- Company: Get A Job.ai
- Location: Köln
- Salary: Pay not listed
Website Get A Job.ai
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About This Opportunity
We are representing a confidential social science research institute in Köln, Germany. Our talent team is seeking a Doctoral Researcher specializing in spatial data management to join a team focused on survey data augmentation and geospatial infrastructure development. This is a 3-year limited position at 75% working time, starting January 1, 2027.
Our client processes and prepares social science research data across diverse data types to support sociological and political science research. The team you'll join is developing a research data infrastructure for geocoded electoral data, making it more findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable for democracy research.
Responsibilities
- Set up data storage technology and program the R interface and auxiliary tools for the spatial electoral data infrastructure
- Test and assess the technical stack to ensure it meets researchers' needs for spatial electoral data
- Support data modeling, data ingestion pipelines, and curation workflows
- Contribute to technical documentation, project outreach, and dissemination activities
- Conduct methodological or applied research showcasing the added value of the infrastructure
- Complete a PhD thesis closely aligned with the project
What We're Looking For
- Master's degree in geography, geoinformatics, spatial data science, or a related discipline
- Technical literacy in geospatial software stacks
- Strong programming skills in R
- Strong interest in the application of GIS and spatial data to political and social science research
- Motivation to complete a PhD thesis closely aligned with the project
- Excellent English language skills
How We Work With You
Candidates apply through the Get A Job.ai platform. Our recruiters will conduct an initial screening to understand your background and career goals. Qualified candidates will then be submitted to our client for consideration. Please do not contact the client directly—all communication should flow through our team to ensure a smooth process.
Pay
Compensation follows TV-L salary group 13 guidelines. Pay details will be discussed during the screening process.
Work Arrangement: The position offers flexible working hours and regulations for mobile working. The client provides very good conditions for reconciling work and family life, including childcare subsidies, company health management, discounted sports program participation, pension provision support, and professional development opportunities.
Get A Job.ai is an equal opportunity recruiter. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic.
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Working in Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen
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Cologne is the fourth-most populous city of Germany and the largest city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people in the Cologne Bonn urban region. Cologne is also part of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, the second biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. Centered on the left bank of the Rhine, Cologne is located on the River Rhine, about 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of the North Rhine-Westphalia state capital Düsseldorf and 22 kilometres (14 mi) northwest of Bonn, the former capital
North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a landlocked state in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the most populous state in Germany. Apart from the city-states, it is also the most densely populated state in Germany. Covering an area of 34,084 km2 (13,160 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest German state by size.
Note: Germany observes a public holiday on Oct 3 — German Unity Day.
🇩🇪 Relocation safety for Germany: Very Safe — via Warnely, CC BY 4.0
National unemployment rate in Germany: 3.7% — via World Bank
Wage growth in Germany (year over year): 2.9% — via Eurostat
GDP per capita in Germany: $60,496 — via World Bank
Consumer price inflation in Germany: 2.2% (annual) — via World Bank
Real GDP growth in Germany: 0.2% (annual) — via World Bank
Statutory minimum wage in Germany: €2,343/month — via Eurostat
Cost of living in Germany: 9.1% above the EU average — via Eurostat
Job vacancy rate in Germany: 2.8% — via Eurostat
Average hours worked per year in Germany: 1,332 — via OECD
Nearby green space: 10 parks within 1.5km — closest is Rheingarten (188m). via OpenStreetMap
Nearest public transit: CityTour Haltestelle 3: Gürzenich / Hard Rock Cafe (bus stop, 239m). via OpenStreetMap
- Elevation 55m (180 ft)
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- Role Doctoral Researcher in spatial data management (SDC-36)
- Employer Get A Job.ai
- Location Köln
- Type Part Time
- Pay (from listing) Pay not listed
- Posted September 18, 2026
- Apply by October 18, 2026
- Country Germany
- Overview Full job description on this page (378 words)
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