Graduate Assistant in Leadership and Decision-Making

Introduction

UNIL is a leading international teaching and research institution, with over 5,000 employees and 17,000 students split between its Dorigny campus, CHUV and Epalinges. As an employer, UNIL encourages excellence, individual recognition and responsibility.

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Presentation

The Department of Organizational Behavior at the Faculty for Business and Economics at the University of Lausanne provides a stimulating and highly interdisciplinary research environment. We value the diverse areas of expertise among department members, who variously hold Ph.D.s in psychology, management, business, economics, and population biology. More broadly, the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Lausanne is one of the largest faculties on campus and consists of 10 integrated departments. We publish in top-tier journals in numerous disciplines, including management (e.g., Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management, and Organizational Behavior and Decision Processes ), psychology ( e.g., Psychological Review, Psychological Bulletin, and Journal of Applied Psychology ), and cross-discipline journals ( e.g., PNAS, Science, and Nature).  Department members come from several different countries, and the working language of the department is English.

Job information

Job information

Expected starting date:  August 1st, 2026, or a mutually acceptable alternative

Contract duration:          The initial contract is one year. The contract is twice renewable for two years, and thus maximum funding period is five years.

Place of work:                University of Lausanne, Faculty of Economics and Business, Lausanne/Dorigny

Type of position:            100%

Salary:                           According to legal stipulations here

Supervisors:                  Julian Marewski (supervisor) and Joerg Dietz (co-supervisor)

Your qualifications

We are looking for someone with the following profile: 

• Master’s in psychology, organizational behavior, management, human cognition, computational social science, or other behavioral science. Applications from candidates from other fields (e.g., history, sociology, physics, computer science, biology) are welcome, too if the candidate has corresponding research interests


• Very strong interests in the study of leadership and decision-making processes 


• Strong quantitative skills with an interest in experimental methods and modeling as tools to study human behavior


• Curiosity to cross disciplinary boundaries in the study of human behavior


• Fluent in English


• Must be accepted to the doctoral program in Management within the first year of the contract and interested candidates must simultaneously apply to this PhD program

Your responsibilities

• 50% of the assistant’s time will be dedicated to completion of doctoral studies in Management.


• 50% of the assistant’s time will be dedicated to providing teaching, administrative, and research support for Julian Marewski. 

Your application

Deadline: April 15th, 2026

Please submit the following documents through the  UNIL applications platform .

• Letter of motivation


• Brief explanation of thesis topics (2 pages maximum)


• Curriculum Vitae with references


• Copies of university diplomas and degrees; transcripts (indicating marks/grades achieved)


• MSc thesis or an example research project 

Please, send your full application in Word or PDF.

Only applications through this website will be considered. We thank you for your understanding.

The research environment

The successful candidate will work closely with Julian Marewski and Joerg Dietz, who will act as the candidate’s PhD supervisor and co-supervisor, respectively. The candidate will be a member of the Department of Organizational Behavior in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Lausanne.     

What the position offers you

We offer a nice working place in a multicultural, diverse and dynamic academic environment. Opportunities for professional training, a lot of activities and other benefits to discover. 
Research resources include access to a laboratory and participant pool.

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Contact for further information

Information about Julian Marewski and Joerg Dietz are available at https://www.unil.ch/ob/en/home/menuinst/members.html .

• Inquiries about the position itself should be sent to Prof. Julian Marewski  E-Mail schreiben and Prof. Joerg Dietz E-Mail schreiben


• Inquiries related to the application process for this position should be sent to Vanessa Zirek E-Mail schreiben

Additional information

Information about the Faculty of Business and Economics is available here

Information on the Department of Organizational Behavior is available here

Information on the doctoral program in Management is available here

UNIL is committed to:
•    equality, diversity and inclusion within its community;
•    ensuring an open and respectful environment that is conducive to personal development;
•    offering working conditions that facilitate work-life balance;
•    supporting early career researchers.

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