The ICI Berlin is an independent research centre located in Berlin/Prenzlauer Berg. It defines itself through a series of interlocking core projects that are designed to traverse different disciplines and foster theoretical and critical interventions of cultural inquiry. The projects are undertaken in collaboration with an international group of twelve two-year postdoctoral fellows. For the focus AutoReduction concluding our core project Reduction, we are looking for a responsible, reliable, and committed Research Coordinator (50%).
The project is interested in the critical and generative potentials of autoreduction in all its ambivalence ranging from self-destruction to self-conservation. It asks what it might mean to think the opposing poles closely together, embrace accusations of self-destructiveness, and understand, for instance, the deconstruction of concepts of the human, the subject, and reason as a form of self-destruction. For a more detailed description of the focus, see https://www.ici-berlin.org/projects/autoreduction/.
The research coordinator will assist the director in coordinating the project AutoReduction. Tasks include identifying and commenting on relevant research material; preparing, participating in, and documenting weekly colloquia; helping to organize a lecture series to accompany the project; guiding the process leading to a common publication, which usually involves one or two workshops in which fellows present drafts, provide feedback, and co-edit the volume; evaluating event and co-operation proposals related to the project; participating in formulating the next core project and evaluating fellowship applications.
Scholars from all disciplines are welcome to apply. Applicants should be fluent in both English and German, have a PhD and a research interests related to the ICI’s general profile and the upcoming AutoReduction project. Relevant work experience and familiarity with interdisciplinary and international research environments are required.
The ICI Berlin offers an intellectually stimulating, challenging, and diversified work-environment and a remuneration corresponding to TV-L 13 (50%) for two years, starting in September 2026.
Your application should include a cover letter, a CV, and a research statement (max 750 words) indicating how your research interests relate to the AutoReduction project. It should also indicate the names and e-mail addresses of two referees who are familiar with your work and who may be contacted directly by the ICI Berlin during the assessment process. Please send your application by email only to application-26-1@ici-berlin.org
The ICI Berlin is committed to promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion, and particularly welcomes individuals who will contribute to equity and diversity in scholarly research, including, but not limited to: women, visible minorities, persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or expression.
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Deadline: 22 June 2026
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