Postdoc position in computational social science with a focus on scientific elites

[Mathias Wullum Nielsen]

The Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), invites candidates for a postdoctoral position in computational social science from April 1, 2022 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position is for 18 months.

The Postdoc will collaborate with Associate Professor Mathias Wullum Nielsen and team members from Aarhus University on the project “Scientific Elites”, funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark. A project description is available here: http://scientificelites.org/. As part of a small research team, the postdoc will help lead efforts in developing and maintaining large-scale relational databases of science-related data and designing and conducting network analyses of gate-keeping mechanisms and social stratification in science. The selected candidate will be expected to contribute substantially to publications in the research group.

Further information is available here: https://jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabelige-stillinger/?show=155209

The application deadline is January 31, 2022.