31.2038, Jobs: English; Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Post Doc, University of Oslo

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Subject: 31.2038, Jobs: English; Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Post Doc, University of Oslo

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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 12:25:55
From: Silje Susanne Alvestad [s.s.alvestad at ilos.uio.no]
Subject: English; Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Post Doc, University of Oslo, Norway

 
University or Organization: University of Oslo 
Department: Literature, Area Studies & European Languages
Job Location: Oslo, Norway 
Web Address: https://www.hf.uio.no/ilos/english/about/index.html
Job Title: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Required Language(s): English (eng)

Description:

A Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for 2,5 years is available at the
Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages, University of
Oslo.

The Postdoctoral Research Fellowship is funded by the Norwegian Research
Council and is associated with the Fakespeak project (project number/ID 302573
https://www.hf.uio.no/ilos/english/research/projects/fakespeak/)

Expected startdate: 1 January 2021.

More about the position:
Fake news, defined as news items that are meant to be deceptive and which the
author knows to be false, is not a new phenomenon. However, the rapid
development of social media now allows news from sources of varying reputation
to be spread unfiltered at lightning speed and to be read by millions of
people in a very short time. Western liberal democracies are vulnerable, and
fake news and other types of disinformation may seriously harm them.

The main objectives of the Fakespeak project, which consists of a core team of
linguists and computer scientists, are i) to identify the language and style
of fake news in English, Norwegian and Russian, and  ii) to improve existing
fake news detection systems by automating the defining linguistic features of
fake news. Participants in this project are Faktisk.no, Norway’s first and, so
far, only fact-checking service; the NRK, Norway’s largest media organization
and broadcaster of news from all over the world; and the NTB, the Norwegian
News Agency. The goal of the project is to help them and other stakeholders
detect potentially harmful fake news items more efficiently and accurately and
in a more timely manner than what is currently possible.

The postdoctoral research fellow to be hired at the Department will contribute
to the project’s achieving objective i). S/he will harvest datasets mainly in
English from the Internet, and analyse them statistically and visualize the
results applying corpus linguistics methods. 

The position is available for a period of two and a half years (30 months).
The successful candidate will have the possibility to apply to the Research
Council of Norway for an extension of up to 6 months. 

Qualification Requirements:
- PhD or equivalent academic qualifications with a specialization in one or
more of the areas relevant to the project (English language and linguistics,
linguistics, corpus linguistics, computational linguistics)
- Fluency in oral and written English
- Solid knowledge of corpus linguistics methods, including experience in
conducting corpus analyses of potentially fairly large amounts of data and
performing statistical analyses and visualization
- Personal suitability and motivation for the position
- Experience in automatic data harvesting online is an advantage
- Programming skills in Python or R, or both, are an advantage
- Familiarity with Russian language is an advantage
- The candidate's research project must be closely connected to the Fakespeak
project

The ideal candidate is a quantitative corpus linguist specializing in English
language and linguistics, but researchers from across linguistics, as well as
computational linguistics, will also be considered.

The doctoral dissertation must have been submitted for evaluation before the
application deadline.

For more information on the position and how to apply, please visit the
application link provided below.



Application Deadline: 01-Sep-2020 
	  
Web Address for Applications: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/188582/postdoctoral-research-fellowship-within-fakespeak. 
Contact Information:
	Postdoctoral research fellow Silje Susanne Alvestad 
	Email: s.s.alvestad at ilos.uio.no 


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