[Commlist] Funded PhD project, Power and Difference in the time of Responsible AI, University of Sheffield

Funded PhD opportunity with Dr Susan Oman 
<https://sheffield.ac.uk/spir/people/academic/susan-oman> *at 
the**University of Sheffield. We are looking for projects at the cutting 
edge of interdisciplinary enquiry into AI and inequalities.

Deadline: 14 Nov 2025

Online interviews: end Nov/early Dec 2025

Start: February 2026


Your doctoral research project will be designed by you to respond to the 
issues of difference and power in a time of “responsible AI.” Your 
application should reflect your existing knowledge and interest in the 
area, and identify clearly what you perceive to be a research need or 
gap. Clear proposals using interdisciplinary, innovative and critical 
methods, methodologies and lenses are particularly encouraged. Your 
proposal must demonstrate how the PhD project is grounded in 
contemporary debates around AI ethics and responsible AI, and crucially 
how social justice is at its heart. The project will be hosted across 
the Centre for Machine Intelligence 
<https://sheffield.ac.uk/machine-intelligence> and the School of 
Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations 
<https://sheffield.ac.uk/spir>.

Example interpretations of this brief include, but are not restricted to:
1 - analysis of the inclusion of marginalised populations in research 
with the public
2 - discourse analysis of representations of responsibility in relation 
to AI
3 - feminist, anti-racist and/or decolonising approaches to responsible AI
4 - historical, interpretive or policy analyses
5 - philosophical or cultural studies approaches to shared understanding 
and / or meaning-making across responsible AIstakeholders

6 - social network analysis of research leadership and investment in 
people’s responses to AI technologies

*https://lnkd.in/eQT7g9UX* <https://lnkd.in/eQT7g9UX>

*Funding note: *the funding would cover a standard Home tuition fee 
and a tax-free stipend at the standard UK Research Council rate 
(currently £20,780 for the 2025/26 academic year) for 3.5 years. If you 
were applying as an International Student (you can find details via the 
UK Council for International Student Affairs regarding eligibility for 
Home Student fee status <https://www.ukcisa.org.uk/>) then you would be 
required to make up the difference either via a separate funder or 
self-funded. You can find details on PhD tuition fees at Sheffield here 
<https://sheffield.ac.uk/new-students/tuition-fees/fees-lookup> - as the 
information indicates, please keep in mind that the fees are subject to 
change throughout the period of the programme.


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