Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich
Zürich
Advanced Researcher in the Field of History and Media Education 20%
- 27 August 2026
- 20%
- Permanent position
- Zürich
Job summary
Join PH Zürich as a researcher in digital education and culture! Engage in transformative projects within a supportive and innovative environment.
Tasks
- Coordinate collaboration with project partners effectively.
- Contribute to theoretical groundwork and empirical research design.
- Assist in data analysis and co-author research proposals.
Skills
- Master’s or PhD in History, Education, or related fields required.
- Experience in empirical social research is essential.
- Strong knowledge of history games and interdisciplinary collaboration.
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About the job
from 1 October 2026 or by arrangement, limited to 3 years
As part of the cooperation project "LUDIC CULTURE HUB: Towards an Interdisciplinary Game Competence Center for Play, Design, Art, Education and Research" funded by the Zurich Digitisation Initiative, a researcher position is to be filled.
The project investigates how digital games and other ludic scenarios can promote historical decision-making among pupils and students. Commercial historical games and specially developed teaching scenarios are examined for their potential to promote context-related thinking, weighing up conflicting goals and counterfactual sensitivity.
- Coordination of cooperation with project partners
- Collaboration on theoretical groundwork
- Co-development and testing of the empirical research design
- Participation in data analysis
- Co-authoring research proposals
- Master’s degree or doctorate in history, history didactics,
game studies, educational sciences or a related discipline - Experience in empirical social research
- Knowledge of history games, history, game studies
- Affinity for interdisciplinary collaboration
- English skills at C1 level
- An opportunity to conduct research over several years in a forward-looking subject area
- Interdisciplinary collaboration with researchers in a team
- Exciting work with excellent qualification and networking opportunities
PH Zurich offers you more than a centrally located workplace at Zurich main station with good employment conditions and attractive further training opportunities. What makes us special can be found here .
Please submit your complete application dossier by 16 September 2026 exclusively via our online application platform. We welcome direct applications and ask for your understanding that we do not consider personnel agencies or email applications.
Prof. Dr Christian Mathis
Tel.: +41 43 305 54 77
Email: christian.mathis@phzh.ch
