Dfg Graduiertenkolleg 2720 Digital Platform

The University of Passau owes its strong visibility and good repute to excellent research, innovative
teaching and its tight-knit international academic networks. Some 12,000 students and more than 1,300
staff study and work on our university campus, which is located a stone’s throw from the historical Old Town
of Passau and combines state-of-the-art technical infrastructure with award-winning architecture.
Internationally successful high-tech companies and a vibrant start-up scene, coupled with a rich culture and
Lower Bavarian traditions, give Passau and the surrounding area a special appeal that makes it a great
place to live and work.

The University of Passau is offering

**doctoral (PhD) positions**

**for the DFG Research Training Group 2720 on Digital Platform Ecosystems (DPE)**:Digital Platform
- Based Value Creation and its Implications for Data Exchange, Organisation and Socio-Economic
Development to start at the earliest convenience.

**The Research Training Group (RTG)**
and vibrant interdisciplinary research community. It is comprised of 22 doctoral (PhD) and postdoctoral
students, nine principal investigators/doctoral supervisors and an international network of research partners
from the disciplines of information systems, management, organisation, marketing, economics and
communication studies. Together, they investigate the idiosyncratic characteristics of digital platform
ecosystems and their implications for the transformation and design of economic value-creation
architectures as well as for overarching socio-economic and regulatory developments. The RTG is
organised in three interdisciplinary thematic areas:

- Data exchange in digital platform ecosystems
- Innovation, transformation, and organisation in digital platform ecosystems
- Socio-economic and regulatory dimensions of digital platform ecosystems

**What we offer**
Positions are available for **three **years, and are remunerated with an internationally competitive salary
(75%-100% FTE, TV-L 13) with social security and healthcare contributions. The RTG is generously funded
mentored by at least two professors and receive a tailored, interdisciplinary training programme, including
a three-month research stay abroad to promote internationally competitive top-level research around the
phenomenon of digital platform ecosystems. The research programme is fully funded, including IT
equipment, a research budget and travel grants. DFG funded doctoral researchers can focus on their
research and do not have to take on teaching or administrative tasks. In addition, doctoral researchers are
also affiliated to the chair of the first supervisor in order to promote deeper interaction and integration in the
respective department. The RTG is based at the University of Passau, which has an outstanding
international reputation in research and teaching, a strong focus on digitalisation and digital technologies
as well as an award-winning campus in one of the most beautiful historic towns in Europe.

**What you provide**
We are looking for aspiring early career researchers with a strong interest in and an openness to conducting
interdisciplinary research at an internationally competitive level. At the time of hiring, applicants must have
completed a university master's degree in one of the areas covered by the RTG. Applicants should have
demonstrated academic excellence in their studies and should be dedicated and perseverant researchers,
possess strong social and communicative skills and be fluent in English as well as committed to contributing
to the RTG community.

**How to apply**

**RTG Digital Platform Ecosystems - University of Passau - Innstr. 42 - 94032 Passau, Germany**

professors for questions regarding the research areas.

The University of Passau aims to balance the diversity of employees. We encourage female applicants to
applicants are given preference over non-disabled applicants who do not otherwise have statutory
preferential status if their overall personal aptitudes, skills and qualifications are equal. This position may

whereupon they are deleted from our systems.

**Only the German version of this vacancy announcement is legally binding.**

**RTG Digital Platform Ecosystems - University of Passau - Innstr. 42 - 94032 Passau, Germany