Post-Doctoral Fellow, AI-Enabled Scams – Systemic Security Challenge

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Data & Society Research Institute

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2014

🤝 Non-profit

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🌍 Social Impact

Non-profit • Artificial Intelligence • Social Impact

Data & Society Research Institute is an independent, nonprofit research organization focused on the social and cultural issues arising from data-centric technologies. The institute conducts interdisciplinary research, aiming to inform and shape public conversations about the impacts of technology on society. It emphasizes the importance of grounding technology policy in empirical evidence and advocates for the public interest in technology governance. Its work involves analyzing how digital and data infrastructures impact labor, governance, and democracy.

📋 Description

• Contribute to the AI-Enabled Scams as a Systemic Security Challenge project as a full participant, including ideation, literature reviews, recruitment, conducting interviews and/or focus groups, conducting content/discourse analysis, coding data, memoing, writing, and other research needs as necessary • Publish op-eds, blog posts, and papers related to ongoing research for academic and non-academic audiences • Contribute to the culture of the Research Management team, the AI & Democracy initiative, and the broader Data & Society community • Attend and collaborate with both internal and external researchers on outreach and network activities, including meetings, presentations, webinars, events, and conferences; • Participate in team activities, including meetings, presentations, webinars, hearings, and conferences, which may require occasional travel

🎯 Requirements

• PhD in Communication, Media Studies, Information Studies, Sociology, or similar applicable field; degree must be completed before the starting date. • Excellent research, writing, and communication skills supported by a strong empirical foundation. • Ability to independently conduct high-level qualitative research, including interviews, focus groups, content/discourse analysis, and other research methods. • Experience with study recruitment. • Expertise/interest in financial cultures, scams, generative AI, youth studies, economic sociology, or other topic relevant to the project at hand. • Ability to work independently in a remote environment. • Collaborative and generous intellectual partner. • A strong history of work demonstrating a desire to understand how technology and power shape our sociotechnical society. • Ability to translate research for non-academic audiences, including journalists, policymakers, practitioners, organizers, civil society, and the broader community. • A deep commitment to social change and the practical applications of research for practice, design, and governance of new technologies. • Must be able to travel for conferences, workshops, or team meetings during the appointment.

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance • Access to a range of opt-in products and services • 401k management • Paid time off • Paid federal holidays