Research Position in Computational Social Science at University of Mannheim
The University of Mannheim is offering a short-term research position in Computational Social Science, focusing on NLP and political discourses.
The Natural Language Processing and Information Retrieval Group at the University of Mannheim is inviting applications for a short-term research position in Computational Political Science, Data Science, Computational Linguistics, or Statistical NLP. This position is part of the interdisciplinary research project Uncovering Ideological Frames in Political Discourses (UNCOVER), led by Dr. Ines Rehbein and Prof. Dr. Simone Ponzetto.
The ideal candidate will have a strong interest and background in computational political science, NLP, data science, or computational linguistics, with a focus on interdisciplinary research and high proficiency in German. A Master’s degree in Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing, Computer Science, Data Science, Political Science, or related fields is required.
The position is available for 6 to 9 months and can be arranged as full or part-time. The salary is according to the German public scale TV-L 13. Applications should be submitted by e-mail to rehbein@uni-mannheim.de and include a research statement, CV, and academic transcripts.
For more information about the Data and Web Science Group, visit http://dws.informatik.uni-mannheim.de.
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