Research Assistant at the Chair of Corporate Taxation
Area: Faculty III: School of Economic Disciplines | Job scope: full-time | Duration of employment: limited | Posting-ID: 6459
The University of Siegen is a modern university with an international orientation and a focus on interdisciplinary research. It currently has around 14,000 students and covers a range of research fields from the humanities, social and economic sciences to natural sciences, engineering and life sciences. With over 2,000 employees, the university is one of the largest employers in the region and offers a unique environment for teaching, study, research and knowledge transfer.
We seek:
In the Faculty III: School of Economic Disciplines, Lehrstuhl für Unternehmensbesteuerung, we are looking for a researcher as of the 01.04.2025 at the following conditions:
- 100% = 39,83 hours
- Pay grade 13 TV-L
- limited for the duration of 3 years
Your tasks:
- You will conduct research with us in the field of corporate taxation and related research areas. Our aim is to address issues that are relevant to the international research community and practice.
- You will present your research findings at international conferences and subsequently publish them with international visibility.
- You will actively contribute to the academic profile of our chair by carrying out research projects.
- You will carry out independent teaching activities (exercises and seminars), prepare courses and be responsible for the maintenance of teaching materials.
Your profile:
- At the time of recruitment, you will have a Master's degree in business administration (e.g., Accounting, Finance, Taxation). You are also welcome to apply several months before you graduate.
- During your Master programm, you have demonstrated a sound knowledge and a keen interest in corporate taxation topics through your convincing performance and commitment.
- You have econometric knowledge and have ideally already been able to apply this in the context of seminar papers and/or your Master thesis with an archival-empirical approach.
- You are confident in using common Microsoft Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and ideally already have programming skills (e.g. STATA, R, Python).
- You have a good command of the English language.
Our range of services:
- As a research assistant at the Chair of Corporate Taxation, you will become part of a young, dynamic team.
- The position offers you the opportunity to play an active role in the research and teaching activities of our chair and to make an active contribution to the quality of our chair's work.
- By participating in international conferences, you will have the opportunity to present your work to other researchers and to network.
- The position is also linked to the implementation of a doctoral project. As part of your research activities at the Chair of Corporate Taxation, you will produce several research papers, which you will submit at the end as a cumulative dissertation.
- Good work-life balance, for example, through flexible working hours and work location, as well as support with child care.
We look forward to receiving your application by 19.02.2025.
Please apply exclusively via our job portal (https://jobs.uni-siegen.de). Unfortunately, we cannot consider applications in writing or by e-mail.
Your contact person:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martin Thomsen
0271 740 5549
martin.thomsen@uni-siegen.de
Equal opportunities and diversity are promoted and embodied at the University of Siegen. The advertisement is explicitly addressed to people of all genders; applications from women will be given special consideration in accordance with the State Equal Opportunities Act. We also welcome applications from people with different personal, social, and cultural backgrounds, people with severe disabilities, and people of equal status.