CareerPlan

Postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Digital (m/w/d)

München, BAYERNFull-time2026-09-25 → 2026-10-25

Core

Independent research on platform governance, online speech regulation, and content moderation at the intersection of political science, communication, law, and computer science.

Role type

Postdoctoral researcher (IC)

Builds

Original research publications, grant applications, and research infrastructure (datasets, experimental platforms, computational pipelines).

Domain

Political science / Computational social science / AI governance

Deliverable

research

Required skills

PhD in political science/communication/computational social science, text-as-data methods, NLP, machine learning, experimental research design, causal inference methods

Preferred skills

Experience with LLMs and transformer-based models

Technologies

LLMs, transformer-based models, NLP tools

Responsibilities

Develop independent research agenda, publish in peer-reviewed journals, contribute to research infrastructure, teach courses, engage with academic and policy community