The Collaborative Research Center 1265 “Re-Figuration of Spaces,” which has been funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) at the Technische Universität Berlin since 2018, investigates the changes in socio-spatial orders that have been observed since the late 1960s. We are looking for research assistants for the third funding phase of the network, which will start on January 1, 2026. Further information on the research projects can be found here.

Postdoc

Subproject A02 “Children’s Spatial Knowledge: Hybrid Spatial Practices of Young People in Politics and Planning”: Research Associate (PostDoc) – salary grade E13 TV-L Berliner Hochschulen

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Application deadline: 12.12.2025

Subproject B03 “Multiple Encapsulations: Gated Communities, Art Enclaves, and Child-Free Spaces“ Research Associate (PostDoc) – salary grade E13 TV-L Berliner Hochschulen

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Application deadline: 01.01.2026

PhD

Subproject A07 “Natural spaces: conflicts over botanical knowledge using the example of (trans) atlantic forests”: Research Assistant – 0.75 working-time – salary grade E13 TV-L Berliner Hochschulen

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Application deadline: 12.12.2025

Subproject A07 “Natural spaces: conflicts over botanical knowledge using the example of (trans) atlantic forests”: Research Assistant – 0.75 working-time – salary grade E13 TV-L Berliner Hochschulen

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Application deadline: 12.12.2025

Subproject B01 “Digital Planning and Working with AI: The Construction of Places”: Research Assistant – 0.75 working-time – salary grade E13 TV-L Berliner Hochschulen

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Application deadline: 21.12.2025

Subproject C01 “Borders of the World”:  Research Assistant – 0.75 working-time – salary grade E13 TV-L Berliner Hochschulen

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Application deadline: 12.12.2025

Subproject C07 „Platform Economy: From Commerzializing Places to Algorithms Regulating Airbnb” – 0.75 working-time – salary grade E13 TV-L at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

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Application deadline: 15.01.2026

Research staff

Subproject Z: Coordinator for public relations and science communication for the consortium – 0.75 working-time – salary grade E13 TV-L Berliner Hochschulen

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Application deadline: 02.01.2026

Student assistant

Subproject A02 “Children’s Spatial Knowledge: Hybrid Spatial Practices of Young People in Politics and Planning”: Student assistant (40 hours per month)

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Application deadline: 15.12.2025

Subproject A07 “Natural spaces: conflicts over botanical knowledge using the example of (trans) atlantic forests”: Student assistant (40 hours per month)

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Application deadline: 22.12.2025

Subproject C01 “The Borders of the World: Local Border Regimes in Conflicts over Deportation”: Student assistant (40 hours per month)

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Application deadline: 31.12.2025

Subproject C08 “Architectures of Asylum: Spatial Strategies for Coping with Displacement and Climate Stress”: Student assistant (40 hours per month)

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Application deadline: 22.12.2025

Subproject D “Understanding – Explaining – Designing: Theory and Practice of Re-Figuration”: Student assistant (40 hours per month)

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Application deadline: 15.12.2025

Subproject WIKO „Archiving Refiguration – Refiguring the Archive”: Student assistant (40 hours per month)

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Application deadline: 15.12.2025

Method-Lab und Subproject Z: Student assistant (40 hours per month)

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Application deadline: 15.12.2025