Fwd: [SIG-IRList] PhD position in Search and Exploration of Political Data (Amsterdam, 4 years)

[Glen Newton]

Very cool!


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From: Jaap Kamps <[hidden email]>
Date: Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 6:45 AM
Subject: [SIG-IRList] PhD position in Search and Exploration of
Political Data (Amsterdam, 4 years)
To: [hidden email]


The University of Amsterdam is looking for a versatile, highly
motivated PhD candidate to work on search and exploration of political
data as part of the Exploratory Political Search (ExPoSe) project
funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research.

* Job Description

Our parliamentary proceedings reflect our history from centuries ago
up to today, in a common format that survived the test of time, and
reflecting any event of significance (times of war and peace, of
economic crisis and prosperity, etc).  With carefully curated
proceedings becoming available in digital form in many countries, new
research opportunities arise at an unprecedented longitudinal scale,
and across different nations, cultures, and political representation
systems.

The ExPoSe project focuses on search and exploration of the
parliamentary proceedings and related linked data, with three
interrelated sub-projects. The chosen candidate for this position will
study exploratory search tools that support researchers and their
emerging digital research methods, in collaboration with researchers
in parliamentary history and digital humanities.  The two other
sub-projects are: exploratory linked data (in collaboration with data
journalists and media studies) and a living lab for exploratory
political (re)search.  Details about the project are on
<http://staff.science.uva.nl/~kamps/expose/>.

* Requirements

Applicants must have completed a research oriented master's degree in
a relevant field by the appointment date, and must have strong and
demonstrable skills in:
- information retrieval, in particular statistical language modeling
and semantic search;
- exploratory search, information seeking behavior, interaction, and
UI/UX design; and
- solid programming skills are a requirement.

Research experience, or a track record of project based work, and
demonstrable interest in the domain of application are a clear plus.

* Application

Applications should include: i) a letter of motivation, ii) a detailed
curriculum vitae,
iii) a research proposal (max 1 page), and iv) two letters of
reference.  Please submit your application before October 1st, 2013 to
<[hidden email]>.

Details are on <http://www.uva.nl/en/about-the-uva/working-at-the-uva/vacancies/item/13-275.html>.



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