The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University invites applications for a postdoctoral research associate appointment in the broad field of political science and public policy for the 2019-2020 Academic year. Appointment is for one year with the possibility for extension pending satisfactory performance and continued funding.

In addition to carrying out his or her own research, the appointee will work with a team of three faculty members who co-teach “The Politics of Public Policy,” a fall semester course that covers core lessons of political science for public policy analysis for 70 first-year master’s students. Tasks will involve working in conjunction with the faculty members to: 1) select and organize background materials for case analyses; 2) manage the course’s Blackboard site; 3) grade weekly policy memos; 4) facilitate a weekly discussion section; and 5) design and coordinate a two-week policy simulation exercise. Any teaching is contingent on sufficient enrollments and must be approved by the Dean of the Faculty.

Doctorate in Political Science or Public Policy is required. A focus on race, gender and/or ethnicity and the interaction with policy issues, along with policy experience is highly preferred. The successful candidate will pursue their own research agenda and will be encouraged to explore which of the WWS research centers and/or programs would be the best fit with their particular research interests: http://wws.princeton.edu/centers-programs.

Applicants must apply online at https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/9701 and submit a cover letter, CV and contact information for two recommendations, one of which should be from the principal advisor of the doctorate program.

Review of applications will begin around December 15, 2018 and will continue until the position is filled. If the position is filled by July 1, 2019, there may be scope for participating in a summer policy writing course. A competitive salary, commensurate with experience, and excellent benefits will be offered.

This position is subject to the university’s background check policy.

Department: School of Global Policy and Strategy and Department of Economics

Salary: Commensurate with experience

Appointment: 12-24 months (extendable by 12-24 based on mutual agreement)

Start Date: July 1, 2019

Location: UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA

The UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) is pleased to announce a one-year Postdoctoral Research Associate position in the area of environmental economics for the academic year 2019-20, with the possibility of a one-year reappointment. In addition to carrying out their own research, the appointees will work on IGCC projects under the supervision of Professor Joshua Graff Zivin at the University of California San Diego. The position offers the opportunity to join a research team with a strong track record of high-quality publication and policy impact; an opportunity to co-author papers; and is designed to help the selected candidate launch a successful academic career with a strong research pipeline.

The Associate will reside at the UC San Diego campus and will be expected to participate actively in the intellectual life of the University. A Ph.D. in Economics, Public Policy or another quantitative social science field with a focus on environment or energy economics is required. The candidate should have strong econometric skills. Preference will be given to scholars with strong econometrics skills and a demonstrated ability to produce high quality research papers. We are particularly keen on researchers interested in the interface between environment and human capital in developed as well as developing countries.

To Apply: submit a cover letter, CV with list of publications, academic transcripts, job market paper and contact information for three recommendations to lmannino@ucsd.edu

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, but it is highly recommended that you apply before December 30, 2018 for full consideration. The fellowship committee will only review complete files. Phone interviews will be scheduled in February and final notifications will be sent by the beginning of March.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status.

Deadline	January 07, 2019
Date Posted	November 8, 2018
Type	Post-doc
Salary	52000-54000
Employment Type	Full-time

NIMBioS Investigative Workshop: Scientific Collaboration Enabled by High Performance Computing

Topic: Scientific Collaboration Enabled by High Performance Computing

Meeting dates: May 13-15, 2019

Location: NIMBioS at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Organizers:

• Suzanne Lenhart, NIMBioS and Mathematics, Univ. of Tennessee
• Katherine Evans, Computational Earth Sciences Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Amanda Randles, Biomedical Engineering, Duke Univ.
• Michelle Swenson, Mathematics, Univ. of Tennessee
• Michele Taufer, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Univ. of Tennessee
• Greg Wiggins, NIMBioS, Univ. of Tennessee

Objectives: This 2 ½ day workshop will showcase important scientific research using big data and high performance computing and will feature new developments in high performance computing. A main goal of the workshop is to facilitate new collaborations. The workshop will include several invited research talks, a poster session, breakout discussion sessions and a panel discussion. The breakout discussions will foster conversations about computing needs for specific scientific projects.

