Explore Academic Positions at Harvard Civic Science Fellow, Center for Health Communication Bookmark this Posting Print Preview | Apply for this Job Position Details Title Civic Science Fellow, Center for Health Communication School Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Department/Area The Center for Health Communication, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences Position Description The Center for Health
Communication at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health invites applications for a Civic Science Fellow embedded in the Center’s groundbreaking Creator Program. Applications are welcome from recent Ph.D.s and Ph.D. students who expect to earn their Ph.D. by the start date. The position will start on or about September 1, 2026. Position summaryThe Civic Science Fellow will embed in the Center’s Creator Program, using
it as a living laboratory and answer pressing questions facing civic science in a social-media-dominated world. Working closely with creators in our program as research collaborators (“creator engaged research”), the Fellow will use computational and quantitative methods to study creator-mediated health communication in online environments, using large-scale, multisource, multimodal data. In doing so they will answer
questions like: How are creators shifting audiences’ health beliefs and behaviors? What drives trust between creators and their audiences? And can creators working with health and science organizations inspire public demands for health policy reform?The Fellow would work with the Center’s research team to turn their findings into manuscripts submitted to peer-reviewed scholarly journals and an evidence-driven
playbook for civic science institutions hoping to invest in creator partnerships.The Fellow should be motivated to contribute to creator-engaged research, committed to advancing public health and well-being, and dedicated to conducting rigorous research. This role offers the opportunity to independently learn and operate in a multidisciplinary environment, bring creativity to advancing the field of creator-engaged
research, and work in a fast-paced, proactive setting. In this work the Fellow will engage with diverse stakeholders, including academics, creators, those working at platforms and in the creator economy, and policymakers.Responsibilities:● Provide data collection, management, analysis, and visualization assistance for the Center’s ongoing creator-engaged research projects related to trust in social media content
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