Two Doctoral Positions in “Inequality Discourse Observatory” – Project at the Cluster “The Politics of Inequality”
(part-time 75 %, salary scale E 13 TV-L)
Two 4-year, part-time 75 % doctoral research positions as part of the project "In-equality Discourse Observatory" led by Miriam Butt and David Garcia. The project is part of the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality" ().
The positions are available as of January 1, 2026 and involve the automatic identification, analysis and automatic extraction of linguistic cues for NLP applications that detect topics and framing with respect to political discourse about inequality. English, German, Swedish, Spanish, Urdu/Hindi, Tamil or any other South Asian language.
The researchers will work closely with researchers from both Computational Social Science and Computational Linguistics in an international and interdisciplinary environment, including political science and economics.
Research on inequality discourse across languages
Development of NLP tools for the automatic identification and analysis of linguistic cues indicating framing in inequality discourse
Contribute as a co-author to scientific papers
Write a dissertation and complete the required coursework within the Graduate School of the Social and Behavioural Sciences (GSBS) of the University of Konstanz
Knowledge of Python is particularly relevant
An international and interdisciplinary research community engaged in frontier research on inequality and related issues
A family-friendly diversity-conscious university and work environment
A wide network of international and national partners, providing opportunities for research stays, contact to external advisers and conference or workshop participation
The University’s first-rate infrastructure includes its award-winning, 24-hour open library, research support and career counseling, and the provision of German and other foreign language courses
We look forward to receiving your application documents (cover letter, a full CV and one writing sample (paper or thesis) via our Online Application Portal by November 15th, 2025. As an equal opportunity employer, we strive to increase the number of women working in research and teaching. We also support working couples through our dual career programme. They will be given preference if appropriately qualified (contact sbv@uni-konstanz.