[Air-L] Fully funded PhD scholarship in diaspora humanitarianism

[Olga Boichak]

A fully funded PhD opportunity to research diaspora humanitarianism online

The project is available for candidates who are willing to undertake
research into how and why Australia-based migrant groups use social media
platforms to organise and respond to humanitarian crises abroad.

The successful candidate will join a growing interdisciplinary research
team which is
funded by the Australian Research Council. They will be situated within the
interdisciplinary, research-intensive environment at the School of
Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet), within the College of Asia and
the Pacific at The Australian National University. They will be supervised
by

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   -  Professor Alan Gamlen, Australian National University
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   -  Professor Robert Ackland, Australian National University
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   -  Dr Olga Boichak, University of Sydney

Eligibility

We invite applicants with a strong background in computational social
sciences, digital humanities and/or data science.

Essential criteria:

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   A first-class Honors or Master’s in a social science discipline, or
   equivalent background
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   Demonstrated technical skills in computational social science, regional
   studies, data analysis, or computer programming (with a strong preference
   for R or Python)

   Desirable criteria:


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   Competence in both qualitative, quantitative and/or computational
   research methods
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   Social media data collection and analysis skills (e.g. Natural Language
   Processing (NLP),text mining, network analysis)
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   Data visualisation skills, content analysis, corpus linguistics,
   humanitarian data analysis, population analytics, econometrics, social
   informatics, big data analysis, geospatial analysis, immersive analytics,
   interaction design, API programming, or machine learning/deep learning

   Expression of interest will close on Friday, 16th of September 2022.

   More information at the link:


   https://regnet.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/uploads/2022-07/PhD%20scholarships%20-Diaspora%20Humanitarians%20v3.pdf