Vacancies

One Open Doctoral Position in Social and Cultural Anthropology for “an ethnographic study of digital healthcare in Saxony-Anhalt”

Doctoral positon for an ethnographic study on digital transformations in health and geriatric care

The Department ‘Anthropology of Politics and Governance’ is looking for a doctoral student who will conduct an ethnographic study on digital transformations in health and geriatric care in the Strukturwandelregion (former coal-mining region) of Saxony-Anhalt.

The successful candidate will be integrated into the Institute’s International Max Planck Research
School “Global Multiplicities”, which offers comprehensive structured doctoral training and scientific exchange with doctoral students from our partner universities (MLU, Leipzig University and FAU).

This doctoral position is to be filled as early as possible after 1 September 2025.

For more details, please find here the doctoral position advertisement.