Doctoral Research Position with Focus On Automated

vor 2 Monaten


Munich, Deutschland Technische Universität München Vollzeit

**About Us**

The applicant will be a core member of the Emmy Noether Junior Research Group "The media portrayal of majority and minority groups". The group is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and led at TUM by Stefanie Walter, PhD. It aims at analyzing similarities and differences in the media portrayal of majority and minority groups by studying them comparatively: The project aims to reveal similarities and differences in the media portrayal of majority and minoritized groups by studying them comparatively. It examines changes over time, across countries and news outlets, whilst tak-ing explanatory factors related to minoritized and majority group coverage into account. The main news media sample includes data from Germany, Poland, the UK, and the US over a 20-year period. In terms of group representation, the project is especially interested in the news coverage of gender, as well as sexual, ethnic and religious minoritized groups.

**Requirements**:

- Master’s degree in Political Science, Media and Communication, or related disciplines.
- Skills in quantitative methods and automated text analysis / computational social science using large data sets (e.g., documented in transcripts, further training, or course work).
- Strong command of R (and/or Python) with experience using text analysis packages such as quanteda or tidytext (e.g., documented in transcripts, further training, or course work).
- Basic understanding of machine learning tools, word embeddings, support vector machines, LLMs, neural networks is a plus.
- Experience with web scraping, databases, and APIs is desirable.
- Interest in political communication (e.g., documented in transcripts, further training, or course work).
- Strong ability to communicate in spoken and written English (required; Level B2 or equivalent) e.g., documented by university entrance diploma or English language certificate).

**Tasks**

This position will focus on the _quantitative_ component with an emphasis on automated text analysis and computational social science. The doctoral researcher will be actively involved in the project’s research activities, including the design and implementation of studies. They will also be expected to help co-author articles based on this project for publication and have the opportunity to pursue a doctoral degree.

**Our offer**

**Application**
- Current curriculum vitae (CV).
- A copy of your academic certificates (if available, transcripts providing specific information about your university-level coursework and/or a list of courses that is informative about your substantive and methodological preparation).
- A writing sample (research paper, publication, or Master’s thesis).
- Contact details of two referees who can attest to your research and technical abilities.

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