PhD and Postdoc Positions in Democracy Research, Political Psychology, and Computational Social Science at LMU Munich Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany

LMU Munich’s Unit Digitalization and Political Behavior and the Geschwister-Scholl Institute for Political Science are recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher for a DFG-funded project on democratic resilience , political psychology , persuasion , and democratic attitudes . The project, “Democratic Persuasion: How to Make the Case for Democracy” , studies why democracy faces growing challenges and tests communicative strategies to strengthen support for democracy among citizens whose support is wave...

Postdoctoral position at the Chair of Digital Governance, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich School of Politics and Public Policy, affiliated with the Content Moderation Lab (a joint TUM and University of Oxford initiative). The project focuses on content moderation, AI governance, and platform regulation, including fairness and accountability of platform decisions, freedom of speech in the algorithmic age, AI/LLMs in automated moderation, EU Digital Services Act and Section 230 compli...

The UZH Department of Political Science (IPZ) is inviting applications for a three-year postdoctoral position in the research group of Fabrizio Gilardi at the University of Zurich . The appointment runs from January 2027 to December 2029 . The position combines independent and collaborative research on digital technology and politics , broadly defined, with some teaching at the BA and/or MA level . The post is especially relevant for candidates working in political science , computational social...

LMU Munich’s Unit Digitalization and Political Behavior and the Geschwister-Scholl Institute for Political Science are advertising a PhD Researcher position focused on computational text analysis , democratic belief systems , political psychology , persuasion research , and large language models . The project sits at the intersection of political science, psychology, and computational social science. The position connects two DFG-funded projects: Democratic Persuasion: How to Make the Case for D...

Yannis Theocharis, Professor of Digital Governance at the Technical University of Munich, is hiring a postdoc for a 3+2 year full-time position in Munich, Germany . The position sits in the Chair of Digital Governance and focuses on content moderation , platform governance , AI governance , and platform regulation . The post is especially suitable for candidates with a strong quantitative and/or computational social science background. The planned start date is January 2027 , and the application...