The project Unmasking Supply Chains: leveraging digital human rights investigations for corporate accountability is looking for a research technologist to support the project team and the Supply Chain Investigations Lab. You will be part of an interdisciplinary research team for a project that sits at the intersection of academic research and human rights-related investigative practice.

You will be hired as a full-time researcher for a period of 3 years in accordance with the German TVL (Collective Agreement for the public service) salary scale (depending on qualifications, up to TVL-E13 at 100%, minimum 4300€ gross per month). We support flexible working hours and allow working from home, but regular in-person attendance at the office is expected and fully remote work from outside Germany will not be possible. However, you do not need to be based in Germany to apply. Expected start date: 1 February 2027.

Unmasking Supply Chains is a trans- and interdisciplinary research project conducted in partnership with the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) and based at the FAU Chair for Human Rights Politics. The research connects two important areas of transformation in the human rights field: the innovative use of digital open source information for human rights investigations, and the expanding legal frameworks on human rights in supply chains, which offer new pathways towards corporate accountability. The project team at FAU, consisting of a principal investigator, two doctoral researchers (Law and Political Science) and the technologist (you), will explore the use of open source fact-finding techniques to trace supply chains and critically reflect on the potential and limitations of using open source data and technologies to advance corporate accountability. In addition to traditional academic research, the project team will set up a Supply Chain Investigations Lab at FAU to work with students on digital supply chain investigations.

This position is ideal for someone who wants to use their technical expertise and skills to support efforts to hold corporations to account for human rights abuses and/or environmental harm, while engaging in joint critical reflection on the work with an interdisciplinary team.

The full vacancy, including required qualifications and instructions on how to apply, are here: https://www.pol.phil.fau.eu/files/2026/08/Vacancy_UnmaskingSupplyChains_ResearchTechnologist.pdf.

Deadline for applications: 13 September 2026.