University of Bern

At the Institute of Communication and Media Studies (ikmb) of the University of Bern, a position is available as a PhD student

The position will be available from December 1st, 2021 (or by appointment) for an initial period of three years. It is intended to serve the purpose of scientific qualification (doctorate).

Tasks:

- conducting research and writing of publications (the possibility exists to get involved into an ongoing research project that combines panel surveys, web-tracking and automated text analysis; fields: media usage, media impact, media content)

- teaching of courses in the BA Social Sciences

- contribution to the general tasks of the Institute

Requirements:

- above-average degree in communication science, a related social science discipline and /or in computational social science

- strong interest in online and political communication

- very good skills in the methods of empirical social science

- a plus: affinity for computational methods

- ability to work in a team

We offer:

An attractive working environment awaits you at the Institute for Communication and Media Science

at the University of Bern: a collegial team, cooperation and exchange, as well as the freedom to develop your own ideas. Employment adheres to the regulations of the Canton of Bern.

The University of Bern strives to increase the proportion of women in research and teaching and therefore urges qualified female candidates to apply.

Applications (letter of motivation including a description of your future research interests / ideas; CV

(if available incl. list of publications), certificates, a central chapter of the master thesis / another publication; one letter of reference) should be mailed as pdf file by October 17, 2021 to Prof. Dr. Silke

Adam (silke.adam@unibe.ch). For further information, please contact Prof. Dr. Silke Adam. Job interviews will take place at October 26/27th.