The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences at Utrecht University are now looking for a PhD candidate for the project, "A Multimodal Analysis of Emotion, Narrative, and Migration Politics Online."
This PhD project examines the role of emotionally charged migration narratives in digital societies. It investigates how these narratives are constructed and circulated online, how individuals interpret and emotionally respond to them, and how these interpretations are associated with different forms of political engagement. A central question is under what conditions emotionally charged migration narratives are linked to political engagement?
The project will combine multimodal social media analysis with survey experiments, and data-donation methods. By connecting digital communication with individuals’ interpretations and political responses, the research will provide a more comprehensive understanding of how online migration debates become politically consequential.
The application deadline is 20 August 2026.
More information can be found here: https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/working-at-utrecht-university/jobs/phd-a-multimodal-analysis-of-emotion-narrative-and-migration-politics-online