Full-time post-doctoral researcher in media and communication sciences

UCLouvain seeks a full-time postdoctoral researcher in media and communication sciences for the CLAIM project, focusing on the communicational and discursive dimensions of international climate litigation involving marginalized actors. Responsibilities include data collection and analysis of media and digital content, scientific publication, and collaboration within an interdisciplinary team. Applicants must hold a PhD in media or language sciences, possess experience with large data corpora and online data extraction, and demonstrate an interest in ecology, decolonial issues, and international mobility.

• Within the CLAIM project, develop research activities to analyse the communicational and discursive dimensions of international climate litigation. This will involve defining specific research strategies in collaboration with the CLAIM team
• collecting a corpus of publications and communication materials, particularly media and digital content
• applying appropriate analytical methods, including quantitative and/or qualitative analysis of discursive and multimodal materials
• and, where relevant, conducting interviews and observation.
• Collaborate in producing a database listing international climate litigation cases, particularly those initiated by marginalised actors.
• Produce scientific publications and presentations in collaboration with the other CLAIM project researchers.
• Participate in coordinating the research team.

• Fluency in English and French
• A PhD in media and communication sciences or language sciences, or an equivalent degree
• Experience handling large data corpora
• Experience in online data extraction (particularly digital social media)
• Interest in issues related to ecology, the environment, and climate litigation
• Interest in decolonial issues and sensitivity to marginalised actors
• Strong writing skills, openness to interdisciplinary work, availability and interest in learning to use software tools useful for research
• Ability to work both independently and within a multidisciplinary team
• knowledge of Spanish is an asset
• In addition, the candidate must meet the conditions set by UCLouvain for the award of postdoctoral fellowships
• Willingness to relocate to Belgium for the duration of the fellowship.