Postdoctoral Position in Political Science / University of Konstanz (D)

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Dirk Leuffen
Thu, Nov 20, 2025 4:29 PM

Postdoctoral Position in Political Science / University of Konstanz (D)

Applications are invited for a 3-year postdoctoral research position as
part of the project “Re-Just – Rectification for International Historical
Injustice” led by Aurélia Bardon, Urs Fischbacher, and Dirk Leuffen. The
project is part of the University of Konstanz Cluster of Excellence “The
Politics of Inequality”
(https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/en/inequality/).

The position is available as of April 1st, 2026. Re-Just is an
interdisciplinary research project. It is divided into 4 work packages
(WPs): (1) normative
analysis, (2) lab experiments, (3) survey experiments, and (4) case
studies. The successful candidate will be primarily involved in WP3:
they will
conduct survey experiments in different countries to analyze public
opinion about rectificatory justice. The objective of WP3 is to
understand when
people feel a responsibility to rectify historical injustice committed
in the past by their own group, and which rectificatory policies they
might support.
The survey experiments will examine the effects of temporal distance to
wrongdoing, the type of injustice, and the respondent’s relationship to the
perpetrator of injustice. The successful candidate is also expected to
engage with the other WPs. This holds in particular with respect to WP4, but
there is also an opportunity to contribute to WP1 if the successful
candidate has experience in normative political theory.

For more information, kindly consult:
https://stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/32e7cdc96149b890fe4f4997edecf23a7cb6a2d50

Also, feel free to get in touch with Aurélia Bardon and/or Dirk Leuffen
at the Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of
Konstanz.

*Postdoctoral Position in Political Science / University of Konstanz (D)* Applications are invited for a 3-year postdoctoral research position as part of the project “Re-Just – Rectification for International Historical Injustice” led by Aurélia Bardon, Urs Fischbacher, and Dirk Leuffen. The project is part of the University of Konstanz Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality” (https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/en/inequality/). The position is available as of April 1st, 2026. Re-Just is an interdisciplinary research project. It is divided into 4 work packages (WPs): (1) normative analysis, (2) lab experiments, (3) survey experiments, and (4) case studies. The successful candidate will be primarily involved in WP3: they will conduct survey experiments in different countries to analyze public opinion about rectificatory justice. The objective of WP3 is to understand when people feel a responsibility to rectify historical injustice committed in the past by their own group, and which rectificatory policies they might support. The survey experiments will examine the effects of temporal distance to wrongdoing, the type of injustice, and the respondent’s relationship to the perpetrator of injustice. The successful candidate is also expected to engage with the other WPs. This holds in particular with respect to WP4, but there is also an opportunity to contribute to WP1 if the successful candidate has experience in normative political theory. For more information, kindly consult: https://stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/32e7cdc96149b890fe4f4997edecf23a7cb6a2d50 Also, feel free to get in touch with Aurélia Bardon and/or Dirk Leuffen at the Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Konstanz.