We’re hiring a postdoctoral fellow to join the NetHealth project at the University of Milan (UniMi) in Milano, Italy.
NetHealth is a study of social network inequalities and their impacts on health (PI: Raffaele Vacca, University of Milan; co-PI: Viviana Amati, University of Milano-Bicocca; more info here). The position will be based at the UniMi Department of Social and Political Sciences, where the postdoc will be part of the department’s Behave Lab.
The postdoc will collaborate with other team members in the following main task areas:
- Design of a survey on personal networks and health beliefs, behaviors, and outcomes.
- Pre-processing and analysis of survey and personal network data.
- Development of statistical and agent-based models to analyze social networks and the distribution of health beliefs, behaviors, and outcomes.
- Apply via email: see instructions here
- Application deadline: May 2, 2024 (23:59 CEST time). Candidates will meet online with the search committee on May 15, 2024.
Important job information:
- Location: Milano, Italy
- Expected salary range: € 2,300-2,500/month (after tax)
- Expected start date: June 1, 2024
- Duration: 22 months
- Relevant expertise areas: personal networks, social network analysis, network science, survey research, health inequalities, computational social science, R/Python
- PhD in social sciences, statistics or related fields preferred but not required at start date
Please contact Raffaele Vacca for any question about the position and application.