Dear all, the Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies of the University of Padova is hiring *1* *research assistant (assegno di ricerca, 12 months) *in the context of the PRIN 2022 project: *Digital Sovereignty in Comparative Perspective: State Authority, Corporate Power and Fundamental Rights in Cyberspace. * This grant is activated to respond to the *goals of WP 2: Data Collection and Analysis*. The selected candidate will collaborate with our research - focused on how digital sovereignty is conceptualized and institutionalized in different political and economic contexts with a global outlook - by organizing policy documents and interview transcripts with the aim of identifying actors and themes pertaining to digital sovereignty. The grantee will then carry out semantic network analysis starting from the collected documents, to highlight connections amongst concepts associated with ‘digital sovereignty’; network analysis to map our the relationships between actors/authors, individual and collective, and relevant events; network analysis on the interconnection between actors/authors and policy documents *Requirement: *PhD in Political Science OR International Relations OR Sociology, with scientific-professional experience (one year at least) in application of Network Analysis to the analysis of political phenomenon and/or semantic networks. Proficient level of English is required. For more detailed information and to apply, visit - SPGI Department: https://spgi.unipd.it/bando-di-selezione-n-spgi23a14-14-padovani-il-conferim... the call (Bando SPGI23A14-14-Padovani) and instructions to apply via PICA platform (istruzioni compilazione domanda) are written in Italian and English. Basic info Ministry of University: https://bandi.miur.it/bandi.php/public/fellowship/id_fellow/251323. *Deadline: 20 dicembre 2023, 13.00 CET*Contact person: prof. Claudia Padovani (claudia.padovani@unipd.it) Mauro Santaniello (PhD) *Senior Researcher (tenure track) qualified Associate ProfessorProfessor of Internet Governance, Digital Policy, Local Public PolicyDirector, Internet & Communication Policy Centre (ICPC)* *Scientific Coordinator, Salerno Winter School on Internet Governance (SWING)* *Associate Research Fellow, The United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS)**Principal Investigator, PRIN 2022 **Digital Sovereignty in Comparative Perspective: State Authority, Corporate Power and Fundamental Rights in Cyberspace* *Department of Business, Management and Information Systems (DISA-MIS)* *Università degli Studi di Salerno * *Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132 84084 Fisciano (SA) - Italy * *W. http://docenti.unisa.it/mauro.santaniello <http://docenti.unisa.it/mauro.santaniello>*