Scientific Coordinator, Senior Researcher - Computational Social Science Program (R3/RE3)

29 Jan 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER

Research Field

Computer science

Researcher Profile

Established Researcher (R3)

Country

Spain

Application Deadline

29 Feb 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Madrid)

Type of Contract

Permanent

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

37,5

Offer Starting Date

29 Jan 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Reference Number

51_24_DIR_CSS_RE3

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

No

Offer Description
Context And Mission

 

The Computational Social Science programme envisions preparing social sciences and humanities for the era of data, simulations, and artificial intelligence (AI). Our mission is to foster collaboration between social scientists and computer scientists, making high-performance computing (HPC) accessible to all researchers in the field. Through innovative approaches, we aim to apply social science research to contribute valuable insights for informed policy-making.

In our pursuit, we focus on key research areas such as Demography, Democracy Quality, Socioeconomic Impact of Climate Change, Social Innovation, and History/Cultural Heritage. Employing statistical models, AI/machine learning, Large Language Models (LLMs), and agent-based simulations, our innovative methods are applied to diverse datasets from national statistics, surveys, social media, news, historical archives, qualitative data, citizens' volunteered data, government and industry data.

As the Scientific Coordinator/Senior Researcher, you will play a pivotal role in advancing the programme's objectives, working closely with Mercè Crosas, Head of Computational Social Science.

 

Key Duties

 

• Facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration between social scientists and computer scientists, promoting cross-department strategic research projects and activities, internal and external.
• Coordinating and overseeing research projects within the department's focus areas.
• Advancing computational methodology for social sciences and humanities.
• Managing the access and reuse of diverse datasets, including surveys, national statistics, social media, historical archives, laws and national plans, interviews, citizens' volunteered data, and industry data using the Dataverse platform, in close collaboration with BSC´s data management team.
• Leveraging high-performance computing resources advanced computational analysis in social science research, in collaborations with BSC´s Operations team.
• Coordinate the technical writing of competitive research projects strategic to the department at the international level.
• Provide support in talent recruitment processes and financial matters, in coordination with the research support departments in the BSC.

Requirements

Research Field

Computer science

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications
Requirements

 

• Education
  • Ph.D. in Computational Social Science, Social Sciences, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
  • Proven experience in coordinating interdisciplinary research projects.
  • Expertise in applying statistical models, AI/machine learning methods, and agent-based simulations to social science research questions.
  • Proficiency in managing diverse datasets relevant to social science research.
  • Familiarity with high-performance computing resources and their application in social science.
  • Project management skills: reporting, documenting and planning.
• Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
  • Experience in the application of LLMs (Large Language Models) for social sciences.
  • Knowledge of innovative data sources, including social media, citizens' volunteered data, and industry data.
  • Previous involvement in research areas such as Demography, Democracy Quality, Socioeconomic Impact of Climate Change, Social Innovation, History, or Cultural Heritage.
  • Excellent writing and presentation skills in English.
• Competences
  • Strong personal soft-skills sets: Communicative, enthusiastic, highly collaborative, proactive, self-driven, and organised.
  • Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration.
  • Analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
  • Ability to work both independently and within a team.

Languages

ENGLISH

Level

Good

Additional Information

Website for additional job details

https://www.bsc.es/join-us/job-opportunities/5124dircssre3

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Barcelona Supercomputing Center

Country

Spain

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://www.bsc.es/join-us/job-opportunities/5124dircssre3

Contact

City

Barcelona

Website

http://www.bsc.es/

Street

Plaça Eusebi Güell, 1-3

Postal Code

08034

E-Mail

[email protected]

STATUS: EXPIRED