Doctoral Researcher in Computational Social Science (CSS-117)

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Köln, Germany

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A Doctoral Researcher in Computational Social Science at GESIS investigates digital behavioral data, developing and applying machine learning and natural language processing methods to study disinformation and political influence in social media. The role involves analyzing large online data sets, designing data processing pipelines, and collaborating with interdisciplinary partners to produce research results for a doctoral thesis.

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GESIS — Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences is Germany’s central research infrastructure organization supporting empirical social research. It provides researchers with curated datasets (micro and aggregate), access services and a research data center, extensive documentation and metadata, survey instruments and questionnaire archives, and methodological consulting for study planning, sampling, data collection, pretesting and analysis. GESIS hosts major resources and tools such as SSOAR, ZACAT and SOFIS and distributes large cross‑national studies (e.g. ALLBUS, Eurobarometer, European Values Study), plus services for data harmonization, standards and reuse. Universities, public agencies and social scientists rely on GESIS for high‑quality data, training, and methodological expertise.