Doctoral Researcher in spatial data management

About the role

The Doctoral Researcher will contribute to the Electoral Spaces project by developing research data infrastructure for geocoded electoral data. The role involves setting up data storage, programming R interfaces, and supporting data ingestion pipelines to make social science research data more accessible. The position is designed to support the completion of a PhD thesis aligned with the project's goals.

Responsibilities

• Setting up the data storage technology and programming the R interface and auxiliary tools for Electoral Spaces
• Testing and assessing the tech stack to ensure it meets researchers' needs for spatial electoral data
• Supporting data modeling, data ingestion pipelines, and curation workflows
• Contributing to technical documentation, project outreach, and dissemination
• Conducting methodological or applied research showcasing the added value of the infrastructure

Required skills

• Geospatial software
• R
• GIS
• Spatial data science

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in geography, geoinformatics, spatial data science, or a related discipline

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Mobile working regulations
• Childcare subsidies
• Company health management
• Discounted university sports programme
• Pension provision
• Further training

About the Company

GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences is an internationally active research institute, funded by federal and state governments and member of the Leibniz Association.