The application deadline for the position of Teacher for Special Tasks at the IfS and for the Research Assistant position in Prof. Dr. El-Kayed’s department has been extended.
The new deadline is May 10, 2026.
 

The new master’s program “Diversity and Social Inequality” launched at the Institute of Sociology at the University of Münster in the 2025/26 winter semester. With its clear practical focus on addressing diversity in organizations, the program approaches the currently highly controversial topic of diversity from a scientific and empirical perspective. Graduates of the program will be able to supplement normative-political discourses on diversity with empirical findings and to evaluate and support existing and planned measures aimed at strengthening diversity in organizations.

On May 4, 2026, at 12:15 p.m., you can learn more about the program at an online information session via Zoom:
https://wwu.zoom.us/j/68982272288?pwd=UldNcU92SEc2T1hxUG01VHZyN1A5dz09
Meeting ID: 689 8227 2288
Passcode: 567602

On May 6, 2026, at 12:15 p.m., another in-person information session will take place (location: Conference Room 553a at the Institute of Sociology).

A position as a teacher for special tasks is to be filled for a period of 2 years.

Further information about your tasks, our expectations and your benefit can be found here.

A position as a scientific employee is to be filled for a period of 3 years with the option of extension.

Further information about your tasks, our expectations and your benefit can be found here.

A position as a student assistant is to be filled for a period of 1 year with the option of extension and with a weekly working time of 8 hours.

Further information about your tasks, our expectations and your benefit can be found here.

The “Declaration on Independent Writing of Term Papers” has been updated. Please include the new text with your term papers and assignments: See here.

The Institute of Sociology is delighted to welcome Prof. Dr. Nihad El-Kayed, who took up her position as Professor of Migration, Diversity, and Social Cohesion on January 1, 2026. In January, she will already be offering a block seminar entitled “Social Structures, Hierarchies, and Inequalities – Theoretical and Empirical Approaches.” Registration and further information are available directly from Prof. Dr. Nihad El-Kayed.

Starting in the winter semester 2026/27, there will be a new Erasmus partnership between the IfS and Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi. The Middle East Technical University in Ankara is one of the most renowned and largest universities in Turkey. The language of instruction is English.

Information about studying at ODTÜ can be found here. Information about the Department of Sociology can be found here.

The application deadline is January 31, 2026. All questions can be answered by the Erasmus Advisory Service.

New at the institute of sociology:

Sociology students can take advantage of career advice in the institute of sociology from the Employment Agency Münster-Ahlen.
Further information can be found here.

From the winter semester 2026/27, there will be a new Erasmus partnership between the IfS and the Uniwersytet Gdański in Poland.

The Institute of Sociology in Gdańsk is one of the most renowned sociological institutions in Poland and offers a wide range of courses in Polish and English (especially in the field of social sciences).

The application deadline is January 31, 2026.

If you have any questions, please contact the Erasmus Advisory Service at IfS Münster.

• Institute of Sociology Gdańsk
• Erasmus Incoming (in Poland)
• current English-language courses

On June 1, 2025, Prof. Dr. Nicolas Legewie will take over the professorship for Methods of Empirical Social Research at the Institute of Sociology at the University of Münster. He has already stood in for the professorship in the winter semester 2023/24 and in the summer semester 2024 and can now be reached again at his previous e-mail address (nlegewie@uni-muenster.de).

We are delighted to welcome him back and look forward to working with him in the future!

The results of the elections for the Senate and the Faculty Councils are available. They are valid for the term of office from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026 (or until September 30, 2024 for students).

• Official website of the University of Münster for the elections in the summer semester 2024
• Results of the elections to the boards of the FB06 institutes

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