Doctoral Researcher in the MSCA Cofund DP-FOBI Doctoral Programme, Linguistics / Language Studies

The Philosophical Faculty, School of Humanities

Research theme: Environmental Discourses and the Spread of Multilingual (Dis)information in Social Networks

Position: Doctoral Researcher (4 years) in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions COFUND Doctoral Programme for Advancing Forest-Based Bioeconomy (DP-FOBI). The position is based on Joensuu campus and is expected to begin no later than 1 April 2027. Applications must be submitted no later than 10 August 2026.

Description of the research theme

This project seeks a doctoral candidate interested in how environment‑related discourses circulate within digital social networks. The main objective of the doctoral project is to investigate how discourses and (dis)information about climate, the environment, and climate‑smart solutions spread in digital social media networks. Th...