[Apologies for cross-posting!] Dear colleagues, The German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) in Hamburg is looking to hire 1 Postdoctoral Research Fellow and 1 Doctoral Research Fellow for its new Digital Transformation Lab (DigiTraL) under the lead of Amrita Narlikar<https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/team/11564901-narlikar-amrita/>, Christian von Soest<https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/team/11564977-von-soest-christian/>, and Jann Lay<https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/team/11565324-lay-jann/>, funded by the Federal Foreign Office. Screening of applications will begin on 1 March 2021. DigiTraL will analyse the political drivers and consequences of the global digital transformation with a focus on diplomacy and statecraft. The research will study the related global developments and include perspectives and actions of countries, companies, and citizens from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. The tasks will include: Conducting theoretically grounded empirical-analytical research using the latest comparative methods, preferably quantitative methods, related to one of the three fields: - Negotiations, diplomacy, and multilateral governance (international negotiations in a digital age; "twitter diplomacy"; cyber sanctions) - The geo-political and geo-economic impact of digital technologies (geo-strategic competition, digital technologies, and standards setting; critical infrastructure and services; cyber and denial-of-service attacks) - Digitalisation and political processes (social media and mobilisation, radicalisation, and social contestation; information campaigns, censorship and disinformation; digital instruments of repression; digitalisation in electoral processes; transnational in-fluence on political processes) DigiTraL also aims to organize knowledge transfer and outreach activities. Further information about the positions and the application process can be found here: Two Positions at GIGA`s Digital Transformation Lab (DigiTraL) (giga-hamburg.de)<https://www.giga-hamburg.de/de/job-two-positions-digital-transformation-lab-digitral/> Please feel free to contact julia.kramer@giga-hamburg.de<mailto:julia.kramer@giga-hamburg.de> with any questions on DigiTraL, GIGA, and the positions. We look forward to receiving your application! All the best, Christian