CareerPlan

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter/Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Lehrstuhl für Computational Hu...

Passau, BAYERNFull-time2026-10-29 → 2026-11-10

Core

Conduct foundational research on environmental history in Bavaria (1750-1960) by mapping historical sources and extracting data using computational tools.

Role type

Research Associate (PhD candidate) in Computational Humanities

Builds

Scientific publications (articles and datasets) contributing to a PhD qualification

Domain

Environmental History + Digital Humanities

Deliverable

research

Required skills

archival research, source work, computational humanities methods, OCR, HTR, data extraction from historical sources

Preferred skills

knowledge of DH tools and workflows, willingness to travel to archives within Bavaria

Technologies

OCR, HTR, DH tools

Responsibilities

intensive archival work in state, municipal, scientific, and private archives; computergestützte Extraktion und Auswertung von Forschungsdaten aus historischen Quellen; scientific publications leading to PhD qualification