Artificial Intelligence for Social Innovation Glasgow Caledonian University, Ghent University in United Kingdom

PhD opportunity at the University of Leeds in AI in climate information and communication , hosted by Leeds University Business School and supervised by Professor Barbara Summers and Dr Andrea Taylor . This project examines the benefits and risks of using large language models (LLMs) and chatbots such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini for climate communication , including how AI summarises climate information for non-technical audiences, how it represents uncertainty , and how users interpret and t...

Queen Mary University of London is advertising a 12-month, part-time (0.5 FTE) Postdoctoral Research Associate position supporting DigiWeB (Digital Welfare Borders) , an ERC-funded project examining how artificial intelligence shapes welfare governance and migration management across Europe. The role is jointly based in the School of Society and the Environment and the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science , and the successful candidate will work with Professor Rachel Humphris an...

University of Southampton is advertising a PhD project in Computational Analysis of Political Communication and Democracy . This research sits at the intersection of computer science , political science , communication studies , and computational social science . The project explores political discourse, public opinion, democratic participation, deliberation, and the role of digital platforms in shaping communication and collective decision-making. Students may work with text-as-data , surveys, ...

Cardiff University and Swansea University are offering a fully funded PhD pathway in Journalism, Digital Media & Democracy through the Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS) / ESRC DTP. The project starts in October 2027 and is open to students worldwide, including home and international applicants. This opportunity sits at the intersection of journalism , digital media , media and communications , and politics/democracy . Applicants are expected to propose a research project alig...

PhD opportunity at the University of Sheffield in the ECOSOLUTIONS Doctoral Focal Award (NERC-funded), focused on chemical regulation , ecotoxicology , environmental chemistry , climate science , politics , and socioeconomic futures . The project, “Beyond the horizon: Regulating for a non-toxic future” , is co-designed with non-academic partners and explores what future chemical regulation should look like in order to support sustainable chemical development and non-toxic urban and rural landsca...