It is taken from the associated pdf (in the area of ​​more information)
Itene 1: Social Sciences with the interest of social identity
Course 2: Applied Mathematics/Statistics/Social Social Sciences

background.
We live in an era that is especially characterized by “cultural wars”, where attitudes are made on important topics (such as climate change,
Vaccination, etc.) is obligated to political identities. These processes have profound effects on issues that require strong collective coordination, such as healthy behavior, environmental policies, and politics. For example, the coordination of positions will be essential for climate change.

The project.
ERC’s identification pressure project explores the idea that polarization based on issues is the compression of information, as positions provide excess information (such as) about groups and identity. This framework shows people who hold positions as a social information system where people are present through their own positions and can determine each other easily in the social system from some of the expressed situations. The more pressure the social information system, the less information is necessary to locate the people inside it. These ideas of social identity and social representations flow in situations (for theoretical background, see Quayle (in the press), Quayle and Durrheim (2025), referred to below. We are especially excited to explore the conversion paths where we assume, people
Preparing to adopt an idea depends on its current position in the social information system. PhD candidates will work as part of this team that tests these ideas through secondary data, social experiences and simulation. We will especially explore whether the information becomes pressureable and how it is transferred when it is passed through simple social networks, whether the pressure of social information for polarization (for example that people pressure social information more in the contexts with a higher polarization), and will test the concept of conversion paths experimentally. We will work with applied mathematicians in our group to develop standards and ways to estimate compression, and draw them to other polarization standards.

team.
The values ​​of our group of kindness and curiosity. We are groups with loose with members of psychology, applied mathematics, statistics, political science, physics, and others. Please take a look at the recent publications to see the type of work we do.

What do we offer?
We offer two of the two doctoral cousins ​​(up to 4 years) to join the ERC identity compression project, one that leads to a doctorate in psychology and the other in mathematics/applied statistics. (The value of the award will be almost identical to the salary of research fellowship in Ireland and local/European Union.) There will be additional funding for research, travel, training and skills development. Note that although we will consider global requests, international fees are not covered.

What kind of applicants we are looking for?
We do not expect every candidate to have all these skills. In fact, the perfect person will reduce these situations from his abilities and realize that they have a lot to learn. The most important characteristics are preparing to interact with new concepts, depict hard in complex tasks, and persevere through confusion! With this in mind, these are the basic and desirable qualities:
necessary:
• You should meet doctoral requirements at Limreik University.
• You must have a good to excellent performance in a previous degree related to the project, as shown
above.
desirable:
• Experience the use of quantitative methods, knowledge or interest in mathematical social
Science methods.
• Prepare and able to expand your skills and knowledge through disciplines.
• Creating well with others.
• Knowing the traditions with social identity and/or social representation or related methods of connection;
Knowledge and efficiency in open science methods (especially for study 1).
• Knowing network science and/or information theory (especially for meal 2).

How to apply:
Submit an application via email to (Email protected) With the topic “PHD Undustship”
Include as attachments:
• PDF one includes a stimulating letter and a summary CV specifies the course you are
Apply to show how you meet the basic and desirable requirements (at least partially).
Explain the reason for your interest in the project, and how to plan training, skills and experience (<4
Pages in total).
• PDF sample of written work, such as a thesis, research project, advance or publishing.

Table and procedure:
The date of the preferred start is the amount of doctorate at the beginning of September, but this can be postponed to anyone
Semester (to January 2026).
• The deadline for some consideration is July 10, 2025. We may continue to consider requests yet
This date if the jobs are not occupied yet.
• The candidates will be invited in the interview.
• If you are offered to the course, the candidates will need to apply and accept a PhD organization UL
The program is through the usual channels without bias.
We appreciate the amount of voltage required to apply and thank the candidates in advance.

Useful background for our approach:
Quayle, M. (in the press). Social identity networks: People with situations are a collective social identity
The information system and parties of the two parties are a useful way to represent it. European review
Social Psychology. available: https://michaelquayle.net/pubs/quayle2025_social-identitynetworks_acCepted.pdf

Durrheim, K., & Quayle, M. (2025). Human grumbling: attracting the group as pressure in the interactive language dynamics captured by large language models. European review of social psychology, 1-
40. https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2025.2499332 (Open access)