Work With Us

CSMaP is actively seeking a diverse group of students, engineers, postdocs, faculty collaborators, and staff, and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply. We’re always looking to grow our pool of prospective collaborators who share our passion for social media and politics.

See more information for NYU PhD students interested in working with CSMaP, as well as our authorship and roles guidelines.

  • Researcher

    CSMaP is looking for a Researcher to support the Center’s broad research agenda. The role will have two main areas of focus. First, they will work closely with Center leadership to write compelling grant proposals for research projects, engaging a wide range of public and private funders. Second, they will work as a research data scientist on Center projects, providing support on quantitative research including data collection, data cleaning, and rigorous statistical analysis and modeling. CSMaP is at the forefront of studying the impact of the digital information environment on politics, and this new role is an exciting opportunity to be part of both the cutting-edge research and the growth of the organization. 

  • Postdoctoral Fellow - General

    CSMaP is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow to work on research examining the intersection of social and digital media and politics. We are interested in research both on the substantive impact of social and digital media as well as innovative uses of social and digital media to study politics. Postdocs work on projects with diverse methodologies and substantive motivations. Previous work has focused on information & misinformation, political participation, public opinion, elite & mass behavior, foreign influence campaigns and propaganda, political polarization, how authoritarian regimes respond to online opposition, and data science methodology.

  • Postdoctoral Fellow - Comparative Politics

    CSMaP is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow to work on research examining the intersection of social and digital media and politics with a primary focus on comparative politics. We are interested in research both on the substantive impact of social and digital media as well as innovative uses of social and digital media to study comparative politics. Postdocs work on projects with diverse methodologies and substantive motivations. Previous work has focused on information & misinformation, political participation, public opinion, elite & mass behavior, foreign influence campaigns and propaganda, political polarization, how authoritarian regimes respond to online opposition, and data science methodology.

  • Postdoctoral Fellow - Political Behavior

    CSMaP is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow to work on research examining political behavior in the United States making use of a unique dataset: a panel survey of US respondents including waves in 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, and continuing into 2024. The postdoc will work on a series of papers examining the relationship between media consumption and changes in attitudes over the course of campaigns, as well as examining the relationship between perceptions of the online media environment and the actual environment.