Research Assistant

There is a vacancy for seven, 50% Research Assistant positions at MediaFutures: Research Centre for Responsible Media Technology & Innovation, the Department of Information Science and Media Studies, University of Bergen. The position is a fixed-term period from 1 September 2026 to 31 December 2026.

About the projects:

CuratedAI - 4 positions

CuratedAI investigates how news media can communicate AI use in ways that are meaningful, understandable, and useful for different audiences. The project focuses on AI transparency, media literacy, trustworthy news, and audience-specific explanations for AI-supported media systems.

VaccAI - 3 positions

VaccAI investigates how vaccine-related beliefs and misinformation develop across media ecosystems. The project combines responsible AI, media analysis, health communication, misinformation detection, and crisis-aware modelling.

Work tasks:

• Data collection, structured data cleaning, preprocessing, and duplicate checking
• Manual validation, annotation, and coding of media/news content
• Computational text analysis, natural language processing, machine learning, or Python/comparable tools
• Statistics, quantitative analysis, and variable preparation
• Visualization and dashboard development
• Interaction design, user interface design, prototype development, or digital humanities methods
• User studies, surveys, or interviews