The Center for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) at the University of Bremen is hiring a Postdoctoral researcher (TV-L 13, 100%, max. 4.5 years) for a research project on the digital transformation of social policy. The position is to be filled within the "Datafication and Mediatization" Lab led by Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp and the "Digital Communication and Information Diversity" Lab led by Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann, as part of the lead project "Digital Social Policy: Challenges of a Radically Changing Media Environment." The position is available at the earliest possible date and is term-limited until the end of 2030. It forms part of the newly established Collaborative Research Center DIFIS-SOFO, which examines the social policy implications of technological developments such as artificial intelligence and digital communication. Brief Profile: • In-depth experience in conducting automated content analyses (e.g., topic modeling, sentiment analysis, stance detection, named entity recognition) • Expertise in applying statistical methods relevant to content-analytic data (including clustering, regression) • Solid programming skills in Python and/or R • Interest in working with press content and the communicative field of social policy • Near-native fluency in German (C2 CEF level) required Job Advertisement: https://zemki.uni-bremen.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Stellenausschreibung_... The application deadline is May 13, 2026. Please direct any questions to puschmann@uni-bremen.de Best, Cornelius -- Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann Professor of Media and Communication Zentrum für Medien-, Kommunikations- & Informationsforschung (ZeMKI) / Centre for Media, Communication & Information Research Universität Bremen / University of Bremen Linzerstr. 4 28359 Bremen, Germany zemki.uni-bremen.de/person/cornelius-puschmann/ Associated Researcher Leibniz Institute for Media Research │ Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI) Rothenbaumchaussee 36 20148 Hamburg, Germany leibniz-hbi.de p: +49 421 218 67633 e: puschmann@uni-bremen.de z: https://uni-bremen.zoom-x.de/my/puschmann *Recent papers:* Puschmann, C., Rauxloh, H., Merten, L., Stier, S., Weller, K., & Kulshrestha, J. (2025). How affect shapes online information seeking about political actors. *New Media & Society* (online first). https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251346199 Hill, M., & Puschmann, C. (2025). Nostalgic for a better democracy? How German right-wing social media commentators (mis)remember the past. *Publizistik*, 70(1), 181–204. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11616-025-00891-w Nenno, S., & Puschmann, C. (2025). All The (Fake) News That’s Fit to Share? News Values in Perceived Misinformation across Twenty-Four Countries. *The International Journal of Press/Politics*. https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612241311893 Puschmann, C., Stier, S., Zerrer, P., & Rauxloh, H. (2024). Politicized and Paranoid? Assessing Attitudinal Predictors of Alternative News Consumption. *Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media,* 68(4), 489–518. https://doi.org/10.1080/08838151.2024.2383411