[NORSLIS] Senior Researcher (fixed term) at the Research Unit for the Sociology of Education

[Kim Holmberg]

* Sorry for cross posting *


The University of Turku is a world-class multidisciplinary research 
university which offers interesting challenges and a unique vantage 
point to national and international research and education.

The Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Turku invites applications 
for the fixed term position of

*A Senior Researcher (recent postdoc) to the project “**The 
applicability of altmetrics for research assessment”**at the Research 
Unit for the Sociology of Education (RUSE).*

*/The applicability of altmetrics for research assessment/*is a 
four-year research project financed by the Academy of Finland. This 
project will investigate characteristics of the individuals and the 
mechanisms generating the online attention some scientific publications 
receive and with that, provide a better understanding of the 
applicability of altmetrics for research assessment.

The person chosen to the position will design and conduct quantitative 
studies using bibliographic metadata of scholarly publications and 
altmetrics.

The person to be chosen to the position is expected to begin in their 
employment in 1^st September 2021 or according to agreement. The 
contract will last for 36 months. There will be a trial period of six 
months.

*Requirements*

The person chosen to the position is expected to have

 1. a PhD in information science, sociology of science, statistics,
    computer science, or in a field related to the topics of the project,
 2. strong skills in quantitative methods,
 3. the ability to conduct independent scholarly work,
 4. publications on the topics related to the project and
 5. good written and verbal command of English.

Experience in quantitative social science research, social network 
analysis, and use of large bibliometric and/or altmetric datasets, and 
interest in scholarly communication and open science, are seen as 
advantages.

More information at 
https://www.utu.fi/en/university/come-work-with-us/open-vacancies 
(position 11474).

Further details are available upon request from Senior researcher Kim 
Holmberg, kijohol(at)utu.fi.

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Mr. Kim Holmberg, PhD

Senior Researcher
   Research Unit for the Sociology of Education (RUSE)
   University of Turku
   Finland

Contact:
   (e) kim.j.holmberg at utu.fi
   (m) +358 (0)45 675 4444
   (w3) http://kimholmberg.fi (research and speaking)
   (w3) https://artbykim.fi (paintings and photography)

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