Dear list,
this PhD position might be interesting for some. The details can be found at
http://www.sg.ethz.ch/open-positions/phd-position-emotions-and-politics-social-media/
Kind regards,
Thomas Metz
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PhD Open Position at ETH Zurich -- Emotions and Politics in Social Media
The Chair of Systems Design in ETH Zurich, and the Centre for Research
on Direct Democracy in Universität Zürich offer a position for a PhD
student working in the project "The Role of Emotional Interactions in
the Polarization of Opinions in Participatory Media" funded by the Swiss
National Science Foundation (SNF), starting as soon as possible.
This project brings together the fields of social science, computer
science, and statistical physics to advance in the understanding of the
polarization of opinions and emotions during online interaction. The
project has a special emphasis in the dynamics of emotions in political
discussions.
The candidate is expected to collaborate in the following tasks of the
project:
- Analysis of emotional interaction and opinion polarization in large
datasets of online discussions
- Explore universal patterns of polarization and popularity in online
participatory media (fora, news sites, social networks...)
- Analyze differences in the online interaction of online subcommunities
depending on their political orientation
- Design, simulate, and analyze agent-based models of online interaction
that reproduce the observed phenomena
Requirements:
- MSc degree or equivalent in psychology, sociology, or political science
- ability to combine modeling and statistical data analysis (e.g. R, Matlab)
- ability to develop formal models and computer simulations (e.g. Java,
Python)
- good knowledge about graph algorithms and social network analysis is a
plus
- strong abilities to communicate in an interdisciplinary scientific
environment
- interest in becoming acquainted with methods from physics, economics,
and computer science
We offer excellent working conditions and collaboration with a lively
team in both institutions, as well as with leading institutions worldwide.
Applicants are kindly requested to send their curriculum vitae,
transcript of records, list of publications (if available), names of at
least three references, and an overview of their research interests (all
in PDF files), to
Ms. Rahel Dulik
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For specific inquiries, please contact Prof. Dr. Dr. Frank Schweitzer
([log in to unmask]).
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