[ecrea] Postdoc, Lab for Internet Studies, St.Petersburg, Russia

Laboratory for Internet Studies (St. Petersburg)
Postdoctoral research position. Deadline: April 1, 2015. Full details: 
http://cas.hse.ru/20150401linis

The Higher School of Economics Laboratory for Internet Studies in St. 
Petersburg, Russia invites applications for postdoctoral research 
positions in the field of quantitative data-driven interdisciplinary 
Internet research for social science.

The job involves:

* working under the direct supervision of Dr. Olessia Koltsova;
* working on LINIS's research projects in two broad areas:

1. automatic detection of online public opinion, public agenda and 
sentiment, especially concerning important social problems (e.g. ethnic 
or religious conflicts);
2. structure of communities in social networking sites (e.g. 
representing social movements, self-help groups, professional and 
recreational groupings etc.), including community detection and other 
relevant graph mining.

* preparing a research paper in co-authorship with the members of the Lab;
* participation in organization of the events and other contribution to 
the Lab’s development;
* some teaching and public presentations of candidate’s own research are 
encouraged.

The Lab offers access to its databases and analytical software, as well 
as mathematical modeling, software development and data processing support.

Requirements:

Social science track:

* a PhD in such fields of social science as: any internet related social 
studies, sociology, media and communication, psychology, economics, 
marketing, political science, public policy and government;
* expertise in an internet-related social issue (e.g. ethnic conflict 
online) and ability to work with computer scientists on the relevant data.

Computer science track:

* a PhD in computer science, math or relate fields;
* a strong background in data processing and data analysis, that might 
include classical statistics, SNA, text mining, big data processing or 
scripting skills.

General:

* ability to work in a team;
* fluent English.

General conditions for Post-Doctoral Research positions can be found 
here. Appointments will be normally made for one year.

A CV, research statement and two letters of recommendation should be 
sent to (fellowship /at/ hse.ru) by April 1, 2015.

The HSE is a young, dynamic, fast-growing Russian research university 
providing unique research opportunities.

Apply online








Olessia Koltsova
Director, Laboratory for Internet Studies
National Research University Higher School of Economics
room 3216, building 2, 55 Sedova St.
192148, St.Petersburg, Russia
www.linis.hse.ru
E-mail: (ekoltsova /at/ hse.ru)
http://www.hse.ru/en/org/persons/202747



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