Student assistant position for coding and data analysis
Conditions
Average workload is 7 hours per week, but can vary depending on project needs.
The position is scheduled for 1 year, with possibility of extension.
The position starts February 1st 2026, or as soon as possible hereafter.
The application deadline is January 26th, 2026.
Salary and terms as agreed between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and the relevant organisation.
Aarhus University has an annual revenue of EUR 935 million.
Tasks
Carry out data preprocessing, data wrangling, and analyses using R and sometimes Python.
Analyze Danish and American Twitter/X data using different classifiers.
Set up content on a mock social media platform designed to mimic real social media timelines.
Requirements
Must be structured and dependable.
Ideally at the end of a Bachelor or start of a Master programme.
Strong knowledge of R, including tidyverse syntax and functions, working with quarto documents, visualizing data, and writing clean and reproducible code.
Experience with natural language processing tasks in R or Python, such as sentiment analysis, topic modelling, and classification using transformer-based models.
Preferred
Experience with advanced statistical modelling, especially random effects, is a plus.
Benefits
Co-authorship of manuscripts is possible for substantial work.
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