We seeking a postdoctoral associate to work on a social media interventions project. The postdoctoral associate will mainly be working with Professors Dylan Walker, Jacob Groshek, and Belinda Borrelli on an interdisciplinary project studying social media interventions. The postdoc will work with the team to design and enact a variety of (bot-based) algorithmic, semi-automated and/or manual social media interventions. We will analyze the impact of interventions on multiple outcomes, including: individual knowledge, beliefs and behaviors, and the formation and dynamics of contagions. The postdoctoral associate will have opportunities to engage in all aspects of the study, including presenting research at conferences and publishing research findings in peer-reviewed journals and special interest publications.

This is an unparalleled opportunity for a motivated postdoctoral associate: as part of the Social Innovation on Drug Resistance (SIDR) Program, the associate will be part of a growing, interdisciplinary community of researchers from across Boston University’s schools and colleges. Through SIDR’s workshops and other activities, the associate will become part of a network of top scholars in the multiple disciplines involved in SIDR.

The program will provide a forum for the associate to present their work as it develops, and the benefit of being associated with leading research entities with a strong global and domestic presence. The worldwide networks from SIDR’s founding partners, The Institute for Health System Innovation & Policy and CARB-X, will be available to SIDR postdocs to help their research projects.

This is a two-year position, with a start date on or after July 1, 2018.