Teaching Associate / Project Coordinator, Existential Risk to Humanity

Teaching Associate / Project Coordinator, Existential Risk to Humanity

Opportunity type
Part-time role
Cause areas
Global priorities research
Institutional decision-making
Other (pressing)
Routes to impact
Learning about important cause areas
Skill-building & building career capital
Direct/increased engagement with EA
Testing your fit for a certain career path
Skill set
Conceptual & empirical research
Academia
Communicator
Organization building, boosting & running
Deadline
2026-02-01
Location
Germany
Description
FernUniversität in Hagen is hiring up to three Teaching Associates and a Project Coordinator (predoc/postdoc) to help develop and deliver an innovative, interdisciplinary distance-learning course on existential risk to humanity.
  • Contribute to the creation and teaching of an English-language course addressing global catastrophic and existential risks, with a focus on interdisciplinary content and participatory foresight methods.
  • Positions available are both teaching-focused (50% FTE, E13 TV-L) and project coordination-focused (100% FTE, E14 TV-L), with flexible arrangements possible.
  • Fixed-term contracts (up to two years, starting April 2026 at the earliest) include public sector benefits, flexible/mobile working within Germany, and support for academic qualification and publication.
  • Access to a diverse academic network, opportunities for international conference participation, and a supportive, inclusive work environment.
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