Applicants with research in a variety of scientific areas, ranging from biology to climate and to biomedical engineering, are encouraged to apply, including faculty, postdocs and advanced graduate students. Apply to present your work in our poster session!

Confirmed speakers and panelists:

• Srinivas Aluru, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Jack Dongarra, Univ. of Tennessee
• Tanzima Islam, Western Washington Univ.
• Miriam Leeser, Northeastern Univ.
• Shirley Moore, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Hai Ah Nam,  Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Tandy Warnow, Univ. of Illinois
• Cathy Wu, Univ. of Delaware

Descriptive flyer (pdf)

Application deadline: February 5, 2019

To apply, you must complete an application on our online registration system:

1. Click here to access the system
2. Login or register
3. Complete your user profile (if you haven’t already)
4. Find this workshop event under Current Events Open for Application and click on Apply

NIMBioS will provide lodging for out of town participants as well as breakfast and lunch for all participants each day.  Limited travel support is available for those with a demonstrated need.  Applicants should indicate on the online application whether they need travel support.

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NIMBioS Investigative Workshops focus on broad topics or a set of related topics, summarizing/synthesizing the state of the art and identifying future directions. Workshops have up to 35 participants. Organizers and key invited researchers make up half the participants; the remaining participants are filled through open application from the scientific community. Open applicants selected to attend are notified by NIMBioS within two weeks of the application deadline. Investigative Workshops have the potential for leading to one or more future Working Groups.

A goal of NIMBioS is to enhance the cadre of researchers capable of interdisciplinary efforts across mathematics and biology. As part of this goal, NIMBioS is committed to promoting diversity in all its activities. Diversity is considered in all its aspects, social and scientific, including gender, ethnicity, scientific field, career stage, geography and type of home institution. Questions regarding diversity issues should be directed to diversity@nimbios.org. You can read more about our Diversity Plan on our NIMBioS Policies web page. The NIMBioS building is fully handicapped accessible.

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY

Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component (MEPS-IC)

U.S. Bureau of the Census

Opportunity for a student, who must be a U.S. citizen, to work with the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component (MEPS-IC).  This establishment-level survey is conducted by the Census Bureau under sponsorship by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and is the source of key statistics and research on the employer-sponsored health insurance market.  The intern will help evaluate data quality, prepare files for approved users, draft user documentation, and create technical notes.  Working knowledge of SAS software is helpful, but not necessary.  Intern may be able to work remotely from a Federal Statistical Research Data Center (FSRDC).

For more information about the MEPS-IC: https://MEPS.AHRQ.GOV

Contact:

Alice Zawacki, MBA PhD, Senior Economist
Business Research Area, Center for Economic Studies
U.S. Census Bureau
O/C: 301.763.1862
Alice.M.Zawacki@Census.gov
census.gov | @uscensusbureau

 

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Data & Society is now accepting Faculty Fellows applications for our 2019-20 Class of Fellows. In addition to Faculty Fellows, the 2019-20 class will include Organizational Bridge and Arts & Culture Fellows. We will open a separate call for Organizational Bridge and Arts & Culture Fellows in January 2019.

The deadline for Faculty Fellows applications is December 17, 2018

Please direct inquiries about the fellows program or application process to fellowsapp@datasociety.net.

Questions will not reflect negatively on your application. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

 

2019-2020 Data & Society Faculty Fellows Call

Data & Society is seeking two to three Faculty Fellows whose research projects will advance our mission and complement our work by:

• Contributing to existing research initiatives at Data & Society (Health, Equity, & Data; Media Manipulation and Disinformation; Social Impacts of AI; and Social Instabilities in Labor Futures);
• Exploring one of our three cross-cutting themes (vulnerabilities in socio-technical systems; systems of rights, equity, and governance in a networked world; and intersections of humans and intelligent systems); or
• Stretching Data & Society in new directions with novel topics and questions.

We invite applications from faculty of any rank and discipline who are at least two years beyond receipt of their Ph.D. by the start of the fellowship.

