[Commlist] 2 post-doc positions University of Koblenz-Landau (Germany) & University of Bern (Switzerland)

Two Postdoc Positions in Political Communication / Political Psychology 
/ Computational Methods (100% each, 3 years) at the University of 
Koblenz-Landau (Germany) and the University of Bern (Switzerland)
Deadline: January 20th, 2019



At the Institute of Communication and Media Studies at the University of 
Bern (Switzerland, Prof. Silke Adam) the following position is available
Post-doc position (100%, SNF)

starting on April 1st, 2019 (or by agreement) for a period of three 
years (36 months). The position will serve the joint research project 
with the University of Koblenz-Landau (Prof. Michaela Maier, see next 
page for the second post-doc position in Landau) "Reciprocal relations 
between populist radical-right attitudes and political information 
behavior: A longitudinal study of attitude development in high-choice 
information environments" funded by SNF and DFG as well as the 
individual scientific qualification of the candidate.

Main Tasks:
Within the project, the Berne-position will take the lead in the 
following tasks: -	Cooperation with programmers as regards the 
development of a tracking tool for online information behavior; 
Preparation and supervision of media usage tracking
-	Automated content analyses
-	Data management and data fusion of survey and content analyses data
-	Development of questionnaire
-	Production of high-quality research output (e.g. peer-reviewed 
publications, conference presentations)
Involvement in all other project tasks is strongly supported.
Employment qualifications:
-	Excellent Ph.D. in communication science, a related social science 
discipline, psychology or informatics
-	Strong interest in political online communication, media usage and 
media effects
-	Very good skills in empirical social science methods (esp. survey and 
content analyses)
-	Very good English skills
-	Motivation for team work, high organizational and communicative skills
-	Publication and project experience are advantageous for these positions

We offer: -	Research in an international, collegial and productive team
-	Freedom and support to develop own research ideas and produce 
high-quality research output
-	Excellent working conditions and environment

The University of Bern strives to increase the proportion of women in 
research and teaching and therefore invites qualified female candidates 
to apply.

Applications (letter of motivation including own research interests / 
ideas, CV incl. list of publications, certificates, the two best 
publications / chapters of the dissertation) should be mailed as one pdf 
file by January 20th, 2019 to Prof. Silke Adam ((silke.adam /at/ ikmb.unibe.ch)).
See: http://www.ikmb.unibe.ch/about_us/open_position/index_eng.html



Department 8: Psychology at Campus Landau, the Institute for 
Communication Psychology and Media Pedagogy (Prof. Michaela Maier) 
wishes to fill the position of a

Post-Doctoral Researcher (100% EGr. 13 TV-L)

starting on April 1st 2019 (or by agreement) for a period of three years 
(36 months). The position will serve the joint research project with the 
University of Bern (Prof. Silke Adam) "Reciprocal relations between 
populist radical-right attitudes and political information behavior: A 
longitudinal study of attitude development in high-choice information 
environments" funded by DFG and SNF as well as the individual scientific 
qualification of the candidate.
Main Tasks:
Within the project, the Landau-position will take the lead in the 
following tasks:
- 	Measurement of explicit and implicit populist radical right attitudes
- 	Preparation and supervision of the surveys in cooperation with a 
market research institute
- 	Manual content analysis - 	Production of high-quality research output 
(e.g. peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations)
Involvement in all other project tasks is strongly supported.

We offer the integration into a dynamic, highly motivated international 
working group in which there is room for cooperation and exchange as 
well as the freedom to develop one's own ideas and to produce 
high-quality research output.

Employment Qualifications: -	Excellent Ph.D. in communication, a related 
social science discipline, psychology or informatics
-	Strong interest in political online communication, media usage and 
media effects
-	Very good skills in empirical social science methods (esp. survey and 
content analyses)
-	Very good English skills
-	Motivation for team work, high organizational and communicative skills
-	Publication and project experience are advantageous for this position

Applicants should send their documents (motivation letter including own 
research interest/ideas, curriculum vitae incl. list of publications, 
certificates, one or two essays or sample chapters from his/her 
dissertation, etc.) as (one!) pdf-file only via email to 
(bewerbung /at/ uni-koblenz-landau.de) by January 20th 2019. Please make sure 
to mention your name and the reference number 138/2018 in the subject 
line of the email.
Women with equivalent suitability, competence and professional 
performance will have preference for employment as far as and for as 
long as an underrepresentation exists. This is not the case if there are 
such serious reasons of an applicant that are above the principle of 
equality of women.
Applicants with disabilities who have the same qualifications will have 
preference.
We do not send an acknowledgment of receipt. You will receive 
information about the result of your candidature. Data destruction after 
the conclusion of the selection procedure is assured.

See: 
https://www.uni-koblenz-landau.de/de/uni/organisation/stellen/stellenarchiv/archiv-ordner/138-2018.pdf


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