Dear EST students,
Daniele Barolo sent me the following job opportunity that also offers training. He was
visiting our Methods seminar some weeks ago, and he thought that EST students might be a
great fit.
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Research Assistant — Political Content Classification
In the Collective Minds lab at the Complexity Science Hub, Vienna, we are looking for two
Research Assistants to support a research project on political opinions expressed in
Austrian online forum discussions (DerStandard). The main task is to review a list of
automatically detected political topics and verify that they are correctly labelled,
non-overlapping, and consistently framed. Candidates will receive dedicated training. If
completed ahead of schedule, the work will extend to annotating forum comments directly.
We are looking for people with solid knowledge of major Austrian and international
political debates during 2013–2022. Native-level German knowledge is essential. A
background in political science or a related field is an advantage.
The position involves approximately 80 hours over June 2026, paid at a competitive hourly
rate. Applicants should send a CV and short statement of interest (max 1 page) to
barolo(a)csh.ac.at. We review applications on a rolling basis and aim to start the
collaboration as soon as possible
Best,
Tarja
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Prof. Tarja Knuuttila
Department of Philosophy
University of Vienna