Postdoc in Social Psychology (2 Years)

Interested in conducting research on the effects of covert hate speech on political polarization and radicalization? Join the Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology as a Postdoc as part of the Horizon2020 Proclaim project.

Your function

As a member of this consortium, you will play a key role in a project seeking to better understand the psychological effects of covert hate speech – that is, online hateful rhetoric hiding behind seemingly neutral language, humor, or irony, designed to fuel radicalization while bypassing content moderation tools and EU legislation. You will work directly with Prof. dr. Jan-Willem van Prooijen, as well as with members of the broader Horizon2020 Proclaim consortium that is coordinated by Dr. Seunghyun Sun (Tilburg University). You will specifically conduct experimental and longitudinal research exploring the effects of covert hate speech on polarization and radicalization. You will report the findin...