Published On: May 15 2025
Deadline: Dec 31, 2025
The Advanced Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (AI-HSS) of The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) is seeking outstanding scholars at all career stages to strengthen our research and teaching capabilities in the ethics and philosophy of science and technology. Successful candidates will join either the Research Center for Ethics and Governance of Science and Technology or the Research Center for Philosophy, Logic, and History of Science and Technology, conducting cutting-edge research on ethical, philosophical, and governance issues related to emerging te...
Published On: Jun 5 2025
Deadline: Aug 15, 2025
The Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at Indiana University (IU) in Bloomington, Indiana invites applications for the position of department chair of the Department of Information and Library Science (ILS), to begin January 1, 2026. We seek tenured candidates, at the rank of full professor, who demonstrate an excellent scholarly and teaching record with a forward-looking research and teaching agenda, a documented record of leadership experience in an academic setting, and familiarity with the ALA accreditation process. We look for candidates with a vision for the future o...
Published On: May 22 2025
Deadline: Oct 31, 2025
Princeton University seeks to appoint a distinguished humanist whose work is related to the environment for the 2026-2027 academic year. The on-campus position will provide salary plus benefits for the academic year. The funds may be used to supplement a sabbatical leave. The position is supported by the High Meadows Environmental Institute – the interdisciplinary center of environmental research, education, and outreach at Princeton University. Persons appointed will hold the title of the Currie C. and Thomas A. Barron Visiting Professor in the Environment and Humanities. Applicants sho...
Published On: May 8 2025
Deadline: Jun 15, 2025
The Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences at ETH Zurich invites applications for two professorships, one in History of Technology, the other in Philosophy of Science. We are looking for two researchers with an outstanding record in philosophy, history or neighbouring disciplines whose research focuses (a) on the history of technology and (b) on the philosophy of science. The search is also open to candidates who combine historical and philosophical methodologies and to those who combine them with other related methodologies. The candidates should essentially contribute to the...
Published On: Oct 4 2024
Deadline: Oct 7, 2024
The Winter School on Emerging Technologies: Accelerating Impactful Scholarship will be held January 3-10, 2025 in Arizona. Winter School provides junior scholars and scientists an introduction to and practical experience with methods and theory for better understanding the social dimensions of emerging technologies. The 2025 program will be focused on the broad notion of impact with an aim to explore ways for participants to increase and diversify the impact of their work.
Published On: Apr 8 2025
Deadline: May 1, 2025
The Land Institute is hiring for a Land Relations Researcher who will engage community partners and research collaborators in participatory processes that help inform how the perennial grain agriculture movement develops and grows. The Land Relations Researcher will manage several projects that investigate human cultural responsibilities and relationships to plants and land. Applications requested by May 1, 2025.
Published On: Apr 8 2025
Deadline: May 2, 2025
The College of Global Futures (CGF) at Arizona State University is seeking an Assistant Research Professor to perform research and engagement activities supporting a university-wide initiative to develop Principled Innovation Infrastructure for Discovery and Engagement. This is a full-time, academic-year (9-month), non-tenure track, benefits-eligible position with an anticipated start date of August 2025. This is a grant-funded position renewable contingent upon satisfactory performance, the needs of the school, and the availability of resources. Research faculty are fixed-term faculty members...
Published On: Mar 17 2025
Deadline: Mar 31, 2025
“Systemic Risks of Artificial Intelligence” invites qualified experts to apply for two open tenders on the systemic risks of artificial intelligence (AI): 1) Systemic environmental risks of AI: Development and roll-out of AI have accelerated dramatically in recent years and show no signs of slowing down. Simultaneously, AI consumes vast amounts of resources and may have complex secondary effects that pose systemic risks to the environment. We call on experts to assess causes, pathways, extent of, and governance measures for those risks. 2) Systemic risks of interacting AI: Recently...
Published On: Mar 17 2025
Deadline: Apr 1, 2025
The Lecturer in Science and Technology Studies (STS) will join a vibrant, collaborative faculty invested in improving the ethics and socio-technical systems thinking instruction of STEM majors and improving socio-technical systems thinking in STEM curriculum through research. The lecturer will deliver courses and program support for initiatives within the Science, Technology and Society programs in the A. James Clark School of Engineering, a unit that that oversees the integration of ethics and socio-technical systems thinking into undergraduate engineering education curriculum. The lecturer i...
Published On: Feb 14 2025
Deadline: Apr 15, 2025
The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) in Cologne is seeking an outstanding social scientist for the position of Research Group Leader in Social Science in the field of Digitalization and Society (W2 tenure track) for a new research group focused on the societal implications of digitalization and technological change. The group will explore the broad socioeconomic and political impacts of technological change, strengthening the MPIfG’s capacity to analyze the relationship between economy, society, and technology. The starting date is October 1, 2025, or by agreement.