Online Status Signaling: Social Psychology in Networks

Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research; Italia; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Sapienza Università di Roma invites applications for a research fellowship focusing on psychological and social processes in conspicuous behavior in digital contexts. The project investigates social motivations, social comparison and exposure to social networks, aiming to understand status-signaling in online expression.

Responsibilities include study design, measurement development and statistical data analysis, with emphasis on social network analysis.

Qualifications

• Study design, measurement development and statistical data analysis are central to the role.
• Emphasis on social network analysis as a methodological approach.
• Interdisciplinary collaboration with psychology and social science researchers.

Responsibilities

• Study design and measurement development for the project.
• Perform statistical data analysis with emphasis on social network analysis.
• Contribute to cross-sectional and longitudinal studies in digital contexts.

Skills

Study design

Measurement development

Statistical analysis

Social network analysis

Job description

Sapienza Università di Roma invites applications for a research fellowship focusing on psychological and social processes in conspicuous behavior in digital contexts. The project investigates social motivations, social comparison and exposure to social networks, aiming to understand status-signaling in online expression.

Responsibilities include study design, measurement development and statistical data analysis, with emphasis on social network analysis.