Convocatoria: Postdoctoral position – University of Vienna (Plazo: 18 de marzo de 2024)

Postdoctoral position – University of Vienna

Organismo: University of Vienna

Requisitos: 

• Doctorate/PhD in computational social science, political science, data science, computer science or another relevant discipline (completed or close to completion) 
• Emerging research agenda on a topic broadly connected to the themes of MULTIREP with a strong methodological/technical focus, especially on the analysis of text data 
• Excellent publication record (e.g. articles in leading disciplinary or methodological journals) or demonstrated potential thereof (e.g. manuscripts under revise and resubmit, prizes) 
• Excellent command of and advanced programming skills in R 
• Interest in political representation 
• Strong communication skills, ability to organize and contribute to team work, high reliability, attention to detail, pro-active and responsible attitude, intellectual independence and originality 
• Excellent command of English (knowledge of German is not necessary) 

Desirable experiences and skills (ANY of this would be an asset): 

• Experience with the analysis of political texts, especially legislative speeches or social media posts of politicians Experience in working with language models (e.g. LLMs, BERT). 
• Experience with developing software packages in R. 
• Programming skills in Python, JavaScript, C++, Stan or other statistical/programming languages. 
• A university degree in computer science (e.g. bachelor, master). 
• Experience in developing new methods in a social science discipline. 
• Analysis skills with regard to other modes of human behavior (e.g. visuals, voice, gestures)

Solicitudes: 

Applications should consist of: 

• Cover letter (incl. discussion of “desirable experiences and skills”) 
• Curriculum vitae (incl. list of publications where applicable) 
• Transcripts of record from undergraduate and postgraduate study 
• Contact details of two potential referees 

These documents should be compiled in a single PDF file and sent via e-mail to multirep.staatswissenschaft@univie.ac.at as well as christopher.wratil@univie.ac.at by 23:59 CET on 18 March 2024. Please use the e-mail title “Application MULTIREP CSS”.

Comentarios: 

Job description: 

• Develop, validate, calibrate and apply (new) quantitative text / natural language processing models that can infer how politicians aim to represent citizens from legislative speech and social media data 
• Publish methodological and substantive research on politicians’ representation styles (together with other team members), aiming for manuscript placements in leading political science outlets 
• Share responsibility for data collection, data documentation and data management as well as the ethical implementation of research activities 
• Co-lead the development of an R software package providing easy-to-use access to calibrated models, overseeing and supervising research assistants as well as collaborating with PhD researchers 
• Starting date: Any date in 2024 (please indicate preferred date in your cover letter) 
• Contract: Up to 4 years 
• Salary: approx. €66,500 p.a. gross for a 40 hour/week contract, may be higher with previous postdoc experience (Austrian take-home pay calculator) 
• Benefits: paid annual leave, social insurance (incl. healthcare, pension), flexible working hours, home office arrangements, funds to attend further methods trainings and collect large amounts of research data in the framework of the project

Plazo de presentación: Hasta 18/03/2024 (Susceptible a error de cálculo, comprobar siempre)

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