Andy Chadwick and I are recruiting a full-time postdoctoral researcher, funded for three years as part of an exciting new Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant at the Online Civic Culture Centre at Loughborough University. The project is titled “Understanding the Everyday Sharing of Misinformation on Private Social Media”.
The researcher’s main responsibilities will be to contribute to project management; gather, organize, and analyze qualitative and quantitative data; arrange events and meetings relating to research online and/or in person; and contribute to the dissemination of the research in academic publications and public reports. Qualitative skills, including experience of in-depth interviews (online and/or in person), focus groups (online and/or in person), and open thematic coding of these sources of data are essential. Some experience of using Nvivo or similar will be an advantage. Quantitative skills, including knowledge of multivariate statistical analysis and random assignment survey experiment design, are essential. Some experience of using R will be an advantage. Familiarity with basic concepts and methods of social network analysis will also be desirable but not essential.
Here is a link to the jpb ad with all the details.
The position commences March 1, 2021.
The closing date for applications is December 21, 2020.
If you have any informal questions, please feel free to email me.
Cristian Vaccari 