Student Assistant, International Economics 20%
Date: Sep 8, 2026
Location: Peter Merian-Weg 6 | P.O. Box | 4002 Basel | Switzerland, CH
Company: Universität Basel
The international economics group, located at the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Basel and led by Prof. Andreas Müller, is hiring a Student Assistant. The average workload will be 8 hours per week.
Start date: September 2026 (exact date to be determined). The initial contract is for 6 months, with the possibility of an extension.
Your position
The job involves research and teaching support to Prof. Andreas Müller and the researchers in the international economics group.
Your profile
You are interested in international economics and macroeconomics broadly speaking. Some of the work will consist in obtaining, organizing and visualizing data for research and teaching purposes, so an affinity to scientific software and data management is helpful. Ideally, you have experience with Stata and LaTeX.
Applicants must be students in good standing at the University of Basel. The ideal assistant studies in the Bachelor’s or the Master’s program of the Faculty of Business and Economics. In addition, a high level of self-reliance and an efficient attitude to work is expected for this job.
We offer you
You will have an opportunity to further develop your skills and support active research and teaching of the international economics group. The work times and location are flexible. Conditions of employment and salary are governed by the personnel and salary regulations of the University of Basel.
See our activities here: https://wwz.unibas.ch/en/international-economics
Application / Contact
Applicants should submit a complete dossier including a brief cover letter, CV and academic transcript(s) electronically via the University of Basel online recruiting platform.
For questions, please contact Prof. Andreas Müller: andi.mueller@unibas.
The position will be advertised until filled.