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Closing date for applications:  • Location: Leipzig PhD (f/m/x) Socioeconomic impacts of climate extremes from multilingual textual extraction
As part of the PhD cohort CLIMES Doctoral Network, we are looking for a candidate to use text mining, natural language processing, and large language models to extract, analyse, and spatialise information on the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of climate extremes. The project focuses on floods, droughts, storms, and heatwaves in Europe and Africa since 1950, using multilingual peer-reviewed literature and other textual sources.

Internships

The department provides the opportunity of completing an internship of several weeks. Internships are offered within the frame of single projects.  To apply please submitt a cover letter giving precise information on your qualifications and availability as well as your CV and certificates using our e-recruting portal. To guarantee an effective involvement please state as well which project you are interested in. All project descriptions can be found on our homepage. Please apply early enough, i.e. several month before the intended starting date.

Internship places will be awarded according to the applicants' qualifications and our capacities. Internships are without payment. Please also note: Applications must be based on a degree course, an internship prior to a degree programme, or some other form of basic or further training. Applicants keen to do an internship in order to improve their employment prospects need to submit a letter from their job centre indicating its approval.