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[Commlist] Postdoctoral position - Transparency discourses, from institutions to citizens (DISTIC)

Mon Nov 04 12:37:55 GMT 2019




As part of the Open Language and Knowledge project for Citizens (OLKi), carried out within the IMPACT/Lorraine University of Excellence (LUE) framework, we are seeking a postdoctoral associate to work on Transparency discourses, from institutions to citizens (DISTIC).

TERMS AND VENUE

This one-year position will be based at Crem and IECL, Nancy, France (University of Lorraine). The target start date for the position is January 2020, with some flexibility on the exact start date.

FELLOW’S MISSIONS

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    - Collect texts and organize corpuses,

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    - Analyze these discourses and texts,

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    - Contribute to write scientific papers about the topic.

SELECTION CRITERIA

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    - PhD in Information and Communication Sciences, Language Science or
    Linguistics

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    - Research experience in language data analysis

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    - Very good mastery of the French language

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    - Very good written and oral expression skills, in French and in
    English

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    - Curiosity, open-mindedness

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    - Autonomy, teamwork skills

CONTEXT:

With increasing controversies and sanitary crises related to food safety, health and the environment, there is a growing consumers and citizens mistrust regarding institutions and experts in charge of risk assessment and management. This increased mistrust goes hand in hand with more and more expectations about the production and circulation of scientific knowledge on these issues. As a response for this mistrust of expertise and institutional communication about risks, tools are developed in order to anticipate, evaluate and control health and environmental risks. The collection of massive data by such tools poses problems in terms of protection (confidentiality, competition), use (more or less lawful re- use of data, exploitation for commercial purposes) and ethics (personal data). Also, with increased media coverage of scandals, citizens turn their back on the different "traditional" information and scientific communication actors and demand more transparency towards complex and sometimes contradictory interests and issues. Therefore, the complexity of risk assessment systems and the opacity of some information processes create a "need for pedagogy and simplification for the general public" among stakeholders in different sectors (Chanséaume & al., 2015, p.3).

SCIENTIFIC SCOPE

The project will create large corpus of text related to food safety, health and the environment. The corpus will be focused on existing transparency apparatuses in the management of health, food and environmental risks framework, and will be two-fold. First, institutional discourses about transparency, from a perspective of historical evolution within national and European Union institutions (like ANSES, EFSA, etc.). Second, critics or supports emerging in newspapers relaying debates on "transparency".

These corpuses will be analysed to quantify communication biases about transparency and their evolution, via Sentiment analysis (Dermouche et al., 2014).

HOW TO APPLY:

Applicants are requested to submit the following materials:

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    - A cover letter applying for the position

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    - Full CV and list of publications

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    - Statement of Research (summary of research achievements and
    perspectives for upcoming

    researches)

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    - Academic transcripts (diplomas, courses statements, grades, etc.)
    (unofficial versions are fine)

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    - Recommendation letters are not obligatory but are strongly
    recommended.

*Deadline for application is November 25, 2019 *

Applications are only accepted through email. All documents must be sent to: francois.allard- (huver /at/ univ-lorraine.fr) <mailto:(huver /at/ univ-lorraine.fr)> and (marianne.clausel /at/ univ-lorraine.fr) <mailto:(marianne.clausel /at/ univ-lorraine.fr)>. Please use “DISTIC Postdoctoral Application” as the subject line of your email.

Selected applicants will be interviewed by a Commission in December 2019.


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