PhD Position in Social Data Science and Online Manipulation Economy Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in Netherlands

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is recruiting a Postdoc for a 3-year project on Nihilistic Violent Extremist (NVE) groups . The position is based in the Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences and is part of an NWO-funded proposal. The project combines criminology , psychology , and data science to study radical online groups, especially adolescents and young adults, and to analyze large volumes of social media data using quantitative and statistical methods. The postdoc will map the literatur...

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is advertising a fully funded PhD position in Social Data Science within the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities in Amsterdam. The project is part of the Vidi project “The economy of digital influence operations” , led by Associate Professor Jon Roozenbeek , and focuses on the market infrastructure behind disinformation and influence operations in digital environments. The PhD research will examine the online manipulation economy , including fake accounts, enga...

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is hiring a PhD student (4 years) on Nihilistic Violent Extremist (NVE) groups in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The project is interdisciplinary and combines criminology , psychology , statistics , and data science to study radical online groups, especially those involving adolescents and young adults and driven by chaos and online status rather than a clear ideology. You will work with Prof. dr. Jan-Willem van Prooijen , Prof. dr. Arjan Blokland , and Dr. Elanie Rodermond...

New full-time academic opening in computational social sciences at the Centre of Excellence in Social Sciences, University of Warsaw , for Prof. Magdalena Wojcieszak 's ERC Consolidator Grant project NEWSUSE . The post seeks candidates from social sciences , data science , or computer science with strong practical skills in R and/or Python . The role is described as a new postdoc job opportunity and also as a full-time assistant professor position, so it appears to be a research-intensive academ...

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is recruiting for postdoctoral and PhD opportunities connected to research on social psychology , political psychology , radicalization , extremism , hate speech , polarization , criminology , data science , and statistics . Postdoc 1 (2 years) : This position is part of the Horizon2020 PROCLAIM consortium and focuses on the effects of covert hate speech on political polarization and radicalization. The work involves experimental and longitudinal research, literature...