Dear member of the HNR community,

The project “Network epistemology in practice (NEPI)”, funded by the European Research Council (ERC) through a Consolidator Grant to Adrian Wüthrich (Technische Universität Berlin), is seeking to appoint a postdoctoral researcher in history and philosophy of science with special expertise in computational methods and digital humanities. The project will analyze the recent and ongoing digital communication inside a major collaboration in the field of particle physics. The main objective is to understand how knowledge is generated in large scientific collaborations. The project will primarily use methods from network analysis and machine learning to identify relevant communication structures and attempt to track the flow of ideas through the communication network.

Deadline for applications: December 16, 2022

The position is funded for 3 years, full-time.

Earliest starting date: January 1st, 2023.

For application instructions and further details, please refer to the full and official job announcement at https://stellenticket.de/157164/TUB/?lang=en

Further information on the project NEPI is available at https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101044932

Inquiries regarding the project or the position should be addressed to adrian.wuethrich@tu-berlin.de