Job Opening: Research Associate (f/m/d) in the Research Unit “Communicative AI”
At the University of Bremen, the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) is seeking to fill, starting at the earliest on 01st January 2026, a position as Research Associate (f/m/d). Pay group 13 TV-L, full-time (39.2 hours per week), limited to 36 months (in accordance with § 2 WissZeitVG) for the development of software for communication and media research.
Job description
The position is part of the innovative team of the ComAI Research Space within Research Unit 5656 “Communicative AI: The Automation of Societal Communication,” funded by the DFG and FWF. The team is based in the coordination project of the Research Unit (project leads: Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp, Prof. Dr. Wiebke Loosen, Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach, Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann, and Dr. Gregor Wiedemann).
Our Research Unit investigates how societal communication is transformed by communicative AI. The first funding phase (2025–2028) focuses on examining the emergence and constructions of communicative AI. Research topics include pioneer communities of communicative AI, their interfaces, the legal frameworks surrounding them and their governance by companies, as well as the appropriation of communicative AI in journalism, in public (online) discourse, in everyday life, in healthcare, and in teaching and learning. Research is carried out using highly innovative methods from the social sciences and HCI, including digital and computational approaches.
Further information on the position and the required qualifications can be found in the detailed job announcement (PDF).
19. August 2025
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp
ZeMKI, Center for Media, Communication and Information Research
University of Bremen
Universität Bremen
Phone: +49 421 218-67620
Sekretariat (Ms. Schmidt): +49 421 218-67606
E-mail: andreas.hepp@uni-bremen.de
