Hi all, Please forward widely and encourage people you know to apply! https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/213553/postdoctoral-research-fellow The University of Michigan School of Information seeks to hire a postdoctoral scholar to conduct research in the area of social media data archiving. This is a one-year appointment renewable up to two years, pending continued funding, availability of work, and satisfactory job performance. This position is estimated to begin in late summer/early fall, with some flexibility to start date depending on the selected candidate. This scholar will work with Dr. Libby Hemphill <http://www.libbyh.com/> at the University of Michigan School of Information and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) on research projects related to technical infrastructure, collection development policies, and data provision policies for archives of social media data. Results from this project will inform the development of the Social Media Archive (SOMAR) at ICPSR. SOMAR will become the first data resource of its kind—making social media data accessible to researchers who lack the technical or computing resources to capture data independently and enabling researchers to share and access data from social media while respecting platforms’ terms of service and users’ privacy expectations. In this project, we will leverage existing social media datasets at MIDAS <https://midas.umich.edu/> and ICPSR <http://icpsr.umich.edu/> to experiment with archival infrastructures that make social media data findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR). We will also explore other principles for data archives, such as the Feminist Data Manifest-No <https://www.manifestno.com/> and The CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance <https://www.gida-global.org/care>, that are informed by feminist and Indigenous research and scholars. The postdoc will work with Hemphill, her students, and staff at ICPSR to develop collection development policies, survey social media users and researchers to understand participant perceptions and preferences, and conduct field experiments to evaluate data indexing and access systems. Key work elements include: collecting and managing large datasets from social media platforms; writing academic papers and grant proposals; and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams on research projects. The candidate may be responsible for supervising doctoral, masters, and undergraduate students in various research activities. Required Qualifications* - A PhD in information, library or archival science, computational social science, or a related discipline - Expertise in using Python for collecting and analyzing data from social media - Experience generating metadata and documentation for research data and code Desired Qualifications* - Experience working alongside, partnering with, and building strong connections with research team members; - Experience conducting independent and collaborative research; - Experience writing and presenting research in professional settings, such as conferences and academic journals; - Administrative skills like scheduling, prompt email communications with all partners, routine check-ins, keeping team members and partners up to date on progress, monitoring and shifting project priorities as needed; - Experience with one or more of the following: ElasticSearch, Spark, Hadoop, SOLR Take care, Libby -- Libby Hemphill pronouns: she/her/hers Director, Resource Center for Minority Data <http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/RCMD>, ICPSR <http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/> Research Associate Professor, Institute for Social Research <http://home.isr.umich.edu/> Associate Director, Center for Social Media Responsibility <http://csmr.umich.edu/> Associate Professor, School of Information <https://www.si.umich.edu/> University of Michigan