[Air-L] Job opportunity - Research Associate on the Everyday Misinformation Project (Part-time from September 2023 until February 2024)

[Cristian Vaccari]

Dear colleagues,



We are recruiting a Research Associate to assist us in the final phase of
the Everyday Misinformation Project (https://everyday-mis.info/).
Information on the post is available below and at
https://vacancies.lboro.ac.uk/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=142273Roxj&WVID=5913100PrZ&LANG=USA
.



Please feel free to share this information with anyone whom you think may
be interested.



*Postdoctoral Research Associate (Everyday Misinformation Project)*



*Part-time (0.6 FTE/ 22 hours per week) and fixed term from 18th September
2023 until 29th February 2024*



The Online Civic Culture Centre (O3C) at Loughborough University is seeking
to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to
work with Professor Andrew Chadwick and Professor Cristian Vaccari on the
Leverhulme-funded *Everyday Misinformation Project* (
http://everyday-mis.info).



This is a part-time (0.6 FTE) postdoctoral research role that runs until
February 29, 2024. The vacancy arises due to the appointment of current
PDRA, Dr Brendan Lawson, to a Lectureship. The researcher’s main
responsibilities will be to contribute to project management; gather,
organize, and analyze quantitative and some qualitative data; arrange
events and meetings relating to research online and/or in person; and
contribute actively to the writing and sharing of the research findings in
high quality academic publications and public reports and at conferences
and workshops. Quantitative skills, including experience of multivariate
analysis of longitudinal survey data using regression with lagged
variables, autoregression, and similar techniques, are essential.
Experience of using either SPSS, or STATA or R is essential. Familiarity
with NVivo for qualitative analysis is desirable but not essential.



In addition to working with the team, the appointee will have the
opportunity to lead on publications based on their own analyses of survey
data gathered by the project.



The successful applicant will be an experienced researcher with PhD-level
social science training in either communication and media, journalism
studies, political science, sociology, social psychology, or a cognate
discipline or interdisciplinary field, such as behavioural science. They
will have substantial knowledge of research on misinformation, be a team
player, have excellent written and spoken English, presentational, and time
management skills, be highly technologically literate, and be committed to
the development of original social science theory and concepts. An awarded
PhD *at time of application* is an essential criterion. This is not a
remote working position, but requests to work away from campus will be
considered in light of the University’s Dynamic Working policies.



The researcher will primarily work with Professor Andrew Chadwick
(Principal Investigator) and Professor Cristian Vaccari (Co-Investigator).
They will also collaborate with the project’s full-time postdoctoral
researcher Dr Natalie-Anne Hall.



In the latest UK Research Excellence Framework (2021), Communication and
Media at Loughborough was ranked 5th in the UK and submitted 40
researchers. Overall, 65% of its research was assessed as “world
leading”—the highest possible rating of 4 stars. Its research environment
and research impact were both awarded the maximum possible rating of 100%
4-star quality. The department is ranked top in the Complete University
Guide, and third in both the Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide and
the Guardian guide.



Full job description, person specification are available at
https://vacancies.lboro.ac.uk/jobdesc/REQ230880.PDF



*Informal queries *

Professor Andrew Chadwick, director, Online Civic Culture Centre (O3C),
Communication and Media, Loughborough University: a.chadwick at lboro.ac.uk



*Application closing date*: 11th August 2023.

Late applications will not be considered.



*Visa Sponsorship: *

For candidates who would require sponsorship to work in the UK to achieve
sufficient points under the Points Based Immigration System, it is likely
that you will either need to:

   - Have completed a PhD in a subject relevant to the job.

OR

   - Qualify as a “new entrant”. For more information on this please see
   paragraphs SW 12.1 - SW 12.7 of the Immigration Rules Appendix Skilled
   Worker
   <https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-skilled-worker>,
   available at
   https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-skilled-worker




All the best,



Cristian Vaccari, he/him/his
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Professor of Political Communication, Loughborough University
<http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/socialsciences/staff/cristian-vaccari/>
Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Press/Politics
<http://hij.sagepub.com/>
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New book: Outside the Bubble:
<https://global.oup.com/academic/product/outside-the-bubble-9780190858483?lang=en&cc=gb>Social
Media and Political Participation in Western Democracies
<https://global.oup.com/academic/product/outside-the-bubble-9780190858483?lang=en&cc=gb>
New project: Everyday Sharing of Misinformation on Private
<https://everyday-mis.info/>Social Media <https://everyday-mis.info/>
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Personal website: https://cristianvaccari.com/
Google Scholar profile
<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3_TethEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao>

Mastodon: @cvaccari at mastodon.social <https://mastodon.social/@cvaccari>
Twitter: @prof_vaccari <https://twitter.com/prof_vaccari>