PhD in AI, Civic Participation and Public Policy at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham in

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Amrita School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Kerala) is inviting applications for 1 full-time PhD position on the topic AI and Civic Participation: How Do Citizen Voices Shape Public Policy?

This interdisciplinary doctoral project sits at the intersection of AI, public policy, civic participation, natural language processing (NLP), and computational social science. The research aims to analyse how citizens describe real-world challenges in their own words, map public concerns to policy priorities, and develop scalable tools that can support more inclusive and responsive policymaking.

The post highlights work on issues such as environment, gender equality, and social policy, with a strong emphasis on bringing rural and underserved voices into policy design. The project also mentions collaboration with researchers from the University of Groningen.

Applicants should have a Master’s degree in Computational Social Science, Data Science, Public Policy, Political Science, Sociology, Computational Linguistics, or a related field. Useful experience includes quantitative methods, Python or R, NLP, topic modelling, policy research, or fieldwork.

The opportunity is advertised as a full-time PhD position. The portal text also notes that application submission is done through Amrita’s official doctoral admissions portal and that the application fee is non-refundable. No stipend amount or tuition coverage is specified in the post.

To apply, use the official Amrita PhD admissions portal and follow the registration, personal information, and payment steps. International candidates are directed to the separate international admissions portal. For questions, contact [email protected].