Hi!
We are looking for 2 Ph.D students that would like to do critical design to understand future drone technology in everyday environments, at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Below we present a suggestion of responsibilities and related qualifications:
PhD position #1 in Human-Computer Interaction; user experience research
PhD student 1 should have experience on social science and humanistic research perspectives. It is preferable that you have experience or appreciation of how these perspectives figure in design and human-computer interaction research. You will be expected to acquire a detailed understanding of design research and technical topics for autonomous systems, conduct user studies, and synthesize technical and critical perspectives. Relevant research approaches include: user experience research; lab and field studies; cultural probes; thematic analysis; critical design; design anthropology; ethnography and autoethnography.
PhD position #2 in Human-Computer Interaction; human-centered design
PhD student 2 will contribute with human-centered design skills from the start. You will be expected to learn and apply sophisticated research methods from the social sciences and humanities, and become intimately acquainted with humanistic as well as technical perspectives on autonomous systems, AI, and related technologies. Relevant research approaches include: constructive design research; research through design; critical design; autobiographical/autoethnographic design; human-centered design; experience prototyping; activity-centered design; video sketching; cinematic prototyping.
To qualify as a PhD student, we expect you to have a master's level degree corresponding to at least 240 higher education credits in a relevant field. Relevant competences include one or more of the following: human-computer interaction, human-centered design and design thinking methods, prototyping, interviewing, graphic design, information visualization, filmmaking, photography, illustration, and anthropological research. (We also welcome applicants who plan to graduate with a master's level degree until summer 2020).
Apply here:
https://www.chalmers.se/en/about-chalmers/Working-at-Chalmers/Vacancies/Pages/default.aspx?rmpage=job&rmjob=8151&rmlang=UK
WASP-HS research education
These Ph.D positions will benefit for a program especially developed for humanities and social sciences perspectives, where courses on artificial intelligence and autonomous systems and society will be provided. The vision of WASP-HS is excellent research and competence on the consequences and challenges of artificial intelligence and autonomous systems for humanities and society.
WASP-HS: https://wasp-hs.org/
WASP-HS research and graduate education: https://wasp-hs.org/people/introduction
WASP-HS project on "The rise of social drones": https://wasp-hs.org/projects/the-rise-of-social-drones-a-constructive-design-research-agenda/
The ph.d students will work with us in the Interaction design division, with colleagues from both University of Gothenburg and Chalmers Technical University:
https://cse.gu.se/english/about/interactiondesign
Thanks for spreading this to your students and other researchers!
- Sara Ljungblad
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Sara Ljungblad
Ph.D Human-Machine Interaction
Interaction design
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Gothenburg, Chalmers University of Technology
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