[Commlist] Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Computational Text Analysis at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The ERC project PROFECI at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is looking 
to recruit a

Postdoctoral Researcher in Computational Text Analysis

for a minimum of 2 years, starting in fall 2019

PROFECI focuses on the social dynamics of projecting possible futures 
and the role of the media in this process. It is an interdisciplinary, 
EU-funded ERC project <https://erc.europa.eu/> headed by Prof. Keren 
Tenenboim-Weinblatt at the Department of Communication and Journalism at 
the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The project focuses on several major 
political crossroads of recent (e.g., Brexit, the Trump campaign) and 
upcoming years. It aims to reconstruct how scenarios about the outcomes 
and implications of significant events are constructed, transformed, 
received, and acted upon, using a combination of computational text 
analysis and other social scientific methods. The key responsibility of 
the postdoctoral researcher will be to develop and implement, in close 
cooperation with Dr. Christian Baden (senior researcher in the project) 
and the other team members, an algorithmic strategy capable of 
extracting and classifying complex semantic contents in multilingual 
public discourse.

Suitable candidates should…

§hold (or be close to completion of) a PhD in the Social Sciences, 
Digital Humanities, Computational Linguistics or Computer Science

§have experience in empirical research in the computational analysis of 
natural discourse, and the application of quantitative research methods 
and statistics more generally

§possess working knowledge in computer programming (experience in Python 
and/or R)

§show a profound interest in the development of novel computational 
strategies for text analysis in an interdisciplinary scientific context

§possess excellent (written and spoken) English communication skills

Applications should comprise a statement of motivation (1 page), CV 
including list of publications, the names and contact details of three 
referees, as well as one publication (published or under review) 
relevant to the required expertise. Applications should be sent as PDF 
to (keren.tw /at/ mail.huji.ac.il) <mailto:(keren.tw /at/ mail.huji.ac.il)>. Review of 
applications will begin on March 1st, 2019 and will continue until the 
position is filled.




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