Assistant (A2)
myScience
Geneva
Key information
- Publication date:07 November 2025
- Workload:100%
- Place of work:Geneva
Assistant (A2)
Workplace Geneva - Lake Geneva region - SwitzerlandCategoryPositionPublished6 November 2025Assistant
Organizational unit
Global Studies Institute
Function
Assistant (A2)
Function code
A2
Maximum class
8
Body
Assistant - assistant professor
Activity rate
100
Workplace
GSI, 10, rue des Vieux-Grenadiers
Application deadline
30-11-2025
Reference
6631
Attachment(s)
It is offering a position of assistant within the framework of the Bachelor in international relations (BARI)
Field: political science / international relations / global studies
Job description:
The application file including a cover letter, a detailed CV and a copy of the university master’s degree with transcript, a research project (approx. 5 pages), the names of two referees must be submitted exclusively online by clicking on the button below "Apply now". The deadline for submission is set to 30 November 2025.
The University of Geneva offers motivating employment conditions in a stimulating work environment. By joining us, you will have the opportunity to showcase your skills and personality and actively contribute to the reputation of an institution founded in 1559.
From a gender equality perspective, the University encourages applications from the underrepresented sex.
Apply now
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Organizational unit
Global Studies Institute
Function
Assistant (A2)
Function code
A2
Maximum class
8
Body
Assistant - assistant professor
Activity rate
100
Workplace
GSI, 10, rue des Vieux-Grenadiers
Application deadline
30-11-2025
Reference
6631
Attachment(s)
- CdC_ASS BARI 100%.pdf
(PDF , 245.77kb)
Job description
The Global Studies Institute (GSI) is an interfaculty center of the University of Geneva combining the tradition of regional and international studies and the developments of global governance. It favors interdisciplinarity in the study of international and regional relations in order to better understand the new challenges of the contemporary world in their entirety.It is offering a position of assistant within the framework of the Bachelor in international relations (BARI)
Field: political science / international relations / global studies
Job description:
- Assist the professor responsible for a BARI course
- Supervision seminar for research projects in political science (BARI)
- Monitoring and grading exams as well as student follow-up
- Participation in the scientific activities of the GSI (conferences, workshops, etc.), in particular the activities of doctoral students (seminars, workshops, study days)
- Devote 50% of the time to thesis writing
- Participation in national and international conferences
- Publication of academic articles
Required title and skills
- Hold a Master’s degree recognized by the University of Geneva (in political science with specialization in international political economy, European political economy, international relations or equivalent degree)
- Have a very good knowledge and a clear research interest in international relations
- Competence and interest in the targeted field as well as the willingness to write a doctoral thesis in global studies (political science and another discipline) or in political science
- Fluency in English and French (oral and written skills)
Starting date
1 February 2026 or to be agreedContact
Information about the position can be obtained from Professor Simone Dietrich.Additional information
The candidate will be hired on a two-year contract which may be renewed for two successive periods, respectively two years and one year. The maximum duration of the assistant position is five years. The first year constitutes a probationary period during which the employment relationship may be terminated subject to a three-month notice period for the end of a month.The application file including a cover letter, a detailed CV and a copy of the university master’s degree with transcript, a research project (approx. 5 pages), the names of two referees must be submitted exclusively online by clicking on the button below "Apply now". The deadline for submission is set to 30 November 2025.
The University of Geneva offers motivating employment conditions in a stimulating work environment. By joining us, you will have the opportunity to showcase your skills and personality and actively contribute to the reputation of an institution founded in 1559.
From a gender equality perspective, the University encourages applications from the underrepresented sex.
Apply now
Send to a friend
In your application, please refer to myScience.ch and referenceJobID68682.
