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The Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM) was established at the Université de Tunis/Tunisia to strengthen cooperation in the Humanities and Social Sciences in and across the Maghreb, the Middle East, and Europe. The overall theme “Imagining Futures: Dealing with Disparity” guides MECAM’s research agenda on questions of Aesthetics & Cultural Practice, Inequality & Mobility, Memory & Justice, Resources & Sustainability, and Identities & Beliefs. The Forum Transregionale Studien is responsible for collaborative work formats, infrastructures, transregional networks and science communication. It facilitates forms of joint academic work, transfer processes, disseminates research positions and results, and provides transregional networking opportunities for MECAM. More information can be accessed here.

As Academic Coordinator for Research Data Management, you will be responsible for MECAM’s research data management. This includes the following tasks in particular:

• continuous development of MECAM’s research data management (RDM) and research data infrastructure (RDI);
• conception and implementation of workshops for an academic exchange on RDM and RDI in transregional contexts, as well as for the dissemination of RDM competences in the Humanities and Social Sciences;
• writing up the approaches and results in blog posts, publications, reports and presentation at academic events;
• maintenance and , if necessary, further development of the project’s digital research infrastructures, incl. collaborative tools and the application and evaluation platform;
• implementation of calls for fellowships and events on the application and evaluation platform, incl. answering inquiries;
• advising MECAM members on aspects of RDM and RDI;
• networking MECAM in the field of RDM and RDI; e.g. with research data centers, repositories, specialized information services, the NFDO consortia and comparable international initiatives;
• close cooperation with the head of the project and the science communication coordinator of MECAM, incl. replacement tasks, as well as with the MECAM team members in Tunis, Marburg, Hamburg and Leipzig.

A university degree (Master or comparable degree) in the humanities and social sciences or an information science discipline with a focus on digital humanities, an interest in RDM related questions, as well as methods and concepts of the digital humanities, relevant IT skills, interest in transregional issues, stylistic confidence in interdisciplinary, transregional research contexts, an independent and team-oriented way of working and very good English and/or German language skills are required. Knowledge of Arabic and/or French, regional expertise regarding the Maghreb and neighboring regions and experience with the functioning of academic institutions are welcome. A publication record in the field of digital humanities and knowledge of a script language are an advantage.

We offer an interesting workplace in a young and international research institution, the possibility of alternating mobile working and a pleasant working atmosphere. Our institution aims to reflect society in its entirety. Therefore, we invite applications from people regardless of their gender, cultural and social back-ground, age, religion, worldviews, disabilities or sexual identity.

Please send your application documents (a letter of motivation; a Curriculum Vitae (incl. list of publications if applicable); certificates) exclusively by e-mail and in one PDF document to bewerbung(at)trafo-berlin.de. Contact person is Georges Khalil, Managing Director. The deadline for applications is 2 June 2024.