RESEARCH ASSISTANT IN THE NUTRITION SUB-PROJECT (75%) (m/f/d)

At the Fulda University of Applied Sciences, more than 9,500 students study in about 60 Bachelor and Master courses. In the 8 departments, more than 170 professors teach and research, about half of them are women. The Fulda University of Applied Sciences is one of the most researched universities for applied sciences in Germany and has independent doctoral law. The University of Applied Sciences Fulda is approx. 850 persons employed. The Fulda University of Applied Sciences places great emphasis on high-quality teaching and intensive care for students. It maintains intensive contacts with partner institutions from the region and is highly international. The university's internationalisation strategy is also reinforced by the membership of the European University Alliance E3UDRES2. The University of Applied Sciences Fulda offers excellent learning and working conditions on an attractive, modern and contiguous university campus and carries the predicate “Gleichstellungsstarke Hochschule”.

At the University of Applied Sciences Fulda, at the next possible time in the research impulse SaFe at the Department of Oecotrophology, the position as

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in the amount of a 75% job fixed for the duration of the subproject (probably 2 years and 6 months).

The research impulse “Shaping Future Society (SaFe): The Mutual Constitution of Future-Oriented Practices and Community” is a research project funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) at Fulda University. The research impulse (SaFe) investigates how people with future-oriented practices react to crises of the present and initiate processes of communion.

In the first phase of the project, alternative practices of nutrition in various forms of communion are investigated by means of qualitative methods.

In the next step, a representative survey of the population in Germany is to be conceived, planned, carried out, analyzed and evaluated as part of a doctorate. It should be examined how alternative Community-organized nutritional practices can be socially connected, are accepted by various social environments and what integration possibilities exist in predominant mark structures.

Your main tasks:

› qualitatively analyse and evaluate alternative Community organized nutrition practices

› research and work in literature on quantitative studies in the field of research

› design, plan, perform, analyze and evaluate a quantitative, representative survey in German

› perform administrative tasks (e.g. ethic application, writing procedures for surveying, research data management)

› Editing a doctoral project

› presenting research results at (international) conferences

› publish research results in German and English

Your profile:

› completed university studies (master degree or equivalent university degree) of the social sciences, oecotrophology or a comparable discipline

› (very) good knowledge or Experience in dealing with quantitative, standardized surveys or Surveys, statistical programs (e.g. SPSS, R) and multivariate analysis procedures (e.g. regression, factor or Cluster analysis

› Knowledge and experience in qualitative interview management and evaluation (e.g. MAXQDA)

› very good German knowledge

› High motivation, resilience and strong interest in interdisciplinary research and team work

We offer you:

› A colourful and lively campus life, characterized by personal and value-adding interaction and a family atmosphere

› Flexibility in working life through individual working time models, home office opportunities and measures to promote work-life balance as well as the reconciliation of work and family life

› Variety of continuing and continuing training with an outstanding in-house training program

› Extensive university sports and other health promotion measures

› Our Mensa incl. cafeteria and a food truck with regional and varied dishes

› Our modern university and state library

› Compensation by collective agreement (TV-H), 30 days holiday, child allowance and special payment

› An occupational pension scheme (VBL) with a strong performance package

› The LandesTicket Hessen for free use of the ÖPNV

The grouping takes place in the pay group 13 TV-H if appropriate conditions exist. The Fulda University of Applied Sciences is committed to equal opportunities and explicitly welcomes the application of people in all their diversity. People with disabilities are preferred with the same suitability.

Please send your meaningful application documents up to 10. June 2026 to the President of the Fulda University of Applied Sciences, please contact us by e-mail in a PDF document ([for e-mail see the original ad]). For further information, Prof. Dr. Tonia Ruppenthal ([for e-mail see the original ad]) is available. Please submit your documents only in a copy (no folders) when you apply by mail, since they cannot be sent back after the completion of the selection procedure. They are destroyed taking into account the data protection regulations.

Applications via the online portal of the jobbörse are not taken into account.

Joblocations:

36037 Fulda, Leipziger Str. 123, HESSEN, GERMANY