We are looking for Faculty Fellows who come from any discipline (including, but not limited to computer science, law, business, critical social sciences, history, media studies, etc.). Successful applicants should have a track record of engaging in research at the intersection of technology and society and should be committed to working in highly interdisciplinary environments. Appreciation for different methodological approaches and ways of knowing is valued at Data & Society.

While at Data & Society, Faculty Fellows will conduct original research, publish findings in both scholarly and public-facing venues, and engage with broader constituencies across numerous disciplines and perspectives. Faculty Fellows are expected to be active members of the Data & Society community – participating in seminars, research exchange, and events; supporting and mentoring peers in research development; and helping translate scholarly knowledge for a wide range of stakeholders.

Projects & Themes

Data & Society prioritizes ambitious empirical research projects that address complex sociotechnical questions. We are looking for Faculty Fellows who have strong analytic, methodological, and theoretical foundations who are passionate about working alongside and with empirical researchers. Faculty Fellows may be looking to advance technical work, design policy interventions, bring historical insights into current conversations, or do new fieldwork.

Potential fellows are invited to imagine a specific project or set of activities that they will execute to help society’s understanding of a world permeated by data. Successful fellowship projects inform, convene, intervene, or provoke – with an eye to broader impact.

We are open to a wide range of potential outputs, from scholarly articles to op­-eds, events to code. We are also particularly interested in creating connections and exchange between our in­-house research and Faculty Fellows’ projects. Furthermore, we love it when our fellows experiment with new ideas or stretch our work and network in unexpected directions.

Participation & Cohort

This is not a fellowship for those who want to spend a year head­-down on an independent project. Rather, this is a program for people who are looking for ways to create impact both within and beyond their field as well as collaborate with researchers and practitioners. Successful candidates will see the value of their work within an interdisciplinary community and recognize the opportunities for growth from working in a dynamic environment. Faculty fellow candidates should enjoy working on collaborative teams, mentoring junior researchers, and engaging broad audiences with research.

Fellows commit to being in residence at the Data & Society loft in New York City for two days each week, although many Faculty Fellows benefit from deeper engagement. Each fellow, over the course of their fellowship, will pursue a project or set of activities of their own design.

Fellows are also asked to engage with Data & Society–both at the organizational level and with the broader community. This engagement can take a number of different forms, from organizing small group sessions with visitors, to developing workshops, to working on in-­house publications, and much, much more. We ask that all fellows either participate in or lead a monthly reading group, as well as participate in a lightweight round of regular Data & Society activities designed to strengthen community and research connections. Beyond that, the choice of where and how to participate is part of the fellowship design process between the fellow and Data & Society staff.

Together with our in-­house research team and postdocs, fellows form the annual Data & Society cohort–a group of approximately 50 colleagues who come together as the core of Data & Society’s research and field­-building efforts. Beyond the in­-house cohort, Data & Society fellows are also connected to past fellows, our affiliates, and a broad field of actors both in New York City and beyond who regularly pass through Data & Society for workshops, seminars, social gatherings, and talks.

Term

Residency typically runs from September 1 through June 30 of the following year. If you would like to apply for a fellowship but cannot commit to a full term, please flag that in your application, as we are open to consider and accommodate some variations on terms.

Funding

Fellows commit to two days a week in residence for the full term and are offered a stipend of $25,000 with additional, approved project costs up to $5,000 available to them. If we are able to accommodate a fellowship period shorter than ten months, the stipend will be pro­rated on a monthly basis.

All fellows will have access to desks/workspaces, meeting rooms, email addresses, etc., and programmatic and organizational support to advance their work.

As a 501(c)(3) organization, we support fellows in applying for both federal and philanthropic grants and we work with fellows currently holding grants to craft an appropriate fellowship that allows them to honor commitments to grantors.

While we welcome applications from outside the United States, we are currently unable to support the acquisition of visas. If you are applying from outside the United States and are accepted, you will need to secure your own visa and, depending on your situation, work permit.

Application Process

To apply for a Data & Society fellowship, we’ll ask you to complete an application at Submittable. You’ll be submitting information about yourself and your work to date, including:

• Cover letter;
• ­Resume or CV;
• ­Two sample scholarly publications;
• ­Project summary and brief (1000 word) proposal;
• ­Names and email addresses of three references.

