Student assistant for projects on violence in close relationships

Queen Mary’s Center is currently seeking a student assistant to join the center’s work on the problem area: Knowledge against violence.

Queen Mary’s Center is an interdisciplinary and community-oriented center at the University of Copenhagen. We work to make humanistic and social science research a resource in solving societal problems. We build bridges between research environments and the actors who stand in the midst of society’s complex challenges – in the public sector, civil society and business. Behind the center lies the Faculty of Humanities, the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Faculty of Theology and the Faculty of Law at the University of Copenhagen.

The center works strategically with four concrete problem areas toward 2030, and we are currently seeking a student to join projects across the problem area: Knowledge against violence. Under the problem area there is a wide range of projects that the student will support and work on.

This includes ongoing projects on, among other things, the development of tools for the justice system’s handling of cases of partner violence, a research project on technology-facilitated violence in intimate relationships, and an interdisciplinary research network on violence in intimate relationships. The center also has a number of new projects under development within the area of, among other things, consent culture, honor-related crime in intimate relationships and municipal emergency plans.

All projects share the focus on research into prevention, detection, treatment and prosecution of violence in intimate relationships.

Job tasks for the position

As a student assistant, your primary tasks will be to support the center’s work on projects related to violence in intimate relationships. The tasks will be distributed across projects, including, for example, assistance with arranging meetings, planning workshops and events, and writing minutes, but the position also includes the possibility of other tasks. This includes everything from assisting with grant applications to help with data collection in the projects and evaluations.

In the position you will primarily be attached to Queen Mary’s Center’s work on mobilizing research into efforts against violence in intimate relationships, but there will also be smaller tasks to support the center’s daily operations together with the rest of our skilled student assistant team.

Examples of tasks

• Help coordinate and organize meetings
• Support the running of workshops and public events on the agenda
• Support the application processes for new projects within the agenda
• Help with data collection, including in evaluations of final projects

We expect that you

• Are in the final year of your bachelor’s degree or the start of your master’s program
• Could be interested in a study job, where you continue for at least one year
• Have an interest in – and preferably experience with – initiatives aimed at preventing/detecting/treating violence in intimate relationships. The experience may be gained through study, work or other activities
• Have a flair for administrative tasks
• Have an interest in how different research disciplines can be applied in practice
• Are thorough, detail-oriented and good at articulating yourself in writing
• Would like to work in a busy and dynamic environment with many stakeholders
• Are creative and curious
• Have good English skills

We can offer you

• Insight into practice-oriented projects with a broad group of actors within the agenda violence in intimate relationships
• Colleagues with many different backgrounds who work on projects within the center’s four problem areas and are happy to share their experiences
• A large community of student assistants, of which you will become a part
• A dynamic workplace with room for laughter in lunch breaks and where everyone is focused on social change
• A central location at CSS right next to Nørreport station

Salary and terms of employment

Start as soon as possible.

The working hours are 15 hours per week on average. Exams are taken into account.

Salary and terms of employment are in accordance with the joint agreement between the Ministry of Taxation and Public Employees’ Organizations – The Public Sector (OAO-S) and the collective agreement for office workers, laboratory technicians and IT workers (HK/Stat) with placement as a student.

The minimum hourly wage is DKK 145.73 (as of 1 April 2024).

You will be placed on the pay grade based on prior employment.

To be employed, you must be enrolled and an active student at a higher education institution.

For further information

Contact project manager Maya Dyval Bayraktar at [email protected] or on +45 28 20 78 28

See more at: https://marycenter.ku.dk/ and About violence in intimate relationships – Queen Mary’s Center - University of Copenhagen

If you are interested, please send a short motivation letter along with your CV, enrollment certificate and exam transcript no later than 24 November 2026 - interviews will be held in week 49.

Applications received after the application deadline will not be considered.

The University aims to reflect the surrounding society and encourages all applicants regardless of personal background to apply for the position.

University of Copenhagen has established a new joint administrative organization, which is still being implemented. This entails ongoing changes and development of, among other things, workflows and cooperation interfaces.