Dear colleagues, I would greatly appreciate it if you could share the following call for two PhD positions in my research group with anyone whom you think might be interested. Best regards, Stefanie Walter Call for Applications: 2 x PhD positions in the Emmy Noether Junior Research Group "The media portrayal of majority and minority groups" Methodological focus of position 1: Computational methods with emphasis on automated text analysis and machine-learning Methodological focus of position 2: Qualitative methods with emphasis on content analysis Both positions are 3-year doctoral research positions (65%), staring between June – September 2024. The positions are based in the Department of Governance in TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology, at the Technical University of Munich. Your profile: We invite applications by highly qualified graduates from the fields of Political Science, Media and Communication or other related social sciences. Candidates should have a strong ability to communicate in spoken and written English (required; Level B2 or equivalent) . For the quantitative position, we require skills in quantitative methods and automated text analysis / computational social science using large data sets (e.g., documented in transcripts, further training, or course work), a strong command of R (and/or Python) with experience using text analysis packages such as quanteda or tidytext (e.g., documented in transcripts, further training, or course work). A basic understanding of machine learning tools, word embeddings, support vector machines, LLMs, neural networks is a plus. For those applying for the qualitative position, we require skills in qualitative methods and content analysis (e.g., documented in transcripts, further training or course work). Experience with MAXQDA (or comparable software) is desirable (e.g., documented in transcripts, further training, or course work). Application and further information: The deadline for the submission of your application is 25 March 2024. For more information, please consider the full ads online: TUM - Doctoral Research Position with Focus on Automated Text Analysis and Computational Social Science<https://portal.mytum.de/jobs/wissenschaftler/NewsArticle_20240226_222532> TUM - Doctoral Research Position with Focus on Qualitative Content Analysis<https://portal.mytum.de/jobs/wissenschaftler/NewsArticle_20240226_214923> For more information about the project, visit our website<https://www.gov.sot.tum.de/gov/junior-groups/the-media-portrayal-of-majority-and-minority-groups/>. – – – Stefanie Walter, Ph.D. Emmy Noether Fellow<https://www.gov.sot.tum.de/gov/junior-groups/the-media-portrayal-of-majority-and-minority-groups/> Department of Governance Technical University of Munich Email: Stefanie.Walter@tum.de<mailto:Stefanie.Walter@tum.de> Twitter: @SteWalter