Note that references will automatically receive an email from Submittable, the application platform, prompting them to submit a letter of reference to Data & Society. Please make sure your references whitelist submittable.com.

Applications are due December 17, 2018. Selected applicants will be contacted for an interview with D&S staff, fellows, and/or advisors, and may be asked for additional information such as project budgets as they move through the review process.

Successful applicants will be notified in the spring, with a public announcement to follow.

If you are interested in applying to be a Data & Society Faculty Fellow, please complete the application form by December 17, 2018.

The work and well­-being of Data & Society is strengthened by the diversity of our network and our differences in background, culture, experience, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, and much more. We welcome applications from people of color, women, the LGBTQIA community, and persons with disabilities.

FAQs

Can I apply from outside the United States?
Currently, we do not have formal infrastructure or processes in place to support visas. If you would like to apply and are accepted, we can write you a letter saying that you are offered a fellowship, but you will need to secure your own visa and, if seeking funding, work permit.

Can I be a part-time fellow?
Yes, all of our fellows are part-time, committing to two days a week for 10 months to the fellowship. Some of our current fellows are running businesses, writing professionally, teaching, or holding two appointments.

Do I have to live in New York City?
This is an active fellowship that requires time spent in person with the Data & Society cohort. While you don’t need to live in New York City, you will need to live within reasonable travel distance to New York. Fellows are asked, as a condition of the fellowship, to be physically present in the Data & Society loft in Manhattan at least two days a week. We encourage fellows to engage more broadly in Data & Society’s programming and events, which span the week. What we’ve found is that living further away tends to preclude many of the interactions that are key to taking full advantage of the fellowship.

What is the stipend?
Assuming a 10-month commitment, the stipend is $25,000. Data & Society supplies up to $5000 in project costs and provides organizational support around logistics, communications, and other areas.

What kinds of interactions or collaborations can I expect?
The Data & Society annual cohort (fellows and Data & Society researchers) is a rich and diverse group. You will be asked to participate or lead regular programming that brings the cohort together along different thematic and topical lines, facilitating both meaningful discussion and project collaborations. Beyond the cohort, you will be a part of Data & Society’s wider community of affiliates, friends, collaborators, and supporters. While Data & Society programming is set up to put you in contact with many different people from many different disciplines and professional backgrounds, it will be up to you to turn those interactions into meaningful collaborations. Over the course of our past three fellowship years, we’ve seen this happen more and more and are happy to support those collaborations as much as we can from an organizational perspective.

Can I work on my thesis/dissertation/book?
The goal of the fellowship program is to support research that is public-facing and focused on making an impact in a broad sense. We are not looking to support academics whose projects are intended solely to speak to academic audiences. Should your thesis/dissertation/book project lend itself to spending a year collaborating with others and working on public-facing outputs, embrace the synergies! But if you’re looking to hunker down and work in isolation to produce academic content, this is probably not the fellowship for you.

I applied last year. May I apply again?
Yes. But please do not submit the same project proposal without meaningful rethinking and revision.

When do I hear from you? What is the timeframe for decisions?
The deadline to apply is December 17, 2018. We will begin looking at applications in early December. We will begin setting up interviews with candidates in January 2019 and aim to make fellowship decisions by the end of March 2019.

MORE QUESTIONS?
Inquiries about the fellowship should be directed to fellowsapp@datasociety.net. Questions about the opportunity or process will not reflect negatively on an application.

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About Data & Society

Data & Society is an NYC-based non-profit research institute that advances public understanding of the social and cultural implications of data-centric technologies and automation. We conduct interdisciplinary research and build a field of actors to ensure that knowledge guides development and governance of technology. We work to ensure a future in which the values that shape technology are visible and intentionally chosen with respect for human dignity.

Fellows Program at Data & Society
Data & Society is assembling its sixth class of fellows to join us for 10 months starting from September 1, 2019. Our annual fellows program helps ensure that new connections and perspectives deepen and expand our community’s understanding of the challenges and opportunities society faces in a data­-centric world.
(Please meet our current and past fellows classes here.)

