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Assistant Position in Climate Archaeology / Prehistoric Archaeology

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Bern, Switzerland Permanent employment
UniBE is quintessentially Bernese.
With us, you can expect a culture of respect and a healthy working environment.
  • Assisting with tasks arising in teaching and research within the PA department
  • Development of research projects and grant proposals for external funding (incl. own project)
  • Collaborating on publications and other scientific output within the research group
  • Support/conduction of archaeological fieldwork in wetland- and alpine archaeological contexts including excavations, coring and surveys in Switzerland and abroad
  • Teaching of 2 courses per term
  • Co-supervision of seminar papers, BA and MA theses
  • General administrative duties
  • Excellent MA or PhD, preferably in European prehistoric archaeology
  • Experience with archaeological fieldwork and documentation systems
  • Experience in climate archaeology, environmental archaeology, dendroarchaeology, or paleo- resp. climate sciences is beneficial
  • Demonstrated proficiency in computational archaeology (Statistics/Data modelling)
  • Experience and interest in teaching
  • Proficiency in German and English, other European languages are beneficial
Research group membership at the OCCR upon successful evaluation