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King's College London is recruiting three Research Associate (Impact) posts (Grade 6, 60% FTE) in the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy. This opportunity is aimed at recent PhD graduates or postdoctoral researchers with a social science background who want to build expertise in research impact, engagement, strategy, and impact evaluation . The role supports the Faculty’s work to strengthen impact culture and prepare for REF2029 . The post holders will work across disciplines and contribu...

King's College London is advertising a PhD opportunity in computational approaches for mapping political polarisation in the age of AI . The project sits at the intersection of political science , computational social science , computer science , statistics , and related quantitative fields, with a focus on understanding what political polarisation means, how it can be measured, and how AI and social media may shape it. The project is intentionally broad and is expected to evolve around the inte...

One fully funded PhD position is available at Edinburgh Napier University in the Blockpass Identity Lab on the project “Privacy-aware Public Trust Infrastructure (PTI) for Elections with AI Fake Detection” . The project is co-funded by Democracy Counts and focuses on building a privacy-preserving trusted AI infrastructure for elections, including an Electoral Trust Infrastructure (ETI) as an initial implementation. The research sits at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence , Cyber Security...

Arc Universities Group is sharing a fully funded PhD opportunity at Anglia Ruskin University , based in the Global Sustainability Institute . The project will explore how Europe’s energy transition can become more inclusive, with a focus on low-carbon energy decisions , community knowledge , and the role of expertise in shaping policy and practice. The research is funded by the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) . The successful PhD candidate will be able to shape their own project with...

The University of Oxford’s Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative (AIGI Oxford) is seeking a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher in AI Verification (Political) to join the Oxford Martin School in Oxford, United Kingdom. The researcher will play a leading role in a grant-funded project examining technical and political pathways for verifying that computational rules are being followed in AI data centres. The project is designed to help states develop viable, privacy-preserving and attack-resistant ver...