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Dear lists, a job posting in the Netherlands for your information Zur Information, eine Stellenausschreibung in den Niederlanden best wishes / Lieben Gruß nilz Forwarded message: > From: Tjerk Timan <[log in to unmask]> > To: Nils Zurawski <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: job opening for surveillance & society audience > Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 09:55:41 +0200 > > Dear Nils, > > Hope all is well. For a very challenging ERC project, there are some > jobs opening in the field of software studies/ critical data science. > Would it be possible to post the description below either on the > mailinglist and/or on the SSN website? Thank you very much in advance! > > Best, > > Tjerk Timan > Tjerk Timan, MA, Ph.D. > Postdoctoral Researcher “Privacy for the 21st century” Tilburg > Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT), Tilburg University, > The Netherlands > Visiting Scholar at the School of Management, St. Andrews, UK > > mail: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > web: privacyspaces.org <http://privacyspaces.org/> / tjerktiman.nl > <http://tjerktiman.nl/> > twitter: @tjerk > skype: tjerktiman > ssrn: http://ssrn.com/author=2322732 <http://ssrn.com/author=2322732> > . > —————— > > > The Department of Science, Technology, and Policy Studies (STePS) > <https://www.utwente.nl/bms/steps/> at the University of Twente is > hiring one doctoral researcher with a background in Computer Sciences > to join the ERC-funded project ‘Processing Citizenship: Digital > registration of migrants as co-production of citizens, territory and > Europe’ (ProcessCitizenship), with Dr. Annalisa Pelizza > <https://www.utwente.nl/bms/steps/people/scientific/pelizza/>as > Principal Investigator. The position is fully-funded and requires > commitment to the project’s goals. > > Project and work description > In the Processing Citizenship project we want to learn how data > infrastructures for migration management transform the way we come to > experience European (individual and institutional) identities. > As a PhD, you have a strong computer science background – notably in > data analytics, knowledge representation, artificial intelligence or > related fields – while at the same time you should be interested in > working in an interdisciplinary team, with heterogeneous but > complementary research goals. You are expected to analyse ontologies > and algorithms, to compare them across different institutional > information systems, to design and develop strategies to measure and > enhance data quality under uncertain conditions, to increase > interoperability among databases, and to develop systems to track and > visualize data circulation. > The appointee will work as part of a trans-disciplinary team of six, > including ethnographers, computer scientists and social scientists, > under the supervision of the Principal Investigator and co-supervision > by CTIT, the Institute for ICT research in Context (CTIT, > https://www.utwente.nl/ctit/ <https://www.utwente.nl/ctit/>). > > Activities > You will be presented with three main research challenges. The first > challenge requires to extract and analyse data models from > heterogeneous institutional sources. The second challenge will require > you to design strategies for increasing data quality across > not-yet-interoperable data architectures and in uncertain conditions. > The third challenge will require you to engage in interdisciplinary > work with non-technical team members, as required by this > inter-disciplinary ERC project. > > In particular, you will be expected to conduct the following > activities: > - to conduct techno-social analysis of data models and algorithms (in > collaboration with other team members), e.g., how are the same types > of data classified in different information systems, and with which > effects?; > - to design and develop strategies to measure and enhance data quality > under uncertain conditions, and increase interoperability of > migrant-related databases (in collaboration with CTIT’s data science > group); > - to design and develop software to track and visualize data > circulation (in collaboration with UT’s ITC faculty); > - to provide support to interviews with IT developers at European and > national agencies level. > > Profile > You have a master degree in Computer Sciences, Data Science, > Information Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Business IT or close > disciplines. > > Essential: > · Master degree completed by the deadline > · Highly proficient in data analysis and management > · Expert understanding of database architectures, including > interpreting data sets modelled in heterogeneous ways > · Proficiency in English as daily working language > · Commitment to the project’s success, willingness to > collaborate in a research team, share data, write joint publications > and acquire social science-related skills > · Excellent administrative and organizational skills, > including the ability to plan one’s work, meet deadlines, > familiarity with resource management and willingness to accept > Horizon2020 administrative and ethical behaviour guidelines > > Desirable > · Experience as non-graduate student supervisor > · Understanding of the potential non-academic impact of the > research and ways of engaging with it > · Knowledge of major sociological literature on data > infrastructures > > By the end of the program, even if this is not the core of your > activities, you will also acquire skills in sociological analysis of > information systems. A similar combination of techno-social skills is > not only more and more key to access middle-high positions in > engineering environments, but it is also functional to achieve a > thorough understanding of the social impact of data infrastructures. > You will develop cutting-edge research skills, e.g. by being able to > acknowledge and tackle the methodological limitations and design > constraints that software-based techniques impose on hypothesis > formulation and testing. > > Conditions of employment > We offer a full-time contract spanning a period of four years. The > appointee is expected to take office as soon as possible in fall 2017. > The monthly salary starts at € 2.222 gross per month in the first > year, leading up to € 2.840 gross per month in the last year. > The terms of employment are in accordance with the Dutch Collective > Labor Agreement for Universities > <http://www.vsnu.nl/en_GB/cao-universiteiten.html> (CAO). > > Application procedure > You should submit your application via > https://www.utwente.nl/en/organization/careers/vacancies/!/vacature/1261362 > <https://www.utwente.nl/en/organization/careers/vacancies/!/vacature/1261362> > before October 1, 2017 h. 23:59 (CET). > Applications should include: > · a motivation letter describing why you would be a good fit > for this interdisciplinary project, and why you wish to embark on a > PhD trajectory; > · curriculum vitae, including university qualifications and > grades; > · an article or other recent research output clearly showing > your expertise in data management; > · email and telephone contact information for two referees > (for PhD position, please notify them in advance that they might be > contacted). > > Employer > Science, Technology, and Policy Studies (STePS) at the University of > Twente is one of the historically leading European departments in > Science and Technology Studies (STS). The Faculty of Behavioural, > Management and Social sciences (BMS) fosters high quality > trans-disciplinary knowledge in STS, philosophy and history of science > and technology, among other disciplines. The University of Twente > stands for science and technology under the ‘High tech, Human > touch’ motto; research and education that address grand societal > challenges from a high-level scholarly perspective. > > For more information, see > https://www.utwente.nl/en/organization/careers/vacancies/!/vacature/1261362 > <https://www.utwente.nl/en/organization/careers/vacancies/!/vacature/1261362> Dr. habil. Nils Zurawski Universität Hamburg Inst. für kriminologische Sozialforschung Allende-Platz 1 20146 Hamburg Germany tel. +49 (0) 40 42838 2199 (AB) fax. +49 (0) 40 42838 2328 http://www.surveillance-studies.org Neue Bücher: *Achtung Sicherheitskontrollen! Flughäfen, Kultur, Un/Sicherheiten. Gerrit Herlyn, Nils Zurawski (Hg.). LIT, 2016. *Raum-Kontrolle-Weltbild.Raumvorstellungen als Grundlage gesellschaftlicher Ordnung und ihrer Überwachung. 2014 Budrich UniPress. *Anthropology of Security, Perspectives from the Frontline of Policing, Counter-terrorism and Border Control (eds. M. Maguire, C. Frois, N.Zurawski) Pluto Press 2014 **************************************************** This is a message from the SURVEILLANCE listserv for research and teaching in surveillance studies. To unsubscribe, please send the following message to <[log in to unmask]>: UNSUBSCRIBE SURVEILLANCE For further help, please visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help ****************************************************