The Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) offers a PhD position in the interdisciplinary graduate school “Governance Monitor”. The PhD candidate will apply natural language processing (NLP) to analyze narratives on climate-related events (e.g. floods, droughts, heatwaves, storms) aiming to:


Investigate how extreme events such as floods, droughts and heatwaves influence political and media narratives on the need to adapt to climate change;
Identify which societal actors (e.g. NGOs, government, industry) are linked to distinct narrative types;
Analyse the causal relationships between such disasters and changes in the discourse over time and across different regions

For questions, please get in touch with Mariana de Brito (mariana.brito@ufz.de).
The application deadline is 13.02.2023, and the start date is flexible. To apply, please upload a letter of motivation and CV using the following link:
https://recruitingapp-5128.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/2647/Description/2

Kind regards,
Mariana de Brito