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Fully Funded PhD Position in Social NLP at University of Tartu

Apply for a fully funded 4-year PhD position in Social NLP at the University of Tartu, with a scholarship of approximately 2300 Euro/month.

The University of Tartu is offering a fully funded 4-year PhD position in Social NLP, an interdisciplinary field combining natural language processing and social computing.

The scope of the doctoral thesis includes topics such as:

  • Information Disorder on Social Media (Fake news, Cyberbullying, Hate Speech, misinformation, etc.)
  • Disaster Management Using Social Media
  • Explainable AI in Social NLP

The University of Tartu is known for its high-quality studies and research, and is ranked among the top 1% of the world’s universities as of 2025.

The scholarship includes:

  • A monthly gross amount of approximately 2300 Euro
  • Health insurance coverage
  • Additional benefits, such as travel grants for attending conferences and workshops

To apply, please email somnath.banerjee@ut.ee with your CV, including details of your final year undergraduate/graduate project, relevant subjects, work experience, and publications.

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