Laboratory for Internet Studies (St. Petersburg). Postdoctoral research positions. Deadline: March 25, 2014

The Higher School of Economics Laboratory for Internet Studies in St. Petersburg, Russia, invites applications for postdoctoral research positions in the field of quantitative data-driven interdisciplinary Internet research for social science.

The job involves:

• working under the direct supervision of Olessia Koltsova, director of the Laboratory for Internet Studies;
• working on LINIS's research projects in two broad areas:

1. automatic detection of online public opinion, public agenda and sentiment, especially concerning important social problems (e.g. ethnic conflicts, police brutality etc.);
2. structure of communities in social networking sites (e.g. representing social movements, self-help groups, professional and recreational groupings etc.), including community detection and other relevant graph mining.

• writing research papers for international peer-reviewed journals in co-authorship with the members of the Lab;
• participation in organization of the events and other contribution to the Lab’s development.

Some teaching, pursuing candidate’s own research in parallel with working in the lab, as well as public presentations of its results are also encouraged.

The Lab offers access to its databases and analytical software, as well as mathematical modeling, software development and data processing support.

Requirements:

• a PhD from an international research university in such fields of social science as: any internet related social studies, sociology, media and communication, psychology, economics, marketing, political science, public policy and government by September 1, 2014;
• a strong background in data processing and data analysis, that may include classical statistics, SNA, text mining, or scripting skills;
• ability to work in a team;
• fluent English;
• relevant experience is an asset although not required.

General conditions for Post-Doctoral Research positions can be found here. Appointments will be normally made for one year.

A CV, research statement, one or two sample papers and two letters of recommendation should be sent to fellowship@hse.ru by March 25, 2014.

The HSE is a young, dynamic, fast-growing Russian research university providing unique research opportunities.