Data & Society fellows have pursued academic research, written code, created art, brought together communities of activists and practice, run workshops and hosted convenings, worked closely with Data & Society’s in-­house research team across research initiatives and each other, and much more.

Current and past fellows are academics and computer scientists, researchers and technologists, artists and activists, journalists, lawyers, and community organizers concerned with the implications of data­-centric technology’s role in reconfiguring society. We are engaged, individually and together, in interrogating and articulating those implications and developing frames that can help society address emergent tensions. As we build the 2019­-20 class, we’re continuing to embrace breadth and diversity in our selection process.

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Data & Society is seeking two Researchers for their Social Instabilities in Labor Futures Initiative.

About Data & Society

Founded in 2013, Data & Society is a NYC-based independent research institute. We operate as a dynamic intellectual nonprofit with strong recognition in the technology, academic, and policy sectors. Our work advances public understanding of the social and cultural implications of data-centric technologies and automation. Through interdisciplinary research and engagement, we work to ensure that knowledge guides development and governance of technology.

About the Social Instabilities in Labor Futures Initiative

The Social Instabilities in Labor Futures Initiative researches emergent disruptions in the labor force as a result of data-centric technological development, with a special focus on structural inequalities.

Open Positions

We are hiring for two research positions in Data & Society’s Social Instabilities in Labor Futures Initiative. Successful candidates will conduct original research to advance knowledge relevant to the Initiative’s goals. Researchers will focus on one of the two projects described below and help devise a research plan to get at the open research questions that the team seeks to understand. These positions are full-time, two-year appointments with the possibility of renewal.

Candidates with extensive experience may be considered for a lead position at Data & Society. Additional requirements and responsibilities for the lead are outlined below.

Project #1 : Public Sector Labor and Technology Disruption

New data-driven, surveillance, and algorithmic management technologies are being introduced into many workplace settings, often under the auspices of increasing efficiency and accountability. While considerable public attention is given to workers in retail, ride-hailing, and manufacturing, much less is known about how public sector workers are experiencing these workforce transformations. Governments provide critical infrastructure services and targeted services to disadvantaged populations while under tremendous pressure to reduce costs. Increasingly, they’re turning to technologies of automation in the hopes of doing so.

The goal of this project is to examine one domain of public sector work to understand how technology is being integrated into public sector workforce dynamics, how these tools affect public sector accountability and decision-making structures, and how public sector workers respond to the integration of these technologies. We are open to which subdomain of public sector work might be particularly ideal for understanding the integration of technology, but we see tremendous opportunity in publicly funded home care, sanitation, and public transportation.

For this project, we imagine that a researcher would do deep qualitative (including ethnographic) research in a mutually agreed upon domain to help understand the transformations that are underway and the implications of these transformations on workers, clients, community members, and government. Such a researcher would be well-versed in labor issues more generally.

Project #2: Franchise Entrepreneurship and Financialization

Many of the “small businesses” that exist in the United States are franchises of larger corporations. Workers are often encouraged to be entrepreneurial and purchase a franchise to achieve a dream of business ownership. Yet, franchise owners are often beholden to corporate requirements in ways that leave them with limited room to maneuver as parent companies pressure franchise owners to increase revenue, decrease costs, and implement specific technologies or processes. Meanwhile, employees at franchises struggle to make demands on their bosses who have limited flexibility in certain situations.

This project would look at franchise ownership across sectors (including retail and fast food) to understand how franchise owners are positioned in relation to parent corporations and workers in light of new technologies of automation, efficiency, and surveillance. Relevant technologies might include scheduling software, in-store surveillance systems, key monitoring, iPad customer service tools, etc. One goal of the study would to be understand the kinds of pressures that franchise owners face in trying to maximize their profits and appease the parent company, the way in which technologies are marketed to them as “solutions,” and how they experience their role as entrepreneur/employer in this highly structured environment.

For this project, we imagine that a researcher would conduct extensive interviews with small franchise owners outside of major urban environments and conduct qualitative or ethnographic research into the practices of franchise businesses. Such a researcher would be fluent in understanding business and economic dynamics, perhaps through the lens of organizational sociology.

