Postdoctoral Researcher in Computational Social Science

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Do you want to work at the intersection of computational science and social science, supported by competent and friendly colleagues in an international environment? Do you want an employer that invests in sustainable employee engagement and offers secure, favorable working conditions? We welcome your application for a postdoctoral position at Uppsala University. The Department of Information Technology holds a leading position in both research and education at all levels. We are currently Uppsala University's third largest department with approximately 350 employees, including 120 faculty members and 120 doctoral students. Approximately 5,000 undergraduate students take one or more courses at the department each year. You can learn more about us on the Department of Information Technology's website. The work will be conducted at the Information Laboratory (InfoLab), an interdisciplinary research group where we conduct both basic and applied research on extracting knowledge from social data. The position is part of the EU HORIZON project FEMVision – Fighting Everyday Misogyny in Visual Online Cultures, which addresses misogyny online through its visual dimension, focusing on digital environments frequently used by young Europeans (18–30 years old). The project tackles the urgent challenge of countering misogyny as a "gateway" to radicalization, polarization, and hate propaganda, while strengthening democratic resilience and promoting inclusive digital environments for women, girls, and gender-diverse individuals. Through this work, FEMVision combines technological innovation with critical reflection and makes AI a resource that empowers educators, youth workers, policymakers, and civil society in efforts to prevent a widespread form of digital hate. The consortium brings together leading universities and organizations from Italy, Denmark, Estonia, Sweden, Germany, Slovenia, and the Netherlands, ensuring a strong interdisciplinary and cross-cultural approach. Responsibilities The postdoctoral researcher will lead the following activities: Development of a classifier for visual misogyny online. Application of the classifier to social media data (empirical mapping). Development of a chatbot that adds a conversational layer to the classifier and enables collaborative discussion about visual content. Additionally, the postdoctoral researcher will contribute to the following activities: Data donation. Construction of a curated dataset. Data access, data collection, and data provisioning. Testing of the classifier. Analysis of online reactions. Integration of the classifier and chatbot with other project activities. The responsibilities include 20% teaching or other departmental duties. Qualifications Required A doctorate in computer science, computational social science, or a related field, or a foreign degree assessed as equivalent to a doctorate in computer science, computational social science, or a related field. The degree must be completed by the time the employment decision is made. Preferably, the degree should have been obtained no more than three years prior to the application deadline. The three-year timeframe is calculated from the final application deadline. If there are special circumstances, the degree may have been completed earlier. Special circumstances include leave due to illness, parental leave, positions of trust within trade union organizations, etc. Other requirements: experience working with social data, strong ability to train machine learning and AI models for data analysis, excellent language skills, and very good programming skills. Desirable/Meriting Qualifications Experience in collecting and analyzing social media data, experience in interdisciplinary research, experience in computational image analysis, and experience using large language models (LLMs) for data analysis. About the Employment The position is a fixed-term appointment for 3 years according to central collective agreement. Full-time position. Start date: October 1, 2026, or by agreement. Work location: Uppsala. For information about the position, please contact: Prof. Matteo Magnani, +46 18 471 40 21, Email: [email protected] In this recruitment, we have replaced the cover letter with questions that you answer as part of your application. Your answers will be used as part of the selection process. Please also attach a CV and a list of publications. Welcome to submit your application by July 15, 2026, UFV-PA 2026/1969. Uppsala University is a broad research university with strong international standing. The ultimate goal is to conduct education and research of the highest quality and relevance to make a difference in society. Our most important asset is all 7,500 employees and 53,000 students who, with curiosity and commitment, make Uppsala University one of the country's most exciting workplaces. Learn more about our benefits and what it's like to work at Uppsala University https://uu.se/om-uu/jobba-hos-oss/ The employment may be subject to security vetting. As a condition for employment, the applicant must pass the security vetting. We decline offers of recruitment and advertising assistance. Applications are received through Uppsala University's recruitment system.

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Uppsala

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box 256

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[email protected]

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+46 18 471 40 21

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5

Publikováno

8. 6. 2026

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21. 6. 2026

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