Dear all,

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I am seeking motivated students for a fully funded 4-year PhD in Social NLP. Social NLP is an emerging interdisciplinary field that combines natural language processing (NLP) and social computing.

The scope of doctoral thesis proposals (but is not restricted to) is based on the following topics:

- Information Disorder on Social Media (Fake news, Cyberbullying, Hate Speech, misinformation, etc.)

- Disaster Management Using Social Media​

- Explainable AI in Social NLP

Why the University of Tartuhttps://ut.ee/en?

- The University of Tartu is one of the oldest universities (founded in 1632) in Northern and Eastern Europe. The University of Tartu is known for its high-quality studies and research. The unique intellectual atmosphere and fine living and working environment that characterise Tartu have attracted prominent scientists and experts for almost 390 years.

- As of 2025, the University of Tartu belongs to the top 1% of the world's universities.

- The University of Tartu is the strongest research university in Estonia. We belong to various networks of renowned research universities, such as ENLIGHT, the Coimbra Group, LERU, etc.

- Here, 13 000 students and 3000 staff members study and work in a diverse range of fields connected by the power of curiosity.

- Estonia is famous for its digital society and has the highest number of startups per capita in Europe. Estonia is famous for its digital innovations, and it is home to many startups like Skype, Transferwise, and Bolt to name a few.

Scholarship:

- Scholarship approximately 2300 Euro/month gross amount.

- Covers health insurance

- Additional benefits: Travel grant for attending conferences and workshops, etc.

If you are interested, please drop me an email (somnath.banerjee@ut.ee) with the following:

- CV which must include:

- final year undergraduate/graduate project (brief description: max 150 words)

- pursued relevant subjects at undergraduate and/or Master level (if any)

- relevant work experience (if any)

- publications (if any)

- The name and email contacts of academic referees(optional)

Please Note:

* Master-level students, who are in their final semester, can also apply.

* Applications will be considered until the position is filled. However, you are encouraged to apply early as the processing of the applications will start soon after receiving them.

* Do not send academic certificates, motivation letters, letters of recommendation, etc.

* Upon initial selection based on CVs, additional documents (such as motivation letters, certificates) will be requested for further processing.

For queries: If you need more information, please contact me with the subject line "SocialNLP: PhD position queries".

Kind regards, Somnath Banerjee Assistant Professor, Chair of NLP, Institute of Computer Science, University of Tartu, 51009 Tartu, ESTONIA