丹麦奥胡斯大学博士后职位招聘–数字人文、计算社会科学、神经科学、社会心理学、认知科学或其他相关学术背景

Postdoc in Social Media Influence (Re-advertisement)

DATALAB – Center for Digital Social Research at the Department of Media and Journalism Studies within the School of Communication and Culture at Aarhus University invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral position commencing 1 February 2024.

The Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University, in collaboration with the Independent Research Fund Denmark (IRFD), invites applications for a postdoc position on the collective project SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCE: A large-scale study of social media as infrastructures for influence in national populations with a focus on false information.

The position is a full time, fixed-term two-year position and begins on 1 February 2024or as soon as possible thereafter.

The School of Communication and Culture is committed to diversity and encourages all qualified applicants to apply regardless of their personal background.

The Project

This collective IRFD project studies social media as infrastructures for influence in times of crises in which media are important sources of information. The larger IRFD project’s major contributions are to create (1) new understandings of the characteristics of influence on social media and new typologies of actors, (2) new methods to investigate influential actors, and (3) empirical results on which citizen’s demographic profiles are affected and where on Facebook and YouTube, as well as how citizens experience being influenced by actors who use false information. 

Qualifications

Applicants must have a PhD degree or must document equivalent qualifications in a field such as digital humanities, computational social science, neuroscience, social psychology, cognitive science, or other relevant academic backgrounds. Applicants must be able to document, relevant to the position: 

• an internationally oriented research profile within fields related to human collective behavior, collective influence, social media (influence), computational social science or digital humanities as documented by a PhD dissertation and/or research publications
• excellent communication and interpersonal skills, in order to engage productively both within the research team and with external organisations and institutions.

Furthermore, it will be considered an advantage if applicants can document

• a track record of research publications of a high international standard commensurate with the length of the applicant’s academic career
• experience of participation in national and international research networks
• time spent abroad working at one or more internationally recognised research institutions.

Applicants are asked to upload to the AU application system the PhD diploma, a full CV, a full publication list, maximum five articles (stating where each article has been published/submitted and/or the publication status, for example published/accepted/under review) and a short cover letter (max. 2 pages) on how the applicant will fulfil the expectations highlighted in this call. 

If you need help uploading your application or have questions about the recruitment process, please contact Arts HR support by email: hsi@au.dk.