The Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics is a sought-after employer with its renowned scientists conducting cross-disciplinary research in international teams.

ZAS understands the realization of Equal Opportunities and Diversity as a central guiding principle of its organizational and personnel development. The institute offers its employees an open, cooperative and family-friendly working environment. At the end of May 2022, ZAS was awarded the "berufundfamilie" certificate and it strives to sustainably implement the defined goals and measures for the further development of a family- and life phase-conscious personnel policy in the coming years. Furthermore, the Centre commits itself to comply with the Guidelines for good scientific practice.

ZAS welcomes international researchers who would like to come to the institute with their own research project and supports them in the application process. Research projects at ZAS must contribute to the institute's research themes and be approved by the Executive Committee before they can be submitted to a third-party funding organisation. The first point of contact for this are the heads of the respective research areas.

The ZAS offers support for linguistic researchers who face personal risk in their home countries including restrictions on academic or personal freedom, censorship, unlawful dismissal, arrest, or legal proceedings, and threats to life and limb. Causes may include persecution motivated by political, religious, ethnic, gender-based, or identity-related factors, as well as armed conflicts.  In particular, we are interested in helping scholars at-risk who fit the three criteria of the Philipp Schwartz Initiative: hold a PhD, recent research publications, and a certified at-risk status.
Interested at-risk researchers are encouraged to contact one of the research area heads. 

The support of doctoral researchers and postdocs during the entire qualification and orientation phase is of major concern to ZAS. There are positions for student assistants and, depending on capacities, internships at the Centre for the entry into linguistic research. An overview of support activities can be found on the page Young Researchers.

ZAS offers students the opportunity to do study-related internships. Detailed information can be found on the page Internships.