CareerPlan

Wissenschaftliche/-r Mitarbeiter/-in (Doktorand/-in) (m/w/d/x) in der Geographie – Erfassung sozioök

Leipzig, SACHSENFull-time2026-10-26 → 2026-11-12

Core

PhD researcher linking and harmonizing global impact databases (e.g., ROUGE, EM-DAT) to analyze biases in flood and drought impact data using data science and NLP.

Role type

PhD researcher (Data Science & Geoinformatics)

Builds

A multilingual, news-based global impact dataset and a bias-aware picture of flood/drought impacts

Domain

Climate risk research, Earth System Sciences, Data Science

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, R, spatial statistics, data harmonization, NLP, LLMs

Preferred skills

experience with large language models (LLMs)

Technologies

Python, R, NLP, LLMs

Responsibilities

Linking and harmonizing text-based and established impact databases; Comparative analysis of dataset overlaps and deviations; Analyzing geographic, socio-economic, and linguistic factors affecting data visibility; Developing a combined global impact picture; Publishing results in international journals and conferences.