The Leibniz Institute SAFE is seeking to fill the position of a
up to 70% position
up to 3 years
TV-H E13
at the earliest possible date
The Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE - Sustainable Architecture for Finance in Europe - (www.safe-frankfurt.de) promotes scientific research, transfer work to the public and independent policy advice on all aspects relating to the structure and functioning of the financial system. It aims to contribute to strengthening a sustainable and resilient financial system that drives innovation and serves the needs of the economy and citizens. Researchers from the fields of economics, law, and political science collaborate at SAFE.
The research assistant/doctoral student will be part of the research group that designs and builds a historical German firm and stock market database from historical data sources starting in the late 19th century. The project is part of the “Financial and corporate research from a long-term perspective” project funded by the Academy of Sciences and Literature in the Academies' Programme. The construction process of the database includes extracting, transforming, and loading raw data (derived from scans of historical sources) into a relational database. After that, economic entities are identified for each reporting year, linked over time, and merged across sources. The database will be enriched with publicly available data (e.g., georeferencing and Wikidata). After completing data validation procedures, the database will be made available to the research community. The database will provide unique research opportunities that PhD students can benefit from when writing their thesis. The research assistant/doctoral student is invited to contribute to SAFE’s research agenda in this area. As a member of the Data Center team, the research assistant/doctoral student will contribute to the center’s mission to create new European, combining and processing existing data sets.
We offer the infrastructure of a modern research center with excellent contacts to the scientific and financial community. You will be working in a very attractive working environment in the House of Finance at Goethe University and with an enthusiastic team of colleagues. Compensation will be 70% of a full-time position in accordance with the standards of the public services wage agreement of the State of Hesse (TV-H E 13). The employment contract has an initial duration of up to 3 years, depending on the state of qualification.
SAFE seeks to increase the share of women in research and thus strongly encourages female scholars to apply. We are also committed to promote the inclusion of persons with disabilities and therefore invites them in particular to apply.