Research Engineer in Computational Social Sciences
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

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

Work Location(s)


    LATTICE (CNRS & ENS-PSL)
    1 rue Maurice Arnoux
    92120 Montrouge

E-mail
    thierry.poibeau@ens.psl.eu