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        Date: 2026-04-28 07:25:05+00:00
        From:  Cornelius Puschmann <puschmann@uni-bremen.de>
        Subject: Postdoc position in Computational Methods and Digital Social Policy in Germany

The Center for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) at
the University of Bremen is hiring a

Postdoctoral researcher (TV-L 13, 100%, max. 4.5 years)

for a research project on the digital transformation of social policy.
The position is to be filled within the "Datafication and Mediatization"
Lab led by Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp and the "Digital Communication and
Information Diversity" Lab led by Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann, as part
of the lead project "Digital Social Policy: Challenges of a Radically
Changing Media Environment."

The position is available at the earliest possible date and is
term-limited until the end of 2030. It forms part of the newly
established Collaborative Research Center DIFIS-SOFO, which examines the
social policy implications of technological developments such as
artificial intelligence and digital communication.

Brief Profile:
• In-depth experience in conducting automated content analyses (e.g.,
topic modeling, sentiment analysis, stance detection, named entity
recognition)
• Expertise in applying statistical methods relevant to content-analytic
data (including clustering, regression)
• Solid programming skills in Python and/or R
• Interest in working with press content and the communicative field of
social policy
• Near-native fluency in German (C2 CEF level) required

Job Advertisement:
https://zemki.uni-bremen.de/wp-
content/uploads/2026/04/Stellenausschreibung_A055-26_ZeMKI_Uni-Bremen.pdf
<https://zemki.uni-bremen.de/wp-
content/uploads/2026/04/Stellenausschreibung_A055-26_ZeMKI_Uni-Bremen.pdf>

The application deadline is May 13, 2026. Please direct any questions to
puschmann@uni-bremen.de <mailto:puschmann@uni-bremen.de>

Best,

Cornelius

--
Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann

Professor of Media and Communication
Zentrum für Medien-, Kommunikations- & Informationsforschung (ZeMKI) /
Centre for Media, Communication & Information Research
Universität Bremen / University of Bremen
Linzerstr. 4
28359 Bremen, Germany
zemki.uni-bremen.de/person/cornelius-puschmann/



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