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Knowledge Media Institute (KMi)
\u00a330,728 – \u00a332,590, Ref: 9780
Based in Milton Keynes
Temporary contract until 30th September 2016<\/strong>
Application closed on: Thursday 30 January 2014<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Open University’s Knowledge Media Institute has an opening for a full-time postdoctoral Research Associate to work on a project funded by the EPSRC, entitled Election Debate Visualization (EDV). This is in collaboration with University of Leeds (Stephen Coleman, Professor of Political Communication, Institute of Communications Studies). Your responsibility will be to analyse the TV debates between prime-ministerial candidates, and develop the project’s web platform for replaying the debates in enhanced form, publishing the metadata as an open dataset.

You will work closely with the KMi and Leeds teams on discourse modelling, visualization, user interface design and database design and population, reporting to Professor Simon Buckingham Shum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To apply, please fill the application form below and also include a Covering Letter (a maximum of 2,500 words) and CV<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

<\/a> Download the Application for Employment Form (Short Version)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a> Download the Application for Employment (Accessible\/Short Version)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then email it to resourcing-hub@open.ac.uk<\/a> quoting the job reference number ‘.9780.’<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a> Download Job Related Information for Ref: 9780<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We promote diversity in employment and welcome applications from all sections of the community.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hard copies and access details for disabled applicants are available from the Resourcing Assistant by email resourcing-hub@open.ac.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further details on The Open University’s employment conditions can be found at: http:\/\/www3.open.ac.uk\/employment\/benefits.asp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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