[ecrea] Vacancy: Postdoctoral Research Associate (Digital Society)

The University of Sheffield is seeking to appoint a two-year 
Postdoctoral Research Assistant to contribute to the Faculty of Social 
Science’s vibrant, interdisciplinary Digital Society Network (DSN,

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/faculty/social-sciences/digital-society-network 
<https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/faculty/social-sciences/digital-society-network>), 
to support and enable digital society research.

The successful candidate will work with DSN Director Professor Helen 
Kennedy 
(https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/socstudies/staff/staff-profiles/helen-kennedy 
<https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/socstudies/staff/staff-profiles/helen-kennedy>) 
and the DSN steering committee on a broad portfolio of research in the 
field of Digital Society. The role has a large developmental element, 
encompassing assisting with proposal writing and identifying funding and 
grant opportunities across the digital society field in the UK and 
Europe. You will work with the DSN steering committee to implement a 
strategy which is interdisciplinary and international, and you will work 
with Professor Helen Kennedy on large, interdisciplinary bids and 
fellowship applications, providing support as appropriate, specifically 
in the areas of data in society, human-data interaction and data 
visualisation. You will be responsible for undertaking a wide range of 
tasks in the preparation of research applications, including literature 
reviews, liaison with research partners and specific writing tasks. You 
will have a PhD (or equivalent experience) in a relevant subject (e.g. 
Sociology, STS, Media Studies, Digital Media), with specialist academic 
experience in and knowledge of data in society (human-data interaction, 
data visualisation, data ethics, algorithmic accountability).

This full-time, fixed-term post is available immediately for 24 
months.Further details can be found at: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/jobs 
<https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/jobs>.

*Job Reference Number: *UOS016927
*Contract Type: *Fixed-term, available immediately for 24 months
*Working Pattern: *Full-time
*Faculty: *Social Sciences

*Salary: *Grade 7: £30,175 to £38,183 per annum
*Closing Date: *7th September 2017.

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