Data Scientist (PostDoc) for the European Capital of Culture

11 Mar 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Creative Institute Trenčín

Research Field

Sociology
Computer science
Educational sciences » Research methodology
Management sciences
Anthropology » Cultural anthropology
Economics
Political sciences

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Slovakia

Application Deadline

1 Apr 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Bratislava)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Offer Starting Date

1 Apr 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

European Union / Next Generation EU

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

No

Offer Description

Being part of the European Capital of Culture project is an exceptional opportunity. Trenčín is only the second city in Slovakia to receive this title. The main part of the program is waiting for us in 2026, but preparations are already in full swing today, we have even launched some projects. There is more and more work, so we are gradually putting together a team. Will you be a new piece that fits into the Trenčín 2026 puzzle?

We are now looking for a data scientist to join the team, who will work on the monitoring and evaluation of the Trenčín2026 project. The researcher will process advanced analyses of quantitative primary and secondary data as well as collaborate with the Trenčín 2026 team, other cultural policy actors, and research institutions.

What awaits you in the Trenčín 2026 team

•  The selected fellow will complement a multidisciplinary research group for the monitoring and evaluation of the European capital of culture that is working in various areas of research expertise including cultural policy, cultural management, economy, engineering, project management, diversity, equity, inclusion, tourism, and placemaking.

•  The research fellow will be registered as a guest researcher at Liverpool John Moores University and will cooperate with other international and Slovak universities, cultural organizations, and stakeholders.

Requirements

Research Field

All

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Research Field

All

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

• A completed or started Ph.D. in a computational or quantitative area, such as computational social science, data science, data journalism, computational linguistics, information science, network science, etc. while demonstrating understanding or meaningful interest in socio-cultural phenomena.

• Alternatively, Ph.D. studies in a cultural research area, such as art history, digital humanities, cultural management, cultural sociology, cultural policy studies, cultural geography, or tourism management, with a strong track record in computation or quantification.

• Programming skills (Python, R, D3, Processing, or similar) and proficiency with libraries for data manipulation and analysis, machine learning skills.

• Candidates should ideally be familiar with, or not afraid to learn, state-of-the-art machine learning usage, such as the use of machine learning models (such as ChatGPT, Bing, and StableDiffusion) including their use for writing codes.

• Skills in producing scientific figures as found in top-level multidisciplinary journals.

• Preference will be for candidates who possess multidisciplinary competence and the necessary open-mindedness to bridge cultural and urban policy, cultural management, tourism, wellbeing, environmental sustainability, and economy.

• Advantage is demonstrated ability to produce (potentially) high-impact research, ideally making sense of large-scale socio-cultural data, including corpora of visual and audiovisual materials, and/or capturing the structure and dynamics of multidimensional spaces of (cultural) meaning.

Candidates with education suit the position

At least University education (Master's degree)

Ideally Postgraduate (Doctorate)

Language skills

Obligatory: English (B2-C1)

Optional: Slovak or Czech - Advanced (C1)

Languages

ENGLISH

Level

Excellent

Languages

SLOVAK

Years of Research Experience

1 - 4

Additional Information
Benefits

• Postdoc collaboration on the project until the end of 2027
• Opportunity to grow: with this project, each of us grows, we solve new challenges and tasks
• A chance to contribute: participating in the European Capital of Culture project is not only interesting professionally, it is also an opportunity to do something good and nice for all of us who live here
• Possibility of occasional work from home or remotely
• The chance to travel for work not only to the European capitals of culture but also to other cities
• The opportunity to collaborate with professionals from the artistic and cultural sphere from both the Slovak and international scenes
• The opportunity to be part of interesting events and occasions
• Support in education
• An office in the center of Trenčín

Selection process

Your application should contain

• professional CV  in English or Slovak in PDF format
• optionally motivation letter in English or Slovak on a maximum of 1 A4,
• copy of a document certifying qualification,
• brief statement of research experience and interests
• list of research publications
• link to or full text of a representative research publication
• consent to the processing of personal data
   

Website for additional job details

https://www.trencin2026.sk/en/datovy-vyskumnik-cka

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Creative Institute Trenčín

Country

Slovakia

Geofield

Where to apply

E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

City

Trenčín

Website

https://www.trencin2026.eu

Street

Mierové nám. 1/2

E-Mail

[email protected]

STATUS: EXPIRED