Hello,
Happy second week of February. This email describes two job postings that
may interest you or your colleagues. Earlier emails were sent to
Wiki-research-l
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wiki-research-l.lists.wikimedia…>
regarding these positions; please disregard the this email if you already
saw the info via Research-l. I'm consolidating info from both posts.
Position 1, posted at
https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_6122/jobs_fellowships_1910/postdoctoral…,
is for a *postdoctoral researcher*. Quoting from the posting:
“Applications are invited from candidates *who have, or will soon obtain*,
a PhD in demography, sociology, epidemiology, medicine, health economics,
biostatistics, public health, or a related field.
"The successful candidate is expected to work within one or more of the
following areas:
1.
*Disease Presence and Disease Impact*
1.
Has disease presence become more or less predictive of disease
impact?
2.
How do the timing and patterns of disease accumulation shape the
onset of disease impact and individual health trajectories, including
pathways to death?
2.
*Diffusion of Medical Progress in Populations*
1.
How does medical progress shape health inequalities within
populations?
2.
How are changes in population health linked to how medical progress
is distributed within and across populations, for example through in- and
outpatient care?
3.
*Population Resilience and Vulnerability*
1.
How can population resilience and vulnerability be measured?
2.
Does medical progress make populations more or less vulnerable?”
Position 2 is for a *principal research scientist*. The job posting is at
https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/7597104. Quoting Leila (who
is CC'd on this email): “Please note
that if you have applied for the research scientist position which was
shared
<
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia…>
in December 2025, you are automatically considered for this new position
and there is no need to apply again. We will reach out to you if we need
additional information from you.”
Quoting from the job description:
“We are hiring a Principal Research Scientist to join the Wikimedia
Foundation’s Research team <https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html> to
support the Wikimedia communities and the Wikimedia Foundation in the
continued evolution of Wikimedia projects and their decentralized
governance model, ensuring that the projects become multigenerational
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Multigenerational>.
"Here are some things we’ve worked on that might give you a better sense of
the scope of the work you will be accountable for and part of:
-
Understanding Wikipedia administrator recruitment, retention, and
attrition (Learn more
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikipedia_Administrator_Recruitmen…>)
-
A set of recommendations for conducting NPOV research on Wikipedia (Learn
more
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Guidance_for_NPOV_Research_on_Wiki…>)
-
Developing a meta-method for analyzing the state of NPOV on Wikipedia (Learn
more
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:A_meta-method_for_analyzing_NPOV_o…>)
"You can learn more about what the team has done in the past six months by
reading our biannual report <https://research.wikimedia.org/report.html>.
"Please note: this is a fully remote role that requires working with senior
leadership and stakeholders across the organization and the research
community in different timezones. It is expected that the Principal
Research Scientist be available for critical meetings and synchronous work
between 15:00 to 19:00 UTC. It is further expected that the candidate is
open to traveling up to four times per year.”
Leila posted some additional information on the Research mailing list. The
thread is viewable at
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia…
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia…>
Good luck to any applicants.
(Disclaimer: I'm not an employee of either of the hiring organizations.
Please direct any questions to the applicable organization.)
Regards,
Pine🌲