicer@uni-marburg.de>) or Eva Wegner (eva.wegner@uni-marburg.de) *Please apply by 17.09.2023 via the button at the bottom of the German version of this job ad: https://stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/de2cfb130fb7e502cbc86707dfcfc63594681a300?ref=homepage*