Student Assistant, German Microdata Lab Team (SHK_DRS_2026_015)

GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences is an internationally active social science institution of the Leibniz Association, funded by the federal and state governments. 

Student Assistant

Monitoring current societal developments is a core task of the social sciences. The Data and Research on Society department supports social research in this task by providing comprehensive data and tools for describing and analyzing social change.

The German Microdata Lab (GML) acts as an interface between empirical social research and official statistics. We prepare data from official statistics and offer extensive research-based services for this data.

• Assistance in the preparation and documentation of data from the European Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS)
• Literature research and preparation
• Support with research activities

• Very careful, reliable, and independent way of working
• Good knowledge of R, Stata, or another statistical program
• Initial experience in data preparation and analysis
• Very good German and good English skills
• Interest in a long-term employment
• Student of a social science Bachelor's or ideally Master's program

• Insights into the work of a research data center and the potential of official microdata for empirical social research
• Very good working atmosphere
• Flexible working hours and regulations for mobile working
• Very good conditions for work-life balance
• Holistic Company Health Management and subsidized participation in the university sports program
• Promotion of your skills through further training measures

For further information on the areas of responsibility, please contact Dr. Andrea Lengerer via email (). For questions regarding the application process, please contact Michaela Kurtov via email () .

Then please apply by 09/06/2026 inclusive via our online application portal.
The reference number is: SHK_DRS_2026_015

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