Research Associate (f/m/d) wanted as part of the “Communicative AI” research group

The University of Bremen is seeking to fill a position at the Center for Media, Communication, and Information Research (ZeMKI) starting no earlier than January 1, 2026, as a Research Associate (f/m/d) Pay grade 13 TV-L, full-time (39.2 hours per week), limited to 36 months (in accordance with § 2 WissZeit VG) for the development of software for communication and media research.

Job description

The position is part of the innovative team at ComAI Research Space in Research Group 5656 “Communicative AI: The Automation of Social Communication,” which is funded by the DFG and the FWF. The team is based in the research group’s coordination project (project participants: Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp, Prof. Dr. Wiebke Loosen, Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach, Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann, Dr. Gregor Wiedemann).
The research group is investigating how social communication is changing with communicative AI. The focus of the first funding phase (2025–2028) is on investigating the emergence and construction of communicative AI. The research focuses on pioneering communities of communicative AI, their interfaces, the legal handling of communicative AI and its governance by companies, the appropriation of communicative AI in journalism, in public (online) discourse, in everyday personal life, in the health sector, and in learning and teaching. The research uses highly innovative methods from the social sciences and HCI, including digital and computer-assisted methods. Further information on the research group and the many opportunities for doctoral studies in this context can be found on the website www.comai.space.

More information about the position can be found in the detailed job advertisment.