[AISWorld] 12 PhD positions at University of Duisburg, Germany

[Stefan Stieglitz]

*The Graduate School (DFG Research Training Group/DFG-Graduiertenkolleg)
"UserCentred Social Media" (UCSM) at the University of Duisburg-Essen
invites applications for its new PhD programme starting in October 2015.*

We offer twelve PhD Positions which are paid according to German TV-L E13
(starting from 43,000 €/year before taxes), for a duration of three years.
The Graduate School UCSM provides an interdisciplinary research environment
with computer science and psychology as the main contributing disciplines.
>From this interdisciplinary perspective, it addresses research challenges
related to Social Media which are understood as complex socio-technical
systems characterized by features such as user-generated content, social
interaction and awareness, and emergent functionality. Significant research
gaps have been identified with respect to analyzing and understanding the
characteristics and determinants of user behaviour, both at the individual
and the collective level, as well as regarding the user-centred design of
social media systems.

Our research will build on theories and methods from the following fields:

   - Media and communication psychology
   - Decision making and decision support
   - Human-computer interaction
   - Information retrieval and mining
   - Social network analysis and visualization
   - Privacy and security engineering
   - Media-supported collaboration and learning

*Applicants should have a Master in Computer Science, Information Systems,
Cognitive Science, Communication Science or Psychology and, ideally, prior
knowledge and experience in one or more of the areas listed above. *

The University of Duisburg-Essen aims to promote the diversity of its
members (see http://www.uni due.de/diversity/international.shtml). It also
aims to increase the share of women in the scientific personnel and
therefore explicitly encourages women to apply. Women will be
preferentially considered when equally qualified according to the state
equality law. Applications from disabled or equivalents according to § 2
Abs. 3 SGB IX are encouraged. Applications should comprise a curriculum
vitae, documentation of academic degrees and certificates and two academic
contacts that can provide references. In addition, a written statement of
the applicant’s research interests and related experience should be
submitted as well as electronic copies of the applicant’s master thesis
and/or relevant publications. Applicants are also invited to express their
interest in one or more of the provisional research topics listed on the
Website (http://ucsm.uni-due.de).

*Applications, together with supporting documents, are to be submitted in
electronic form to our Website http://ucsm.uni-due.de
<http://ucsm.uni-due.de> (“Application”) until 2015-08-13.*


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*Prof. Dr. Stefan Stieglitz*
Professional Communication in Electronic Media / Social Media

University of Duisburg-Essen
Department of Computer Science and Applied Cognitive Science

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