Research Fellow

Research Fellow

Job No.: 670635

Location: Caulfield campus

Employment Type: Full-time

Duration: 2-year fixed-term appointment

Remuneration: $114,951 - $136,505 pa Level B (plus 17% employer superannuation)

The Opportunity

We are looking for a highly motivated Level B research-only academic to join a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team working on two exciting projects at the forefront of computational social science, housed in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making and Society.

In this role, you’ll split your time between the Ad Observatory Project, managing and analysing data from the Ad Collection tool for mobile devices. You’ll help develop digital tools and dashboards, recruit and engage participants, and work on methods for collecting and organising donated data. The other focus will be the News Value Algorithm Project, where you will collaborate with industry partners and international researchers to create automated tools for ranking and sorting media content by public service values like diversity, timeliness, and newsworthiness.

As the successful candidate, you will have expertise in studying complex multi-modal digital media data and developing research software to explore social phenomena or digital platforms. You will be skilled in data visualisation and computational social science methods, with familiarity in cloud-based computing and data warehousing. You will have strong writing skills, with experience publishing in scholarly journals, conference papers, or books. You will be able to work independently to contribute to research and create real-world outcomes, and will excel in collaborating with interdisciplinary teams and external stakeholders. If you're a motivated researcher ready for the next challenge, we encourage you to apply.

About Monash University

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We value difference and diversity, and welcome and celebrate everyone's contributions, lived experience and expertise. That’s why we champion an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed.

Together with our commitment to academic freedom, you will have access to quality research facilities, infrastructure, world-class teaching spaces, and international collaboration opportunities.

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To Apply

For instructions on how to apply, please refer to 'How to apply for Monash Jobs'. Your application must address the Key Selection Criteria.

Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process at Monash. If you need any reasonable adjustments, please contact us at hr-recruitment@monash.edu in an email titled 'Reasonable Adjustments Request' for a confidential discussion.

Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and/or background checks required for the role, as determined by the University.

Enquiries:

Professor Mark Andrejevic, Professor, Communications and Media Studies in Communications and Media Studies, +61 3 9903 4948

Position Description: Research Fellow

Applications Close: Sunday 17 November 2024, 11:55pm AEDT

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