Dear Colleagues,
We are recruiting for a four-year fully funded PhD position involving NLP
in Arabic. We would be really grateful if you could share this ad with
anyone interested.
*Four-year fully funded PhD position in NLP in Arabic*
Full ad*:*
http://www.dornschneider.net/PhD_position_University_College_Dublin.pdf
*Location:* University College Dublin, School of Politics and
International Relations
*Start date:* 2nd May, 2024
*Deadline:* 8th April, 2024
*Information and application: *Stephanie Dornschneider-Elkink
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A PhD doctoral researcher is being recruited to work on a project funded by
the Irish Research Council (IRC). The project applies methods from
quantitative text analysis to examine Arabic interviews with participants
in Muslim resistance movements. The main objective related to the
advertised PhD position is to help develop tools to identify and analyse
so-called cognitive maps (Axelrod 1976; Dornschneider and Henderson, 2023;
Dornschneider 2019) from the available interview data. The cognitive
mapping analysis has four main objectives: 1- to show typical behavioral
decisions (e.g. to join a resistance movement) described by the
interviewees; 2- to identify common reasoning processes related to these
decisions; 3- to trace the role of religious beliefs in these reasoning
processes.
The doctoral researcher will work with the Principal Investigator to
deliver the research objectives of the project. You will conduct a
specified programme of doctoral research to contribute to specific work
packages of the IRC grant, under the supervision and direction of the
Principal Investigator - Dr. Stephanie Dornschneider-Elkink. You will be
given the autonomy to design your own research questions within the scope
of the IRC project. But as part of this, you will be tasked with text
analysis in Arabic and support the development of new tools to convert
Arabic text into cognitive maps; and to subsequently analyse the maps.
Tasks will include but are not limited to POS tagging, sequence analysis,
visualization, and web-scraping.
This is a 4 year (48 month) position.
*The benefits include:*
• €25,000 tax-free stipend per year for 4 years
• Full fees paid every year (either EU or non-EU fees)
• Shared office space
• A multidisciplinary doctoral studies research panel
• Integration into UCD’s School of Politics and International Relations
(SPIRe) doctoral training programme, or the PhD programme in Quantitative
and Computational Social Science
• Acting as international researcher in a prestigious IRC consolidator
grant.
*Principal Duties and Responsibilities:*
• Complete the doctoral research training programme.
• Design your own research thesis question(s)
• Complete a doctoral thesis (monograph-style or a four paper model) under
the supervision of the Principal Investigator that addresses key research
tasks of the IRC project.
• Apply quantitative text analysis to Arabic text/interviews
• Help generate and analyse cognitive maps
*Application materials:*
• Cover letter outlining your motivation for the PhD position (max 2 pages).
• Curriculum Vitae (max 2 pages – focused on your educational/research
credentials).
• Thesis proposal that addresses the above project (max 2 pages).
• Names and contact details of 2 referees.
• Applications will only be considered if the full documentation have been
emailed to [log in to unmask] by 5pm on April 8th.
*Related publications:*
Dornschneider-Elkink, S. and Henderson, N., 2023. Repression and Dissent:
How Tit-for-Tat Leads to Violent and Nonviolent Resistance. *Journal of
Conflict Resolution*, p.00220027231179102.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0022002714540473
Dornschneider, S., 2019. High‐Stakes Decision‐Making Within Complex Social
Environments: A Computational Model of Belief Systems in the Arab
Spring. *Cognitive
Science*, *43*(7), p.e12762. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.12762
Dornschneider, S. and Henderson, N., 2016. A computational model of
cognitive maps: Analyzing violent and nonviolent activity in Egypt and
Germany. *Journal of Conflict Resolution*, *60*(2), pp.368-399.
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Dr Johan A. Dornschneider-Elkink
Associate Professor in Social Science Research Methods
Head, School of Politics and International Relations
University College Dublin
Ph. +353 1 716 8150 | Newman Building, Rm G309
http://www.joselkink.net
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