Dear Political Methodologists,
The NYU Center for Social Media and Politics (https://csmapnyu.org) is looking to hire several postdoctoral associates, with the positions to begin Fall, 2022.
We are looking for people interested in the study of social media and politics, with excellent quantitative skills. If you work with text as data, network analysis, experiments, and/or causal inference you could be a good fit.
Our previous postdocs have gone on to faculty positions at Princeton, Vanderbilt, USC, major universities in Europe, and industry positions.
A full description of the position is below. The positions are contractually one year, but with potential for renewal for up to 3 years.
Application information is at: https://apply.interfolio.com/78575 <https://apply.interfolio.com/78575>
Please do not hesitate to email if you would like additional information.
CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS WILL BEGIN NO LATER THAN MID-JANUARY.
-jonathan nagler
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The NYU Center for Social Media and Politics studies the intersection of social media and politics, and develops new and innovative ways to study these phenomena. Postdocs work on projects with diverse methodologies and substantive motivations. Previous work has focused on information & misinformation, political participation, public opinion, elite & mass behavior, foreign influence campaigns and propaganda, political polarization, how authoritarian regimes respond to online opposition, and data science methodology. Your research will take place in a lab-based environment and will be supported by a large team, which includes software engineers, operations staff, and student research assistants.
Postdocs will work with the faculty directors and others to conduct cutting edge research: analyzing data using tools of modern machine learning, designing data collection schemes, developing and testing new algorithms, and producing code and writing up results. As a postdoc, you will work on existing lab projects, as well as propose projects of your own where you still serve as the lead author. Postdocs are expected to participate in co-authoring multiple lab papers. We are looking for candidates with a PhD in Political Science, a related social science field, Data Science, or Computer Science.
The directors of the Center for Social Media and Politics are actively seeking a diverse group of students, engineers, postdocs, faculty collaborators, and staff, and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply. We believe in the importance of diversity as a key to the long-range health and vibrancy of the field, as well as its ability to create a more stimulating intellectual environment.
This is initially a one year position, with the potential for renewal up to three years.
CSMaP consists of three core faculty directors covering fields of Political Science, Computer Science, and Computational Biology, as well as software engineers, data scientists, PhD students in both Political Science and Data Science, affiliated faculty both at NYU and other institutions, and undergraduates. The lab maintains a broad research agenda with many projects moving forward simultaneously. Recent publications and/or working papers have centered on the impact of social media on ethnic polarization <https://www.pnas.org/content/118/25/e2022819118/tab-article-info>, the efficacy of crowdsourced fact-checking <https://tsjournal.org/index.php/jots/article/view/15>, the consumption of fake news <http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/1/eaau4586>, the distribution of media consumption by individuals <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2158244019832705>, how (competitive) authoritarian regimes respond to online opposition <https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/political-science-research-and-methods/article/elites-tweet-to-get-feet-off-the-streets-measuring-regime-social-media-strategies-during-protest/05FEC9BDBCCB511302DD8EC52EA3842C>, the cross-platform diffusion of election misinformation <https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/twitter-flagged-donald-trumps-tweets-with-election-misinformation-they-continued-to-spread-both-on-and-off-the-platform/>, and the prevalence of hate speech on Twitter <https://www.nowpublishers.com/article/Details/QJPS-19045>.
Feel free to contact us for more information: Jonathan Nagler (jonathan.nagler[at]nyu.edu), Joshua Tucker (joshua.tucker[at]nyu.edu), or Zeve Sanderson (zeve.sanderson[at]nyu.edu).
Qualifications
We are looking for candidates with a PhD — or soon to be defending — in Political Science, a related social science field, Data Science, or Computer Science.
Application Instructions
Please be sure to include at least 3 academic references in your application / on your C.V.
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Jonathan Nagler [log in to unmask]
Department of Politics Voice (o):
19 West 4th Street - Room 307 Twitter: @Jonathan_Nagler
New York University http://as.nyu.edu/politics/directory.jonathan-nagler.html
New York, NY 10012-1119 http://csmapnyu.org
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