Student Assistant (HiWi) (f/m/d)

The vision of the Organizational Leadership and Diversity at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems group is to support leaders in using artificial intelligence to contribute to more tolerant, diverse, and inclusive organizations.

We are looking for a Student Assistant (HiWi) (f/m/d) to support a Grassroots research project “Harnessing the Power of AI to Recognize Microaggressions in the Workplace”

About the project

"Wow, you did such a great job on that project! I never expected you to be so competent at this." If you heard anything similar addressed to you or your peer, you were exposed to microaggression. Together with the Optics & Sensing Laboratory (MPI IS, Tübingen), we conduct research that aims to harness the power of artificial intelligence to tackle the pervasive issue of microaggressions in the workplace. A far-reaching aim of our research is to foster a more inclusive work climate: We strive to supply senders of microaggression and third parties in the microaggressive conversations with knowledge and tools to detect and address non-verbal/verbal microaggressions in physical, virtual, and hybrid workplaces.

For further information please see our websites OLG and OSLab.

Roles & Responsibilities

The student assistant position will allow the student to gain hands-on experience in designing and conducting qualitative research (interviews).

Tasks include:

• Preparation of the interview questionnaire
• Organization of meetings with interviewees
• Conducting semi-structured interviews and debriefing the interviewees after the interviews
• Coding of the interviews according to the established methodology using coding software

Education & Experience

• Currently be pursuing a Master's degree in Social Sciences (e.g., Management, Psychology, Education) or Economics or related fields
• Have high motivation
• Be currently enrolled in a German university
• Want to work in an international and interdisciplinary research group
• Have good oral and written communication skills in German and English
• Be able to work on site at the Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, Germany, at least for a part-time employment

We are especially interested in applicants who have:

• experience in conducting qualitative research
• critical thinking skills combined with prominent empathy
• interest and/or experience in
  • social psychology
  • cognitive psychology
  • topics of diversity and inclusion
  • communication

Our offer

• Master students holding a Bachelor’s degree will be paid €13,03 per hour.
• Max. 83 hours per month, up to 3 months.
• Workplace: A modernly equipped workplace, an international working environment.
• Starting date: as soon as possible

Application

Please, upload your application including a CV in English or German, a short motivation letter in English (why you are interested in this position/research), and optionally other documentation helpful to evaluate your background.

Please upload your application via our application portal.

Closing date: 17.05.2024

Questions about the position should be addressed via email to Dr. Ksenia Keplinger at kkeplinger@is.mpg.de.                                                 

The Max Planck Society is committed to increasing the number of individuals with disabilities in its workforce and therefore encourages applications from such qualified individuals. The Max Planck Society strives for gender equality and diversity. Furthermore, the Max Planck Society seeks to increase the number of women in its workforce in those areas where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply.