Research Fellow, Climate & Public Discourse Analytics

Nanyang Technological University; Singapore; On-site; SGD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (WKWSCI) at NTU Singapore invites applications for a Research Fellow to contribute to the Climate Transformation Program's Sustainable Societies theme. You will work with Professor Shirley Ho, engaging in literature reviews, sentiment analysis, and large-scale data studies to inform climate communication research.

You will develop methods combining computational analysis with communication theory, publish in journals, present at

Qualifications

• PhD in Communication, Media Studies, Computational Social Science, Information Science, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related discipline.
• Expertise in sentiment analysis, opinion mining, or computational analysis of media and public discourse.
• Ability to connect computational analysis with communication theories and research questions.
• Strong quantitative research skills; proficiency in Python or R; experience with large-scale textual data.
• Experience with NLP, ML, transformer-based models, or large language models.
• Experience collecting data via APIs or web scraping.
• Experience preparing grant proposals and contributing to funded research projects.
• Strong publication record or demonstrated potential to publish in reputable communication, computational social science, or interdisciplinary venues.
• Candidates should be able to independently develop research questions, conduct analysis, prepare manuscripts, and deliver project milestones.

Responsibilities

• Conducting literature reviews and supporting manuscript development
• Collecting and analysing online public discourse data using sentiment and content analysis methods
• Applying statistical and computational techniques to analyse large-scale textual datasets
• Contributing to peer-reviewed journal articles and conference presentations
• Preparing progress reports and final research outputs
• Supporting dissemination of findings to academic and public audiences
• Assisting with general project coordination and administrative tasks as required

Skills

Sentiment analysis

NLP

Python or R

Large language models

APIs / Web scraping

Research manuscript writing

Project management

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

PhD in a relevant field

Tools

Python

R

Transformer models

Job description

The Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (WKWSCI) at NTU Singapore invites applications for a Research Fellow to contribute to the Climate Transformation Program's Sustainable Societies theme. You will work with Professor Shirley Ho, engaging in literature reviews, sentiment analysis, and large-scale data studies to inform climate communication research.

You will develop methods combining computational analysis with communication theory, publish in journals, present at