Research engineer in a project on parliamentary behavior

Project description

We are seeking a research engineer for the project “Divided parliaments? Polarization, Moralization and the Risk of Gridlock" which is funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond. The overall purpose of the project is to examine how moralizing language used among members of parliament affects policy decision-making in parliaments. The project is led by Professor Hanna Bäck and is carried out in collaboration with Professor Robert Klemmensen and the researchers in the infrastructure project SWERIK.

About the position

As a research engineer with us, you will work alongside researchers in the research project, "Divided Parliaments?" and in SWERIK. You will be based at the Department of Political Science at Lund University.

The job responsibilities involve data curation work and supporting ongoing research within the project, with a focus on carrying out programming work to annotate and link individual member bill (motion) texts and other types of texts related to the legislative process, as well as conducting analyses of bill data and debate data. This involves working closely with the data structures in the SWERIK infrastructure, such as ParlaClarin TEI XML, git, and iterative and agile workflows. You will also have the opportunity to contribute to writing scientific articles based on the research results we achieve within the framework of the project.

Qualifications:

• Doctoral degree in a relevant subject.
• Experience of working with large-scale textual parliamentary data and related standards.
• Experience of working with curating large datasets for research.
• Excellent command of English, both spoken and written.
• Good knowledge of programming in Python and git.

Specific qualifications for the position:

• Experience of working with the material in the SWERIK research infrastructure.
• Experience of publishing research infrastructures.

Terms of employment

The position is part-time (40%), fixed-term employment of 1 year. The starting date is July 1st or as per agreement.

Lund University is a public authority, which means that employees get particular benefits, generous annual leave and an advantageous occupational pension scheme. Read more on the University website about being a Lund University employee: Work at Lund University.

Application

Apply for the position through Lund University's recruitment system Varbi. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that the application is complete in accordance with the instructions in the job advertisement, and that it is submitted before the deadline.

Please include the following documents with your application:

• Cover letter
• CV – degrees and other completed courses, work experience and a list of publications
• Copy of PhD diploma. 

We look forward to receiving your application!