Employment Opportunities

This page offers regular updates about job opportunities and trainee positions at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law.

Job applications re. vacant positions should be submitted exclusively through our application por­tal. If you have any questions, please contact: career@csl.mpg.de and a.hampel@csl.mpg.de.

Additionally, you can send us an unsolicited application. Information on how to apply unsolicited to the three departments of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law can be found here.

The Max Planck Society is an equal opportunity employer and supports diversity in the workplace. Applications from disabled persons are welcome. We also aim to increase the percentage of female staff in fields in which they are underrepresented and therefore expressly encourage women to apply. Applications are particularly welcome from persons with backgrounds that have so far been underrepresented in science and research with regard to gender, age, professional and cultural background, family situation, sexual orientation, and nationality.

Visiting Scholars & Research Fellowship Program

To get to know the Institute, its researchers, and the city of Freiburg/Germany, we invite PhD students, postdocs, senior researchers, and professors from research institutions abroad to spend a few months with us as part of our Visiting Scholars and Research Fellowship Program. Guests and fellows at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law have access to our excellent research infrastructure and scientific support services. You are given ample time to develop your research projects, publish your work, and advance your academic career.