Dear all,

I'm currently looking to hire two post-doctoral researchers for my upcoming project funded by the European Research Council: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/multimodality/a-foundation-for-emp...

The project develops novel methods and resources for studying multimodality, or how human communication naturally combines multiple 'modes' of expression. These methods and resources are used to develop empirically founded theories of multimodal communication in the domain of everyday cultural artefacts. The data studied in the project includes, for example, school textbooks, user-generated explanation videos on social media, news broadcasts, instruction manuals and online newspapers.

Please find descriptions for both positions below – if you have any questions, please contact me at tuomo.hiippala@helsinki.fi.

For instructions on how to apply, please see the links to the full job announcements below.

Best, Tuomo Hiippala

--- POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER IN DIGITAL HUMANITIES ---

This is a fixed-term position for 36 months, starting in September 2024 or as agreed, based in the Department of Languages at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

RESPONSIBILITIES: The post-doctoral researcher is responsible for developing structured, machine-readable representations of multimodality for the page-based and audiovisual media studied in the project. As the descriptions of multimodality are collected using crowdsourcing, the post-doctoral researcher is also expected to participate in designing and implementing crowdsourcing pipelines.

QUALIFICATIONS: The appointee must hold a doctoral degree in digital humanities, humanities computing, language technology, computer science or a related field, and have a keen interest in multimodality. Previous experience of developing structured representations for diverse forms of data is essential. Previous experience or interest in volunteer-based or paid crowdsourcing or citizen science is considered an asset.

For more information, see the full announcement here: https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-Post-doctoral-researcher-in-digital-hu...

--- POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER IN MULTIMODAL COMMUNICATION ---

This is a fixed-term position for 48 months, starting in September 2024 or as agreed, based in the Department of Languages at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

RESPONSIBILITIES: The post-doctoral researcher is responsible for developing large corpora that describe the multimodal structure of the diverse media studied in the project. To scale up the corpus size, the data will be described by crowdsourced non-expert workers. The post-doctoral researcher will lead the development of crowdsourcing tasks that generate descriptions that can be then compiled into systematic corpus annotations. The appointee will also participate in developing new methods for analysing large multimodal corpora.

QUALIFICATIONS: The appointee must hold a doctoral degree in linguistics, semiotics, media studies or related field with a specific focus on multimodality. The appointee must have a deep understanding of contemporary theories of multimodality relevant to the domain of the project. Previous experience of designing and implementing annotation schemes for multimodal corpora is essential. Knowledge of programming languages such as Python and mark-up languages such as XML and JSON for managing research data is considered an advantage.

For more information, see the full announcement here: https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-Post-doctoral-researcher-in-multimodal...

--- Dr. Tuomo Hiippala | Associate Professor in English Language and Digital Humanities Department of Languages | University of Helsinki, Finland | +358 50 377 33 66 http://www.helsinki.fi/~thiippal/%C2%A0%7C%C2%A0https://www.helsinki.fi/mult...