F-090 | Postdoctoral Researcher Digital Media And Politics

.Reference: 539_24_DIR_CSS_R2Job title: Postdoctoral researcher Digital Media and Politics (R2) - AI4SAbout BSCThe Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, was a founding and hosting member of the former European HPC infrastructure PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe), and is now hosting entity for EuroHPC JU, the Joint Undertaking that leads large-scale investments and HPC provision in Europe. The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress.BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over 1000 staff from 60 countries.We promote Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, fostering an environment where each and every one of us is appreciated for who we are, regardless of our differences.Context And MissionThe Computational Social Science and Humanities program envisions preparing the social sciences and humanities for the era of data, artificial intelligence (AI), and Exascale supercomputing. Our mission is to foster collaboration between social scientists and computer scientists, making high-performance computing (HPC) accessible to all researchers in the field. Through innovative approaches, we aim to apply social science research to contribute valuable insights for informed policymaking.As a postdoctoral researcher for the Digital Media and Politics lab you will play a pivotal role in advancing cutting-edge research on social media and public opinion by use of novel computational methods, and will report to Dr Laia Castro, Professor of Political Science BSC-UB, and Dr Mercè Crosas, Head of the Computational Science Programme at BSC.Key DutiesConduct original research on the impact of digital media use on political attitudes, cognitions and behaviors.Coordination and assistance of data collection and analysis.Guiding other team members in applying computational methods to their grants proposals and research papers.Leadership in writing grant proposal applications and co-authorship and lead authorship of research papers.Assistance in team coordination and PhD supervision.Communication of projects' results in conferences and workshops.Organization of expert workshops, conferences, seminars.Collaboration with members from other departments and disciplines (Political Science, Communication Science, Computer Science, Sociology, Economy, among others) will be encouraged.Travel internationally to engage with relevant scientific communities.RequirementsEducation: PhD in the social sciences or computational (social) science