Dear colleagues, GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences in Cologne, Department Computational Social Science is looking for a Doctoral Researcher in Computational Social Science (75% position, 4 years) Tasks: * Contribute to the collection of digital behavioral data (e.g., social media data, web tracking data, sensor data). * Contribute to the development of solutions for documenting and sharing digital behavioral data with social scientists who aim to reuse this data. * Conduct research on the quality of digital behavioral data in an international and interdisciplinary team. Publication of research results as part of your Ph.D. * Support the Open Science strategy of GESIS. Profile: * Master's degree in a field relevant to CSS such as the social sciences, computer science, information science, survey methodology or statistics. * Strong programming skills in Python and/or R. * Experience in data collection from web platforms (e.g., web scraping, APIs). Additional experience in machine learning, natural language processing or database systems is a plus. * Interest in open science, data documentation and data quality assessments. * Excellent command of written and spoken English. Applicants can apply via our online application portal until June 2nd, 2021: https://www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/gesis/stellenangebot/18314/Doctoral-Researcher-in-Computational-Social-Science Best regards, Sebastian Stier — Dr. Sebastian Stier GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Department Computational Social Science Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8 D-50667 Köln Tel.: +49 221 47694 221 Web: https://sebastianstier.com Twitter: @SebStier<https://twitter.com/SebStier>