Research Knowledge Engineer (m/f/x)

In order to fill a fixedterm position in parttime, fulltime (39.83 hours/week = 100%;) 01.07.2026, we are looking for 1 Research Knowledge Engineer (m/f/x) CERES is a Central Research Unit of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. It currently brings together over 50 researchers, making it one of the largest centers for the comparative study of religion in Europe. The position will be filled within the CRC 1475 “Metaphors of Religion” combining digital research methods with philology and religious studies to study the role of metaphors in religious communication. Based on a linguistically and historically wideranging corpus (including Avestan, Sanskrit, Hebrew, Arabic, Classical Chinese, Tibetan, and several European languages; from the second millennium BCE to the present), the CRC comparatively analyzes metaphors across traditions such as Christianity, Islam, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism. Its research is strongly collaborative, grounded in a shared digital infrastructure and a common methodological and theoretical framework. Further details can be found at https://sfb1475.ruhrunibochum.de/Subject to a pending funding

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