Research Fellow

This is an exciting opportunity to join an international project as a Research Fellow (AC2) in the School of Art and Media.

The project, entitled “Ageism in AI: new forms of age discrimination and exclusion in the era of algorithms and artificial intelligence (AGEAI)”, is funded by the Volkswagen Foundation for the period of 2023-2027 to investigate age discrimination in AI systems, products and services. 

The role will involve planning and carrying out new empirical research, gathering and analysing qualitative data, and writing reports and papers; dissemination activities including presenting at conferences and running stakeholder events with international partners at the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), Open University of Catalonia, and Leiden University, Amsterdam.

To be effective in this role, you will need: 

• A degree, preferably in social sciences or humanities
• A strong, demonstrated capacity to undertake research and publication either in refereed academic journals or as formal reports
• Research experience in a topic related to the research project, for example: age discrimination, algorithmic discrimination or artificial intelligence

You will be employed for a period of 24 months, with a possibility of extension, on a FT basis (37 hrs per week) starting on 1st December 2024 and no later than 1^st January 2025. This role is eligible for hybrid working. 

Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Maria Sourbati m.sourbati@brighton.ac.uk.. This job is suitable for job sharing.

Interviews will be held in the week commencing 30^th September.

For more details on the project, please click this link: https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/projects/ageism-in-ainew-forms-of-age-discrimination-and-exclusion-in-the-

Further details:

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For the vast majority of our roles, we operate an agile working system with time split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University's expectation that home working will take place within the UK.

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