Research Engineer in Computational Social Sciences (Post-doc / Master level)

The Lattice lab of the Ecole normale supérieure, in the Paris area, is looking for a senior or junior research engineer (post-doctoral contract OR Master level position) in  computational social sciences, for 18 months, beginning on May or June  2024.

The main task will be to develop new methods in the domain of computational social sciences. This offer is part of the Medialex project, aiming at tracking influence strategies between the political sphere (esp. the Parliament) and the media sphere (esp. social media, but not only). The project focuses on French and English use cases. Interesting topics are (among many others):

- tracking events in a flow of textual data (esp. social media)
- investigating influence strategies between the political sphere and the medias (esp. social medias) 
- investigating how media coverage is influenced by other factors (political orientation, framing, etc.). 

We are looking for candidates with a first experience in the domain, who have demonstrated an ability to develop original research mixing advanced NLP techniques and social sciences (previous publications is a plus if you apply at the post-doc level; a relevant Master degree or any previous experience is a plus in any case). French does not need to be your mother tongue, but some command of the language is necessary to be able to work on French data.