University of Vienna

The Department of Communication of the University of Vienna, a subunit of the Faculty of Social Sciences, announces one vacant post-doc position (5 years, 40h/week) and three vacant PhD/pre-doc positions (3.5 years, 30h/week each) within the field of Advertising and Media Psychology (Prof. Jörg Matthes).

For more information, see links below:

- Post doc position (deadline: November 17): https://univis.univie.ac.at/ausschreibungstellensuche/flow/bew_ausschreibung-flow?_flowExecutionKey=_cC9C679CB-2FDD-5170-8EEE-892CA7F3C5B8_kF01BC81E-A744-EE2B-6F04-000072E56522&tid=93504.28

- PhD/pre doc positions (deadline: November 17): https://univis.univie.ac.at/ausschreibungstellensuche/flow/bew_ausschreibung-flow?_flowExecutionKey=_cC9C679CB-2FDD-5170-8EEE-892CA7F3C5B8_kCC442DFC-4C79-5E96-0124-BFEF05B00049&tid=93505.28

For further questions regarding the project, please contact Prof. Jörg Matthes at joerg.matthes@univie.ac.at.

Short description:

The positions are situated within the European Research Council (ERC) funded project “Digital Hate: Perpetrators, Audiences, and (Dis)Empowered Targets (DIGIHATE)”. The research project affords a multi-disciplinary, international, and methodologically multifaceted perspective that accounts for different actor groups (perpetrators, audience members/ bystanders, targets from socially disadvantaged and socially advantaged groups) in order to advance our understanding of the emergence, perception, and individual and collective consequences of malicious online communication in a groundbreaking manner. DIGIHATE is set to play an essential part in maintaining and empowering a dignified and resilient digital society. The successful candidate would be involved in a broad range of research activities.

The positions involve conducting research within the ERC project, working together with a thriving research group, employing a rich set of innovative quantitative (and also qualitative) methodologies, working on top-level publications, and presenting at international conferences. There is an expectation of a signed doctoral thesis agreement within 12-18 months. There is also the possibility to be involved in teaching. As part of their research, candidates are expected to participate in raising third-party funding. Candidates are expected to perform administrative duties and participate in evaluation activities and quality assurance.