Postdoctoral Fellow II – COSMOS Research Center

About the role

The COSMOS Research Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock seeks a full‑time Postdoctoral Fellow II to advance socio‑computational research on cyber campaigns across social media platforms. The position is provisional, funded by a grant or contract, and renewal depends on continued funding and performance.

Key responsibilities

• Develop socio‑computational models that capture group formation, activation, decentralized decision‑making, and collective action in online environments.
• Extract and curate open‑source data using guided snowball collection, cyber‑forensic techniques, and deep‑web search methods.
• Collaborate with the research team to build predictive models of socio‑technical behavior.
• Document methodologies, results, and contribute to scholarly publications.

Required profile

• Research experience in computational modeling of social or communication processes.
• Familiarity with cyber‑forensic data collection and deep‑web search methodologies.
• Ability to work independently and as part of an interdisciplinary team.

Required skills

• Cyber forensics
• Deep web search techniques

What we offer

• Access to university research facilities and resources.
• Opportunity to contribute to cutting‑edge research funded by external grants.
• Professional development within an academic environment.