[Commlist] Post-doc position on AIDEMOCRACY

Goldsmiths is recruiting a post-doctoral researcher to work on the 
AIDEMOCRACY project either full-time (6 months) or part-time (12 
months).  More details below:

The post-doctoral research associate will work on the international 
project /‘Democracy, AI and Big Tech: Assessing corporate activities in 
the advancement of Artificial Intelligence in the UK, US and Canada 
[AIDEMOCRACY]’ /led by Prof Lina Dencik and funded by the Transatlantic 
Platform scheme on Democracy, Governance and Trust. The research 
explores ‘Big Tech’ influence in the spheres of government, policy, 
media and civil society in key areas of AI strategy, most notably 
environmental sustainability. The candidate will use desk-based 
research, including some digital methods or data science, to collect and 
visualize data relating to public procurement and investment in AI 
infrastructure and map social networks across the technology industry 
and political sphere.

Goldsmiths’ School of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies is one 
of the longest established departments for teaching and researching 
media in the world. Housed in the award-winning Professor Stuart Hall 
Building, it has an internationally outstanding reputation for creative 
and radical thinking and practice. We are committed to a vibrant 
teaching and research programme that combines theory and practice with 
interdisciplinary engagement with the latest developments in media, 
communications and cultural studies.  The School is currently ranked 
18th in the world (and 3rd in the UK) for communication and media 
studies (QS World Rankings by subject 2026) and _second in the UK for 
research assessed as 3* and 4* - with 96% of our research evaluated as 
'world leading or internationally excellent' 
<https://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/research/#d.en.1895366>_ in 
the latest Research Excellence Framework (2021).

Apply here: 
https://jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/postdoctoral-research-associate-610219.html 
<https://jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/postdoctoral-research-associate-610219.html> 



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