Research Group Leader for the Research Group “Computational Dependencies and Cultural Data Studies” (Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in)

Tasks The University of Bonn is an international research university offering a broad range of subjects. With a 200-year history, some 31,500 students, more than 6,000 employees and an outstanding reputation in Germany and abroad, the University of Bonn is one of the leading universities in Germany and has been awarded the status of a University of Excellence. The Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies (BCDSS) in cooperation with the Bonn Center for Digital Humanities (BCDH) is looking to fill the following position with effect from 1 January 2027, on a fixed-term contract until 31 December 2032: Research Group Leader for the Research Group “Computational Dependencies and Cultural Data Studies” The BCDSS, a German Research Council-funded “Cluster of Excellence”, offers excellent opportunities for inter-disciplinary and comparative research of different forms of Strong Asymmetrical Dependencies (SADs) across time periods and world regions. During its first phase (2019–2025), the BCDSS successfully developed the concept of SAD as a comprehensive analytical framework to understand how power imbalances have been shaped in the past, and continue to influence, societies around the world today. In its second funding phase (2026–2032), the BCDSS will investigate the underlying causes and mechanisms that contribute to the persistence of SADs across historical and contemporary contexts. We aim to anchor Historically Informed Dependency Studies (HIDS) as a key interdisciplinary field in the humanities, encouraging scholars across the humanities and social sciences to systematically integrate the analysis of SADs into the study of social, economic, and cultural phenomena. Your tasks: - Designing the research and technological profile for the Research Group, focusing on the computational analysis of strong asymmetrical dependencies (SADs) in societies of the past, - Recruiting and supervising one doctoral researcher and one software developer, - Conducting an independent