KODAQS Data Quality Call

The Competence Center for Data Quality in the Social Sciences ( KODAQS) invites applications for guest researchers to actively participate in our mission of advancing data quality in social science research. During your stay you work closely with KODAQS employees at GESIS the University of Mannheim and the LMU Munich on your research questions ensuring a comprehensive examination with a focus on data quality.

The research stay at KODAQS can be planned for any period between five working days and six weeks.

Successful applicants will receive the reimbursement of travel and accommodation expenses as well as a daily allowance according to the Landesreisekostengesetz Baden-Württemberg.

Important precondition : Interested candidates are asked to first contact the KODAQS staff members they would like to work with and prepare (ideally together) a short research proposal (max 2 pages) for the stay. The proposal should be coordinated in advance with your KODAQS cooperation partner.

Your application

Welcome to the online application form for the KODAQS Data Quality Call. The form consists of several questions concerning your research work and stay at GESIS. Please answer all of them addition please have the following documents ready before upload :

• Cover letter (including details of when you would like to conduct your research visit and who you would like to collaborate with at GESIS)
• Curriculum Vitae (includingthe details of two references : name affiliated institution address telephone and email)
• Research Proposal : This should include your research question your hypotheses the data and the methods of analysis you intend to use; max. two A4 pages including the list of references.

Please do NOT upload any additional certificates or other documents.

Before uploading your documents please carefully check the eligibility criteria for the KODAQS Data Quality Call . Should you have questions concerning these criteria please do not hesitate to send us an email via .

The KODAQS Data Quality Call is highly competitive.

IT IS ESSENTIAL that applicants identify and contact at least one preferred KODAQS cooperation partner prior to their application. The proposal should be coordinated with your cooperation partner(s) in advance.

You will receive an email confirming your case you do not receive a confirmation email or have problems with the online application form please do not hesitate to contact the KODAQS Team at .

We look forward to receiving your application!

About us

GESIS is one of the worlds leading social science infrastructure facilities supporting researchers at all levels of their research projects with expertise and infrastructure services. We help ensure that socially relevant questions can be answered based on reliable data the latest scientific methods and research information. We help with study planning and data collection provide high-quality research data support with data preparation and analysis and finally with data archiving.

GESIS helps you gain further qualifications. We offer our employees a wide range of career opportunities in an appealing work environment with a high degree of personal responsibility and creative freedom. With us you will work in an international environment in the heart of Mannheim and Cologne and benefit from a flexible work environment as well as internal and external networks.

GESIS ensures compliance with the guidelines for the severely disabled and promotes professional equality between women and men. Full-time positions can also be filled on a part-time basis.

As a family-friendly employer we have been certified by the berufundfamilie audit since 2010.

Further information on working at GESIS can be found here.

Key Skills

Apache Hive,S3,Hadoop,Redshift,Spark,AWS,Apache Pig,NoSQL,Big Data,Data Warehouse,Kafka,Scala

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1