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The Human Resources Strategy for Researchers
10 Apr 2025

Job Information

Organisation/Company
CNRS
Department
Institut des Systèmes Complexes de Paris Île-de-France
Research Field
Political sciences
Sociology » Social shaping of technology
History » History of science
Researcher Profile
Recognised Researcher (R2)
Application Deadline
Country
France
Type of Contract
Temporary
Job Status
Full-time
Hours Per Week
35
Offer Starting Date
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
Not funded by a EU programme
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No

Offer Description

To integrate with the research, conduct an individual reserach agenda with the research team's data sources, while also contributing to the broader research goals of the team. For this position, we are hiring young researchers (less than 2 years after phd defense) with exceptional skill in data analysis, big data, statistics, to work in large social media data bases, and that can also prove proficiency in addressing publics from social sciences. The main objective of the project is to conduct research related to regulation of social media and platform policy, and specially regarding political effects of social media.

- Data analysis
- Article drafting, managing, quality control, submission management
- Participate in the collective construction of large corpora and datasets
- Participate in workshops, seminars, and other dissemination activities

The candidate will work at the Complex Systems Institute of Paris CNRS (ISC-PIF), Paris 75013. The candidate is also expected to work in coordination with institutional partners in France and in Europe.

Requirements

Research Field
Political sciences
Education Level
PhD or equivalent
Research Field
Sociology
Education Level
PhD or equivalent
Research Field
History
Education Level
PhD or equivalent
Languages
FRENCH
Level
Basic
Research Field
Political sciences
Years of Research Experience
1 - 4
Research Field
Sociology » Social shaping of technology
Years of Research Experience
1 - 4
Research Field
History » History of science
Years of Research Experience
1 - 4

Additional Information

Eligibility criteria

- Mathematical and statistical proficiency is a must
- Provable experience working with social media data, specially very large datasets (we typically work with datasets of up to several TB depending on the case study)
- Autonomy to conduct independent analysis and research on our (GPU/CPU) servers, familiarity with coding frames in machine learning and AI
- The candidate must have a provable record of transforming results from analysis in scientific publications addressing communities concerned by social media analysis, and platform policy and regulation

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Work Location(s)

Number of offers available
1
Company/Institute
Institut des Systèmes Complexes de Paris Île-de-France
Country
France
City
PARIS 13
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City
PARIS 13
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