Qualifications

• The ideal candidates may be trained in any number of disciplines but should have a strong empirical foundation; be interested in questions related to technology, labor, and society; and be excited to work in a highly interdisciplinary environment that includes computer scientists, lawyers, social scientists, and practitioners.
• Candidates may have a PhD or equivalent experience in any number of disciplines, but should have a strong background conducting qualitative social science fieldwork. Candidates who have strong familiarity with STS, organizational sociology, labor studies, or business sociology are preferred.
• Candidates should enjoy working on collaborative teams, contributing to peer intellectual production, and engaging broad audiences with research.
• Ideal candidates are also committed to social change and oriented to practical applications of research and its implications for practice, design and governance of new technologies, and a strong desire to understanding how technology and power shape our socio-technical society.
• Candidates should have a well-established research track record as demonstrated by journal publications and conference papers, as well as participation on program committees, editorial boards, and advisory panels.
• Candidates should be able to write for multiple audiences and be part of a public-facing research institute.
• This position reports to the Research Lead or to the Director of Research.

Additional Qualifications for Research Lead

• Researchers who have at least 3 to 5 years of post-PhD experience, conducted significant research, and published research post-dissertation, either in an academic, industrial research, government, think tank, or equivalent research-centric setting, may be considered for the position of Research Lead.
• Research Lead candidates should have experience supervising junior scholars and overseeing others’ research production.
• Research Lead candidates should have experience convening multi-stakeholder groups, interacting with policymakers, or otherwise translating research for practitioners.
• This role reports to the Director of Research.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize, develop, and conduct a research project
• Publish op-eds and blog posts related to ongoing research for academic and non-academic audiences
• Participate in conferences and workshops in your field
• Participate in outreach and collaboration activities including meetings, presentations, webinars, hearings, and conferences
• Manage a research project budget
• Collaborate with other researchers internally and externally
• Coordinate and attend regular team meetings, as well as collaborate with the broader Data & Society community

Additional Research Lead Responsibilities

• The Research Lead will be responsible for advancing the research strategy in collaboration with the Labor Engagement Lead, Director of Research, and potentially members of the Management team
• Commission research projects from external researchers
• Mentor and support Junior Researchers
• Manage the work of Research Analysts

Practical Considerations

• You will be expected to work from the Data & Society office in NYC at least four days a week, unless traveling for pre-approved fieldwork, conferences, or meetings.
• You will be expected to contribute to the life of Data & Society through active engagement in and hosting of events, seminars, reading groups, and other cross-topical activities.
• The annual salary will depend on the position, seniority, and level of responsibility. You will also receive a laptop and $2000 for conference travel and materials. Additional research budget will depend on the project.
• You will be offered a generous benefits package including health insurance, paid time off, and paid holidays.
• You must be eligible to work in the United States; we are unable to sponsor visas.
• For the second position, we are open to current faculty wishing to conduct this work during a sabbatical year; such individuals would be given the title of “Visiting Scholar.” Current faculty considered for the Research Lead may opt for conducting research during the first year and finishing the work as a part-time contractor upon return to their home institution.
• Newly minted PhDs may choose the title of “Postdoctoral Scholar” if they intend to return to academia after this position.

To apply, please submit the following to jobs@datasociety.net by December 17, 2018:

• Cover letter describing your current research agenda, as well as your planned research and professional trajectory, and indicating your desired start date and highlighting any experiences that may contribute to your success in this position.
• Two journal articles, conference proceedings, book chapters, or equivalent writing samples.
• CV.
• The names, affiliations, and email addresses of three recommenders.
• Brief (max: 2 page) research proposal for how you might tackle one of the two sketched research topics. Your proposal should describe how you understand the need for this inquiry, how you would go about gaining access to the necessary field sites, and illustrate what unique perspective and experiences you may bring to the pursuit of this research.

Feel free to contact jobs@datasociety.net with any questions about the position. Questions about the opportunity or process will not reflect negatively on your application.

The work and well-being of Data & Society is strengthened by the diversity of our network and our differences in background, culture, experience, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, and much more. We welcome applications from people of color, women, the LGBTQIA community, and persons with disabilities.