A fully funded PhD opportunity to research diaspora humanitarianism online The project is available for candidates who are willing to undertake research into how and why Australia-based migrant groups use social media platforms to organise and respond to humanitarian crises abroad. The successful candidate will join a growing interdisciplinary research team which is funded by the Australian Research Council. They will be situated within the interdisciplinary, research-intensive environment at the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet), within the College of Asia and the Pacific at The Australian National University. They will be supervised by - - Professor Alan Gamlen, Australian National University - - Professor Robert Ackland, Australian National University - - Dr Olga Boichak, University of Sydney Eligibility We invite applicants with a strong background in computational social sciences, digital humanities and/or data science. Essential criteria: - A first-class Honors or Master’s in a social science discipline, or equivalent background - Demonstrated technical skills in computational social science, regional studies, data analysis, or computer programming (with a strong preference for R or Python) Desirable criteria: - Competence in both qualitative, quantitative and/or computational research methods - Social media data collection and analysis skills (e.g. Natural Language Processing (NLP),text mining, network analysis) - Data visualisation skills, content analysis, corpus linguistics, humanitarian data analysis, population analytics, econometrics, social informatics, big data analysis, geospatial analysis, immersive analytics, interaction design, API programming, or machine learning/deep learning Expression of interest will close on Friday, 16th of September 2022. More information at the link: https://regnet.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/uploads/2022-07/PhD%20scholars...