[ecrea] Recruiting Postdoctoral Researcher in Ethnography of Technology at LSE

LSE’s Department of Media and Communications is currently seeking a 
research officer to join us by working on the EU Horizon 2020 project 
/VirtEU: Values and Ethics in Innovation for Responsible Technology in 
Europe/, alongside Dr Alison Powell. This is a 20-month post starting 
March 2018 or ASAP afterwards.


The project has been running for one year and the candidate will be 
responsible for conducting ethnographic research at primarily 
London-based sites, including small businesses and start-ups and 
producing research papers and reports based on this work, as well as 
contributions to the work of other parts of the VirtEU project. The 
candidate will work with the London Co-Investigator, Dr Alison Powell 
and LSE PhD researchers, and collaborate extensively with ethnographers, 
design researchers, legal scholars and computational social scientists 
at the other project sites. Find out more about VirtEU here: 
https://virteuproject.eu <https://virteuproject.eu/>.

Candidates must have completed a PhD, be working towards completion of a 
PhD in social sciences or science and technology studies, or have other 
research experience that demonstrates the capability to produce 
independent original research.  The candidate must be experienced in 
conducting ethnographies of technical cultures, and extremely 
comfortable working in an interdisciplinary research project employing 
quantitative, qualitative, legal and design methods. The candidate will 
have the ability to analyse and research complex ideas, concepts or 
theories, and to develop and apply appropriate methods including 
ethnography and digital ethnography as appropriate.  The candidate will 
also have excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the 
ability to manage their workload and work to tight timescales.  A strong 
interest in science and technology studies (STS), philosophy of 
technology or technical cultures would be an advantage, as would 
previous experience working with Internet of Things related development 
communities across Europe.

Please write to Alison Powell with any queries: (a.powell /at/ lse.ac.uk)

For more information and to apply: 
https://jobs.lse.ac.uk/ViewVacancyV2.aspx?enc=mEgrBL4XQK0+ld8aNkwYmPyXfnjJXhZaq3/5E+y6UuxxcmChMhSr6KEB9xiZ2HoJNvOMzk5xcFrrWQbUAq1A/o4RqdpJ/4kqorvz7h2Vb8Bh9JNDlsXooZRWgVL8lshzV2AIIdpBLPY/8QQGw7Mygw==


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