University of Basel

Faculty of Humanities
and Social Sciences

Postdoc

Postdocs are usually young, early career researchers employed at the University in various capacities (research associate, academic associate, project manager, assistant lecturer).

The postdoc phase starts after a student has successfully completed their dissertation and lasts for around 6 years. It allows early career researchers to gain further academic qualifications, usually with a view to a (junior or assistant) professorship, Habilitation, or an equivalent qualification.

The Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (GS-HSS) is the point of contact and source of information for postdocs in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and provides a forum for exchange and continuing education.

All postdocs employed in structural assistant positions hired as of January 2022 must conclude a postdoctoral agreement in the first six months after employment commences. Further details and links to the most important templates and documents are available here.

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