[Commlist] Postdoc position in Computational Methods and Digital Social Policy in Germany

The Center for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) at 
the University of Bremen is hiring a

Postdoctoral researcher (TV-L 13, 100%, max. 4.5 years)

for a research project on the digital transformation of social policy. 
The position is to be filled within the "Datafication and Mediatization" 
Lab led by Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp and the "Digital Communication and 
Information Diversity" Lab led by Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann, as part 
of the lead project "Digital Social Policy: Challenges of a Radically 
Changing Media Environment."

The position is available at the earliest possible date and is 
term-limited until the end of 2030. It forms part of the newly 
established Collaborative Research Center DIFIS-SOFO, which examines the 
social policy implications of technological developments such as 
artificial intelligence and digital communication.

Brief Profile:
• In-depth experience in conducting automated content analyses (e.g., 
topic modeling, sentiment analysis, stance detection, named entity 
recognition)
• Expertise in applying statistical methods relevant to content-analytic 
data (including clustering, regression)
• Solid programming skills in Python and/or R
• Interest in working with press content and the communicative field of 
social policy
• Near-native fluency in German (C2 CEF level) required

Job Advertisement:
https://zemki.uni-bremen.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Stellenausschreibung_A055-26_ZeMKI_Uni-Bremen.pdf 
<https://zemki.uni-bremen.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Stellenausschreibung_A055-26_ZeMKI_Uni-Bremen.pdf>

The application deadline is May 13, 2026. Please direct any questions to 
(puschmann /at/ uni-bremen.de) <mailto:(puschmann /at/ uni-bremen.de)>


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