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General, Public Opinion

POSTGEN hiring! One post-doctoral position open at the University of Milan

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by Matteo Boldrini

A call is open from February 6, 2023 to March 7, 2023 (23:59 CET) for one fifteen-month post-doctoral positions at the POSTGEN unit at the University of Milan (see the POSTGEN project description and the people involved in the project):

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The selected postdoctoral researcher will be in charge for specific task related to the project workpackage dedicated to the administration of a survey, in terms both of data collection and quantitative analysis.

The ideal candidates has:

◾ a background in empirical social research with quantitative approach;

◾ interest and/or experience in quantitative social research, with particular attention to the capacity to collect and analyze survey data related to values, attitudes and behaviors;

◾ previous experience in analyzing quantitative data in one or more of the topics covered by the researched (youth and voting behavior, public opinion, values and attitudes, political generations, political socialization, etc.);

◾ some record of scientific publications;

◾ English and Italian language skills;

The selected researcher will actively cooperate with the project team, and will be offered the possibility of a fully-fledged research experience within the POSTGEN project, including full participation to research activities and to the dissemination of the project, ranging from participation to international conferences to significant opportunities for scientific publications on international journals.

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General, In-depth interviews, Schools

POSTGEN hiring! One post-doctoral position open at the University of Milan

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by Matteo Boldrini

A call is open from December 22, 2022 to February 6, 2023 (23:59 CET) for one twenty-month post-doctoral positions at the POSTGEN unit at the University of Milan (see the POSTGEN project description and the people involved in the project):

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The selected postdoctoral researcher will be in charge for specific task related to the “School” project workpackage dedicated to the administration of a questionnaire high school students, to its analysis and to dissemination of the results to schools that participated at the study

The ideal candidates has:

◾ a background in empirical social research with quantitative and qualitative approach;

◾ interest and/or experience in educational research/youth studies;

◾ previous experience in analyzing quantitative and/or qualitative data in one or more of the topics covered by the researched (youth and voting behavior, values and attitudes, political generations, political socialization, etc.);

◾ participation to projects with mixed method research design;

◾ some record of scientific publications;

◾ English and Italian language skills;

The selected researcher will actively cooperate with the project team, and will be offered the possibility of a fully-fledged research experience within the POSTGEN project, including full participation to research activities and to the dissemination of the project, ranging from participation to international conferences to significant opportunities for scientific publications on international journals.

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General

POSTGEN hiring! Two post-doctoral positions open at Luiss Rome

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by POSTGEN Admin

A call is open from Apr 29, 2022 to May 30, 2022 (14:00 CEST) for two three-year post-doctoral positions at the POSTGEN Luiss unit (see the POSTGEN project description and the people involved in the project):

  1. Profile description for CALL #67 – Theory and management

The selected postdoctoral researcher will be in charge for specific tasks related to the project work package dedicated to the elaboration of the theoretical framework, as well as for tasks related to overall project management (project scheduling, coordination across project units and WPs, organization of events, etc.).

The ideal candidate has:

  • a background in empirical social research with a quantitative approach;
  • at least some familiarity with classic and recent literature in the fields of: political attitudes and behavior; party competition; the effects of (mainstream and social) media on political attitudes and behavior; generational dynamics;
  • at least some familiarity with quantitative analysis of social science data at various levels (individuals, parties, media);
  • at least some familiarity with common data analysis software/programming languages (Stata, R);
  • some record of scientific publications;
  • some previous participation to international research projects.
  • teamwork experience;
  • some experience in the organization of events;
  • some experience in organizational activities related to a research group.

The selected researcher will actively cooperate with the project team, and will be offered the possibility of a fully-fledged research experience within the POSTGEN project, including full participation to research activities and to the dissemination of the project, ranging from participation to international conferences to significant opportunities for scientific publications on international journals.

2. Profile description for CALL #66 – Social Media

The selected postdoctoral researcher will be in charge for specific tasks related to the project work package dedicated to social media, in terms of both data collection and quantitative analysis.

The ideal candidate has:

  • a background in empirical social research with a quantitative approach;
  • familiarity with manual and automated collection of social media data (including access to social media APIs);
  • familiarity with quantitative analysis of social media data, both with human coding and with algorithmic (supervised and unsupervised) approaches;
  • familiarity with common data analysis software/programming languages (Stata, R, Python);
  • some record of scientific publications;
  • some previous participation to international research projects.

The selected researcher will actively cooperate with the project team, and will be offered the possibility of a fully-fledged research experience within the POSTGEN project, including full participation to research activities and to the dissemination of the project, ranging from participation to international conferences to significant opportunities for scientific publications on international journals.

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CALL #67 – Theory and management

CALL #66 – Social Media