Assistant (A2)
myScience
Geneva
Key information
- Publication date:07 November 2025
- Workload:100%
- Place of work:Geneva
Assistant (A2)
Workplace Geneva - Lake Geneva region - SwitzerlandCategoryPositionPublished5 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
23-11-2025
Reference
5195
Attachment(s)
It is offering a 100% assistant position within the framework of the Bachelor in International Relations (BARI).
Field: political science / International Relations / global studies
Job description:
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 of the position constitutes a probationary period during which the employment relationship may be terminated with a three-month notice period for the end of a month.
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 parity perspective, the University encourages applications from the underrepresented sex.
Apply / 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
23-11-2025
Reference
5195
Attachment(s)
- CdC_100% ASS-GSI.pdf
(PDF , 331.74kb)
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 developments in 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 100% assistant position 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 course within the BARI framework
- Supervision seminar for research projects in political science - BARI
- Monitoring and grading exams as well as following up with students
- Participation in the scientific activities of the GSI (conferences, workshops, etc.) especially the activities of doctoral students (seminars, workshops, study days)
- Devote 50% of the time to writing the thesis
- Participation in national and international conferences
- Publication of academic articles
Title and required 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 title) by 31 January 2026
- 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
1.2.2026 or date to be agreedContact
Information about the position can be obtained from Professor Zbigniew Truchlewski.Additional information
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 online by clicking the button below "Apply now". The deadline for submission is 21 November 2025.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 of the position constitutes a probationary period during which the employment relationship may be terminated with a three-month notice period for the end of a month.
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 parity perspective, the University encourages applications from the underrepresented sex.
Apply / Apply now
Send / Send to a friend
In your application, please refer to myScience.ch and referenceJobID68670.
