The project „Unmasking Supply Chains: leveraging digital human rights investigations for corporate accountability“ is searching a student research assistant as soon as possible and for an initial period of twelve months (f/m/d, est. 8hrs/week). The main task will be supporting a qualitative exploratory study about supply chain investigations. You can download the vacancy here.
The „Unmasking Supply Chains“ project is a transdisciplinary research project based at the Chair for Human Rights Politics and conducted in collaboration with the NGO European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR). The aim is to explore how open source information can be used to trace supply chains linked to human rights violations or environmental damage and to advance corporate accountability. We are an interdisciplinary (Law and Political Science) and international team and our research language is English, while the administrative language at FAU is German.
Remuneration is in accordance with level of education, based on FAU’s Remuneration table for student research assistants/student research assistants with a Bachelor degree. It is not possible to hire persons who already hold a Master’s degree for this position.
Your tasks
- Literature search
- Data collection
- Organisation and coding of qualitative data
- Interview transcription
- Possibly support to organise project-related events
Your Skills and qualifications
- Excellent command of English language (written and spoken)
- Thorough, structured and detail-oriented working style
- Reliability
- Proactive communication
- Capacity to work independently
- Knowledge of German is an asset
How to Apply
If you are interested in working with us, we would love to hear from you. Please send the following documents combined into a single pdf file to lene.guercke@fau.de by 25 October 2026:
- Motivation letter (1 page, in English). Please refrain from using Artificial Intelligence when writing your application.
- CV (English)
- Diplomas and grade transcripts
Diversity
FAU pursues a policy of equal opportunities and excludes any form of discrimination. We welcome and encourage applications from interested individuals regardless of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, religion or belief, and socio-economic background.