Open postdoc and PhD positions at University of Vienna
PRAEDOC
Duration of employment: 4 year/s
Extent of Employment: 30 hours/week
Job Description: Participation in research, teaching and administration: - Participation in research projects/ scientific studies in the field of Computational Communication Science - Participation in publications/ academic articles/ presentations - We expect the successful candidate to sign a doctoral thesis agreement within 12-18 months - Participation in teaching and independent teaching of courses as defined by the collective agreement - Supervision of students - Participation in organisation of meetings, conferences, symposiums - Participation in administration of the department
Profile: - Completed postgraduate degree (MA, MSc) in communication studies or related field - Profound knowledge of empirical social research methods, especially quantitative methods - Interest in learning methods of Computational Communication Science, e.g. agent-based modelling and simulation, network analysis, automated text analysis and/or image recognition - Programming experience of R and/or Python, or the willingness to acquire these or other object-oriented programming languages - Substantive interest in issues of public and political communication - Didactic competences - High ability to express yourself both orally and writing - Excellent command of written and spoken English - High computer literacy (MS Office) - Ability to work in teams - Time management skills - Reliability
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POSTDOC
Duration of employment: 6 year/s
Extent of Employment: 40 hours/week
Job Description: Active participation in research, teaching and administration. This involves - Collaboration in research projects/ scientific studies - International publication and presentation activities - Grant applications and acquisition of external funding - Preparing / writing a (publication-ready) habilitation thesis - Independent teaching of courses as defined by the collective agreement - Examination activities - Supervision of students - Contribution to the department administration
Profile: - Doctoral degree/PhD degree in the field of communication studies or related field - Publications in (international) journals and conference presentations - Knowledge of computational and data-intensive methods of the social sciences (Computational Social Science), especially of one or more of the following methods: network analysis, agent-based modelling and computer simulation, time series analysis, text and data mining - Programming experience, preferably with R and/or Python - Excellent quantitative analytical skills and knowledge of statistical software - Substantive interest in the areas of public sphere, political communication and/or science communication - Didactic competences and teaching experience/ experience with e-learning is an advantage - High ability to express yourself both orally and in writing - Excellent command of written and spoken English - Capable software user (MS Office, relevant statistics packages) - Ability to work in team - Knowledge of university processes and structures advantageous
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