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Job title: Postdoctoral researcher Digital Media and Politics (R2) - AI4S
About BSC
The 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, 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 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 are particularly interested in the strengths and lived experiences of women and underrepresented groups to help us avoid perpetuating biases and oversights in science and IT research. In instances of equal merit, the incorporation of the under-represented sex will be favored. 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 Mission
The 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 and Dr. Mercè Crosas.
Key Duties Conduct 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 will be encouraged.Travel internationally to engage with relevant scientific communities.Requirements Education: PhD in the social sciences or computational (social) science.
Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience:
Experience in quantitative empirical analysis and computational methods, familiarity with at least one of the following: online experiments, machine learning and text analysis, network analysis, agent-based modeling.
Conditions:
The position will be located at BSC within the Computational Social Sciences Program. We offer a full-time contract (37.5h/week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, and a salary of 45.000,00€.
Applications procedure:
All applications must be submitted via the BSC website and contain a full CV in English and a cover/motivation letter.
Deadline: The vacancy will remain open until a suitable candidate has been hired.
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