Two fully funded positions: Ethnography of online misogyny/Starting March 2022
We are looking for excellent researchers to fill the following positions for an interdisciplinary project on online misogyny:
Fluency in German and English is needed. Fluency in Hindi is desired (but not required).
Fluency in English and Portuguese is needed.
Research activities include carrying out semi-structured interviews with women who are the targets of online misogyny and online users who engage in aggressive language against women to advance their stated political goals; online ethnography of misogynistic trolling episodes; deep content analysis and discourse analysis; and analysis of policy documents. Candidates should be willing to work from Munich.
You will be part of an exciting multidisciplinary research group, with opportunities to partner with the core research team based in Munich and a global network of collaborators.
Please send a one-page research proposal outlining the specific focus areas, research methods and a timeline; one-page CV; two writing samples; names of two referees; and copies of degree certificates as a single pdf by email to sahana.udupa@lmu.de ccing sahanaudupa@hks.harvard.edu with the subject line “Online misogyny doctoral position” or “Online misogyny postdoctoral position” before 22 Dec 2021.
The multiyear project (2022-2026) is funded by the Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (BIDT) and will be jointly carried out by a team of ethnographers, sociologists and computer scientists at the University of Munich (LMU) and the Technical University of Munich (TUM).