Research Engineer in Computational Social Sciences

1 Mar 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Ecole Normale Supérieure

Department

Lattice

Research Field

Computer science
Sociology

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

France

Application Deadline

15 Mar 2024 - 12:00 (Europe/Paris)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

35

Offer Starting Date

1 Apr 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

The Lattice lab of the Ecole normale supérieure, in the Paris area, is looking for a senior research engineer (post-doctoral contract) in  computational social sciences, for 18 months, beginning on April 2024 or soon thereafter.

The main task will be to develop new methods in the domain of computational social sciences. This offer is part of the Medialex project, aiming at tracking influence strategies between the political sphere (esp. the Parliament) and the media sphere (esp. social media, but not only). The project focuses mainly on French use cases, but experiments outside the project corpora is also possible. Interesting topics are (among many others):

- tracking events in a flow of textual data (esp. social media)
- investigating influence strategies between the political sphere and the medias (esp. social medias) 
- investigating how media coverage is influenced by other factors (political orientation, framing, etc.). 

We are looking for candidates with a first experience in the domain, who have demonstrated an ability to develop original research mixing advanced NLP techniques and social sciences. A track record of publications in the domain is necessary. French does not need to be your mother tongue, but some command of the language is necessary to be able to work on French data. 

Requirements

Research Field

Computer science

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

- A good command of NLP (esp. LLMs) and machine learning techniques

- A good command of python and related libraries

- Some experience in computational social sciences

- Some knowledge of French (+ English)

- Ability to work in a team, in interaction with researchers and engineers in computer science and in sociology

 

Languages

ENGLISH

Level

Excellent

Languages

FRENCH

Level

Good

Research Field

Communication sciences

Years of Research Experience

1 - 4

Additional Information
Benefits

The position is for 18 months, and the salary will be between 2500 and 3000 euros based on experience. 

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

LATTICE (CNRS & ENS-PSL)

Country

France

City

Montrouge

Postal Code

92120

Street

1 rue Maurice Arnoux

Geofield

Where to apply

E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

State/Province

Ile de France

City

Paris

Website

https://www.ens.psl.eu/

Street

45 rue d'Ulm

Postal Code

75005

STATUS: EXPIRED