Teaching Associate in AI and Society/Ethics

Location: Central Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK

The Institute for Technology and Humanity (ITH) is seeking a Teaching Associate in the social and ethical study of AI. In our pedagogy and our team, we are committed to engaging with a breadth of positionalities. Focus is open within the broad range of disciplines approaching questions of AI and society/ethics, with a preference for areas such as: critical technology/critical technical practice, political economy/political ecology of AI; policy studies; or anthropology/sociology of AI (including perspectives such as gender, race, anticolonial, disability theories).

The Institute

ITH supports world-leading research and teaching that investigates and shapes technological transformations and their impacts on societies, our environment and our world. It is a part of the School of Arts and Humanities, at the University of Cambridge. 

The Centre

CFI is a highly interdisciplinary research centre addressing the challenges and opportunities posed by artificial intelligence (AI), in both the short and long term. CFI is based at the University of Cambridge, with partners in Imperial College London, and UC Berkeley, and close links with industry and policymakers. More information is available at: https://www.lcfi.ac.uk

The Role 

The role holder will primarily support the MSt in AI Ethics and Society, while maintaining the University's national and international reputation for excellence. The postholder will work closely with CFI's education team to deliver teaching of the Centre's postgraduate programmes. This will involve, for example, contributing to dissertation supervision, leading online discussion, delivering teaching at in-person residential weeks, producing materials, taking part in open days, marking and contributing to the overall student experience. 

Interested applicants should have some experience of successfully developing and delivering teaching at university level, including both lectures and seminars or smaller group work. Candidates should have a PhD in an area relevant to the social and/or ethical study of AI, data and related technologies and have previous experience of working in Higher Education.

Further Information

Further information is available via the link below. When applying please upload your CV and cover letter outlining your suitability for the role and how you meet the essential criteria set out in the Person Specification within the Further Particulars. Candidates will be shortlisted and invited to interview based upon these criteria.

This appointment is part-time (80%FTE) from 1 September 2026 or soon after. 

The closing date for applications is midnight (GMT) on Sunday 19 July 2026. Interviews are planned for the week commencing 27 July 2026, subject to change.

Temporary cover: This post is fixed-term for 1 years or the return of the post holder, whichever is the earlier.

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please click 'Apply' above.

If you would like more information about the role, informal enquiries can be directed by email to Dr Dorian Peters, CFI Director of Education (dp605@cam.ac.uk). If you have questions about the application process, please contact The School's HR Team on sahhr@admin.cam.ac.uk.

Please quote reference GV50093 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

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