[Commlist] Post-doctoral Research Associate advert

Applications are invited for a Research Associate (RA) position to work 
on an EU funded research project on age verification technologies. The 
role is full-time for a fixed period of 9 months from January 2021 with 
some limited UK and EU travel where possible (subject to any travel 
restrictions in place).

The RA position is part of an EU funded project to develop an age 
verification and consent infrastructure for child protection on the 
internet. The post-holder will develop and lead activities for the 
academic research team, as part of a broader international consortium of 
industry and academic partners. The post-holder will apply an 
interdisciplinary approach to research. The research will identify how 
age verification requirements are achieved with respect to children 
across EU Member States, and identify any gaps in the law and key areas 
of concern. The research will seek to identify how the existing methods 
of parental consent comply with the relevant legal/regulatory provisions 
in each Member State, such as compliance with the AVMS Directive and the 
GDPR, for e.g., privacy by design/default, in the context of child 
safety and privacy. The RA will also support research that will make a 
set of child-centred recommendations on the principles and requirements 
for digital products and services that children use. In doing so, the 
research will seek to identify the challenges in this regard and propose 
the core principles to be adopted in the age verification infrastructure 
that will be developed by the industry partners in the course of the 
project.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with world-leading experts in an 
inter-disciplinary and collaborative environment. The candidate will be 
based at Aston University and will work collaboratively with Prof. 
Simone van der Hof (Leiden University) and Prof. Sonia Livingstone 
(London School of Economics and Political Science), as well as other 
relevant partners of the consortium. The outcome of the project is 
expected to be a game changer in terms of setting new standards for age 
verification online, and has potential for significant impact from a 
technical, policy, and legal perspective.

The ideal candidate will have or be working towards the completion of a 
PhD (or equivalent experience) in law, social sciences or a relevant 
discipline, for e.g., socio-legal studies in the digital context. 
Knowledge of data protection and privacy law, content regulation (for 
e.g., AVMS Directive), and an interest in children’s rights in the 
digital environment is essential. Previous experience of working on 
interdisciplinary research projects is desirable.

See https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CCN705/research-associate 
<https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CCN705/research-associate>

For informal enquiries, please contact Abhilash Nair on 
(a.nair /at/ aston.ac.uk) <mailto:(a.nair /at/ aston.ac.uk)>

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