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IKMZ - Department of Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich
Start of employment: Summer 2026 (temporary)
Application deadline: October 15, 2025
The Department of Communication and Media Research at the University of Zurich is one of the leading international research institutions in its field. This postdoctoral scholar position is within the group “Internet Use and Society” led by Professor Eszter Hargittai. The group is especially interested in the relationship of Internet use and social inequality.
Your responsibilities
- Active participation in the group's research activities
- Planning and execution of high-quality research projects
- Publications in leading communication journals and presentations at international conferences
- Teaching one course per semester, supervising MA theses, and mentoring junior colleagues
- Academic service
Your profile
- PhD in Communication Studies or other social science
- Strong interest in understanding how people incorporate digital media into their lives and with what consequences
- Advanced skills in quantitative methods of empirical social science, preferably including surveys, skills with Stata and/or R
- Excellent written and spoken English