Department of Business Administration
Research Assistant approx., great flexibility in organisation, 20 - 50 %
Start of employment July 2025 or upon agreement., temporaryThe Department of Business Administration at the University of Zurich is one of the leading research and teaching facilities in the German-speaking world.
At the Chair for Entrepreneurship, we conduct research in two areas: Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Main analysis tools are empirical methods, mostly applied to large-scale data sets, game theory and experiments
Your responsibilities
• Maintain and extend our automated web scraping infrastructure built in Python and managed through GitHub workflows
• Support the maintenance and development of our central research database, which includes data from the Swiss commercial registry (Zefix)
• Develop and apply natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning (ML) models to support empirical research in entrepreneurship and innovation
• Ensure reliability and efficiency of our data pipelines and model workflows
• Support the maintenance and development of our central research database, which includes data from the Swiss commercial registry (Zefix)
• Develop and apply natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning (ML) models to support empirical research in entrepreneurship and innovation
• Ensure reliability and efficiency of our data pipelines and model workflows
Your profile
• Completed BA studies in Management, Economics, Computer Sciences or Finance and enrollment as a MA student at UZH or ETH in a technical degree program (e.g., Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, Computational Linguistics)
• Strong programming skills in Python, with experience in data manipulation libraries (e.g., Pandas, Numpy) and ML/NLP frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, Transformers)
• First-hand experience with web scraping tools and techniques is a plus
• Familiarity with SQL and relational databases
• Interest or experience in NLP, particularly the use of large language models in applied research
• Languages: English and/or German (as many data sources are in German); French or Italian is a plus
• Strong programming skills in Python, with experience in data manipulation libraries (e.g., Pandas, Numpy) and ML/NLP frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, Transformers)
• First-hand experience with web scraping tools and techniques is a plus
• Familiarity with SQL and relational databases
• Interest or experience in NLP, particularly the use of large language models in applied research
• Languages: English and/or German (as many data sources are in German); French or Italian is a plus
Information on your application
We offer varied and interesting work in an inspiring and socially relevant environment.Diversity and inclusion are important to us.
We are a small and highly productive team of researchers interested in the digital transformation, entrepreneurship and innovation economics.
We expect a workload corresponding to 20 – 50% employment. The job offers great flexibility in organisation.
Please submit a short letter of motivation, your CV and your transcript of records to entrepreneurship@business.uzh.ch. Please send all documents in a single PDF and write “Research assistance” in the email reference.
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Working at UZH
The University of Zurich, Switzerland's largest university, offers a range of attractive positions in various subject areas and professional fields. With around 10,000 employees and currently 12 professional apprenticeship streams the University offers an inspiring working environment on cutting-edge research and top-class education. Put your talent and skills to work with us. Find out more about UZH as an employer!
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The University of Zurich, Switzerland's largest university, offers a range of attractive positions in various subject areas and professional fields. With around 10,000 employees and currently 12 professional apprenticeship streams the University offers an inspiring working environment on cutting-edge research and top-class education. Put your talent and skills to work with us. Find out more about UZH as an employer!
More → https://www.uzh.ch/cmsssl/en/explore/work.html
Please apply via our job portal www.jobs.uzh.ch.
Working at UZH
The University of Zurich, Switzerland's largest university, offers a range of attractive positions in various subject areas and professional fields. With around 10,000 employees and currently 12 professional apprenticeship streams the University offers an inspiring working environment on cutting-edge research and top-class education. Put your talent and skills to work with us. Find out more about UZH as an employer!
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