[Air-L] Postdoc position in Computational Methods and Digital Social Policy in Germany

[Cornelius Puschmann]

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

The application deadline is May 13, 2026. Please direct any questions to
puschmann at 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/

Associated Researcher
Leibniz Institute for Media Research │ Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI)
Rothenbaumchaussee 36
20148 Hamburg, Germany
leibniz-hbi.de

p: +49 421 218 67633
e: puschmann at uni-bremen.de
z: https://uni-bremen.zoom-x.de/my/puschmann

*Recent papers:*

Puschmann, C., Rauxloh, H., Merten, L., Stier, S., Weller, K., &
Kulshrestha, J. (2025). How affect shapes online information seeking about
political actors. *New Media & Society* (online first).
https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251346199

Hill, M., & Puschmann, C. (2025). Nostalgic for a better democracy? How
German right-wing social media commentators (mis)remember the past.
*Publizistik*, 70(1), 181–204. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11616-025-00891-w

Nenno, S., & Puschmann, C. (2025). All The (Fake) News That’s Fit to Share?
News Values in Perceived Misinformation across Twenty-Four Countries. *The
International Journal of Press/Politics*.
https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612241311893

Puschmann, C., Stier, S., Zerrer, P., & Rauxloh, H. (2024). Politicized and
Paranoid? Assessing Attitudinal Predictors of Alternative News
Consumption. *Journal
of Broadcasting & Electronic Media,* 68(4), 489–518.
https://doi.org/10.1080/08838151.2024.2383411
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