puestos de Sozialwissenschaft en Alemania

University of Zurich

Lampertheim, Germany

Other

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23.06.2025

07.08.2025

Your responsibilities

• Interest in advancing communication research on the role of political social media influencers.
• Take a leading role in the project's work package on the influence of PSMIs on political discourse and engagement, including applying computational social science methods using large multi-lingual and multi-modal social media datasets, and working with donated social media data.
• Develop your own research agenda within the broader scope of the project.
• Conduct and publish high-quality research in leading communication journals and at international conferences.
• Collaborate with other project members and research assistants.
• Provide support for project-related management and administrative tasks.

Your profile

• A very good doctoral degree in communication science (or close to completing) or an adjacent field (e.g., political science, sociology, social computing) with an interest in political communication and computational social science.
• Experience with computational text analysis methods, including large language models. Experience or interest in computer vision and/or network analysis is an asset.
• Strong programming skills in R and/or Python.
• Analytical skills and capacity for independent, internationally visible research.
• Enthusiasm for working in teams.
• Willingness to move to Zurich and travel internationally to engage with scientific communities.
• Strong command of English; knowledge of German or Polish is an asset.

What we offer

• Participation in a cutting-edge research project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.
• Opportunity to develop your own research agenda within the project framework.
• Funding for conferences, training, and research activities.
• 3 years of employment with a possible extension of 1 year, at 80% employment rate.
• Competitive salary (~5,000 CHF/month after taxes).
• A supportive, research-oriented team.
• An attractive work environment in Zurich, a vibrant city with high quality of life.

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