PhD in Computational Social Science and Journalism: Navigating Negativity and Healthy News Diets University of Southern Denmark in Denmark

PhD opportunity in Political Science at Lund University, Sweden , within the research project “A Divisive Spiral? Elite Communication, Voter Engagement, and Algorithmic Amplification of Affective Polarization.” The project examines how political communication , social-media engagement , algorithmic amplification , and affective polarization interact. It uses a mix of innovative methods, including automated text analysis , audio analysis , experiments , large-scale social-science data , and AI/LL...

Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS) is recruiting for three positions in Odense as part of its new hybrid war and democracy initiative, led by Chair-in-Residence Professor Claes de Vreese. The openings include one tenure-track DIAS Fellow position at Assistant Professor level and two postdoctoral positions. The research focus spans AI, disinformation, influence campaigns, and democratic resilience, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration. Applicants from different disciplines ...

PhD student in Political Science at Lund University, Sweden. This opening is part of the research project “A Divisive Spiral? Elite Communication, Voter Engagement, and Algorithmic Amplification of Affective Polarization” , led by Professor Hanna Bäck at the Department of Political Science, Lund University. The project examines affective polarization , elite communication, voter engagement, and how algorithms and social media shape political attitudes. It uses large language models to analyze po...

Funded PhD position at the University of Alberta exploring the social and political implications of the consolidation, decline, death, and possible rebirth of local newspapers in rural communities in Canada and the United States . The project is supervised by Clark Banack . It sits at the intersection of Political Science , Media Studies , Communication Studies , Sociology , and Journalism , with a strong focus on local news ecosystems, rural public life, and the role of newspapers in democratic...

Cardiff University and Swansea University are offering a fully funded PhD pathway in Journalism, Digital Media & Democracy through the Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS) / ESRC DTP. The project starts in October 2027 and is open to students worldwide, including home and international applicants. This opportunity sits at the intersection of journalism , digital media , media and communications , and politics/democracy . Applicants are expected to propose a research project alig...