Connectionists: Postdoctoral Opportunity Zukunftskolleg

Ahmed El Hady ahmed.imprs at gmail.com
Mon Aug 10 04:21:53 EDT 2026


*_Four 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Zukunftskolleg_*

(Full-time, E 13 TV-L)

*Reference No: 2026/138 The preferred start date is April 1st, 2027. 
Conditionally on the submission of an external grant proposal, the 
position may be extended for an additional year. *

The University of Konstanz is a dynamic and internationally successful 
research university with approximately 10,000 students. The campus 
university’s architecture promotes interdisciplinary cooperation and a 
sense of community among researchers, lecturers and students. The 
University has been continuously funded by the German Excellence 
Strategy since 2006.

The /Zukunftskolleg/ is an Institute for Advanced Study for early career 
postdoctoral researchers in the natural sciences, humanities and social 
sciences. The /Zukunftskolleg offers postdoctoral 
researchers/ Independence for their research, interdisciplinary and 
intergenerational exchange as well as intra-university integration and 
international contacts. The working language is English.

Each fellow is a member of both a university department and the 
Zukunftskolleg. Additionally, fellows of the Zukunftskolleg can be 
affiliated to the Cluster of Excellence at the University of Konstanz: 
*"Politics of Inequality 
<https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/en/inequality/>"* or "*Centre for the 
Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour*" 
<https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/collective-behaviour/about-us/open-positions/>.

The target group consists of excellent early career postdoctoral 
researchers who demonstrate scientific excellence, research 
independence, and a strong capacity for teamwork, indicating high 
potential for a successful academic career The applications are 
evaluated in a two-stage process by international reviewers. The 
candidates will be informed about the decision around mid-February 2027.

/I am happy to discuss potential projects, for those interested to 
apply,  on the interface of computational sciences, theoretical physics 
and collective behavior and application of these approaches to the 
myriad of collective behavior data available in Konstanz. /Please drop 
an email to ahmed.el-hady at uni-konstanz.de

All details can be found here: link: 
https://stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/47ea117d40ac0aa2409ab5ecf4ed18ee0afb70cc 


All the best regards,

Ahmed

Dr. Ahmed El Hady

Research Group leader

Centre for Advanced Study of Collective Behavior

University of Konstanz

Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

Universitätsstraße 10, 78464 Konstanz

Room ZT 907 ,Postbox 687 




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