Call for Postdoctoral Fellow Candidates at the EARS Research Group

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Call for Postdoctoral Fellow Candidates at the EARS Research Group

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Offer DescriptionThe purpose of this postdoctoral position is to support the research that EARS (Research Team on Ethics Applied to Social Reality) is currently developing in the field of Ethics and Technology, in particular regarding the ethical impacts of artificial intelligence in construction of democratic communities.The goals of this research are a) to analyze the diverse hazards that the digitalization of social, economic, political and administrative processes poses to liberal democracies, and b) to build an ethically informed governance model for the development and implementation of artificial intelligence, at the service of democratic social, political and citizen relationships.El propósito de esta posición postdoctoral es apoyar la investigación que EARS (Equipo de Investigación en Ética Aplicada a la Realidad Social) está desarrollando actualmente en el campo de la Ética y la Tecnología, en particular en lo que respecta a los impactos éticos de la inteligencia artificial en la construcción de comunidades democráticas.Los objetivos de esta investigación son a) analizar los diversos riesgos que la digitalización de los procesos sociales, económicos, políticos y administrativos le plantea a las democracias liberales, y b) construir un modelo de gobernanza éticamente informado para el desarrollo y la implementación de la inteligencia artificial al servicio de las relaciones sociales, políticas y ciudadanas democráticas.Research TopicEthics in Artificial Intelligence.Objectives of the positionActive participation in one of the projects that we currently have underway (for example, the Transitas project funded by the Provincial Council of Guipuzkoa or the Ethics-AI project recently submitted to a Horizon Europe Call).
Contribution to the formulation of a new competitive research project on democracy, social networks and technology.
Formulation and development of other projects of interest of the candidate, involving other members of our team.
Joint publication of scientific articles in journals of high academic quality. Some co-authoring with other team members is required.
Participación activa en uno de los proyectos que tenemos en marcha (por ejemplo, el proyecto Transitas financiado por la Diputación Foral de Guipuzkoa; o el proyecto Ethics-AI presentado recientemente a una convocatoria de Horizonte Europa.)Principal Investigator? Ángela Bermúdez Vélez (P.I of the EARS Research Team)? Javier Martínez Contreras (Coordinator of research line on Ethics and Technology)We offer? Duration. The contract will be for 3 years.? Amount and terms of payment. An allocation of 32,985.15 to 42,000 gross euros per year will be granted, distributed into 15 monthly installments, depending on the candidate s experience.

? Terms. The contract with the University of Deusto will fall under the associate researcher/investigador/a asociado/a category.RequirementsResearch Field Ethics in social sciences Education Level PhD or equivalentSpecific RequirementsQualifications required? PhD degree. Applicants who completed their PhD from 2019 onwards are welcome.? Familiarity with the topic of artificial intelligence.? Interdisciplinary training or experience in the fields of ethics, technology and/or social sciences. It is expected that the candidate has some trajectory related to the ethics of techno-scientific phenomena.? Training for the conduction of research in the social sciences.? Language: Good command of written and oral Spanish and English.? Título de Doctorado. Los solicitantes que hayan completado su doctorado a partir de 2019 son bienvenidos.? Familiaridad con el tema de la inteligencia artificial.? Formación o experiencia interdisciplinaria en los campos de la ética, la tecnología y/o las ciencias sociales. Se espera que el candidato tenga alguna trayectoria relacionada con la ética de los fenómenos tecno-científicos.? Capacitación para la conducción de investigación en ciencias sociales.? Idioma: Buen dominio del español e inglés oral y escrito.Other valuable aspects? We are looking for a person with professional competences, empathy, ability to work in a team, motivation for innovation and research, ability to adapt, and that identifies with the mission of the University of Deusto.? The University of Deusto supports the inclusion of people with disabilities. It therefore encourages this condition to be indicated in applications in the case of having a certificate of disability equal to or greater than 33%.Application deadline? Deadline for submitting applications: 24th September 2024? Contact information:Additional InformationWork Location(s)Number of offers available 1 Company/Institute University of Deusto Country Spain State/Province Bizkaia City Bilbao Postal Code E-48007 Street Avda. de las Universidades 24Contact State/ProvinceBizkaia CityBilbao WebsiteStreetAvda. de las Universidades 24 Postal CodeE-48007 E-Maildesarrollodepersonas@deusto.esSTATUS: EXPIREDShare this page

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Bilbao, Vizcaya

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Sun, 15 Sep 2024 02:47:09 GMT

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