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Note that only applications with a cover letter, CV including contact details of two references, a Research Statement, and a Job Market Paperwill be accepted. Letters of Recommendation are not required at this stage but may be shared if available. Please upload all documents as PDF files via the application tool. 

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The department of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research, headed by Prof. Dietmar Harhoff, invites outstanding and motivated researchers to apply as Postdocs in Economics or Management of Innovation. The term of appointment is up to three years.

Researchers at the Institute are expected to independently carry out basic research in the fields of

• Innovation (with a possible focus on intellectual property rights, digitalization and innovation, origins and impact of AI, science of science, organization of innovation processes, innovation policy, innovation addressing grand challenges)
• Entrepreneurship (e.g., entrepreneurial finance, start-up acceleration, entrepreneurship education, social and inclusive entrepreneurship, high-tech spin-offs, technology transfer)
• Behavioral Foundations (e.g., incentives for creativity, innovation motives and behavior, inventor characteristics)

They publish their work in leading academic journals. The Institute provides access to an outstanding research infrastructure, including large-scale databases and computing capacity for machine learning. The working language is English.

The Max Planck Society is committed to increasing the number of women in areas where they are underrepresented and therefore strongly encourages women to apply. The Max Planck Society is committed to employing more people with disabilities and expressly encourages them to apply.

We consider all applications on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

The application package consists of a cover letter, CV including contact details of two references, a Research Statement, and a Job Market Paper. Letters of Recommendation are not required at this stage but may be shared if available.
 

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• The term of appointment is up to three years. The position is expected to start as soon as possible.
• There are no teaching obligations.
• The gross salary is based on the German Labor Agreement for Public Service (TVöD).

Candidates need to hold a doctoral degree in management, business administration, economics or a related field by the end of 2026. Candidates are expected to have a very strong background in empirical methods. We value alignment between the group’s topics and the candidate’s research agenda.

If you have further questions, please contact ie-hiring(at)ip.mpg.de.

The Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition is committed to fundamental legal and economic research on processes of innovation and competition and their regulation. Our research focuses on the incentives, determinants and implications of innovation. With an outstanding international team of scholars and excellent scientific and administrative infrastructure including our renowned library, we host academics from all over the world and actively promote young researchers. We inform and guide legal and economic discourse on an impartial basis. As an independent research institution, we provide evidence-based research results to academia, policymakers, the private sector as well as the general public.

Further information about the Max Planck Institute and the department Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research can be found on our webpage.

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