Postdoc Position in Innovation and Artificial Intelligence

Postdoc position in Innovation and Artificial Intelligence The Algorithms, Data and Democracy project (ADD) and Center for Organizational Datafication and its Ethics in Society (CODES), University of Southern Denmark, is seeking candidates for a one-year postdoc position exploring the role of datafication and especially how Artificial Intelligence (AI) affects the business landscape and its stakeholders. The starting date is preferably as soon as possible but will be agreed upon with the successful candidate. The application deadline is March 11, 2025, at 11.59 PM/23.59 (CET/CEST)
Postdoc position in Innovation and Artificial Intelligence
The Algorithms, Data and Democracy project (ADD) and Center for Organizational Datafication and its Ethics in Society (CODES), University of Southern Denmark, is seeking candidates for a one-year postdoc position exploring the role of datafication and especially how Artificial Intelligence (AI) affects the business landscape and its stakeholders.

The starting date is preferably as soon as possible but will be agreed upon with the successful candidate.

Adopting AI in businesses and society requires attention to the broader organizational and ethical context in which these technologies are placed. Our focus is on exploring ways that datafication and the ethics thereof affects AI and how this can be adopted organizationally and ethically to contribute to the democratic and innovative trajectories of present businesses and society.

We offer the opportunity to do research on some of our times' most pressing questions, including the adoption of AI in the workplace and its effects on democracy and society, by collecting and exploring empirical material from key industry decision-makers.

The position requires a candidate with an academic specialization in the datafication and ethics of artificial intelligence and data systems as it is applied in organizations, with a technical interest in the functioning of data systems as well.

The postdoc will include teaching obligations.

Qualifications
The successful applicant must hold a PhD degree or similar qualifications in the field of datafication of organizations.

Fluency in English is required for this position, and the ability to communicate in Danish is an advantage, but not a precondition.

Algorithms data and democracy
The position is a part of the Algorithms, Data and Democracy project, a large collaborative research project between several Danish universities. The project includes five empirical subprojects, and the position in question is based in the subproject Algorithms, Data, Democracy, and Innovation. This subproject aims to create a better understanding of the benefits and pitfalls of algorithm-driven innovation processes. This will help ensure the best future usage of AI applications in innovation processes and that principles of transparency, inclusiveness, privacy and diversity are supported by its applications. The subproject also considers how future AI applications can affect relationships of power and authority in decision-making processes in business and society, in order to ensure democratic control and legitimacy.

Conditions of Employment
This is a full-time position.

Employment as a postdoc requires scientific qualifications at PhD level at the time of employment.

The successful applicant will be employed in accordance with the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. Further information on salary and taxation.

The person employed in the position may, based on a specific individual managerial assessment, be exempted from time registration, also known as a self-organiser.

For more information about the position, please contact the Head of CODES, Professor Alf Rehn, at email: [email protected].

If you experience technical problems, please contact [email protected].

Assessment and selection process
Read about the Assessment and selection process.

Applications will be assessed by an assessment committee. Shortlisting may be applied. Only shortlisted candidates will receive a written assessment. Read about shortlisting at SDU.

Interviews and tests may be part of the process.

Application procedure
Applicants are advised to read the SDU information on how to apply and specific faculty information for application at the Faculty of Engineering

Assessment of candidates is based on the application material. An application must include:

• An application letter including a statement of motivation.
• Curriculum Vitae.
• List of publications
• Certificates/Diplomas

If applicable, an application may further include

• Evidence of experience in teaching/student supervision (i.e. teaching portfolio).

Documents must not contain a CPR number (civil registration number) – in this case, the CPR number must be crossed out.

The application and CV must not exceed 10 MB.

The application deadline is March 11, 2025, at 11.59 PM/23.59 (CET/CEST)

The University of Southern Denmark wishes to reflect the surrounding community and therefore encourages everyone, regardless of personal background, to apply for the position. SDU conducts research in critical technologies, which, due to the risk of unwanted knowledge transfer, are subject to a number of security measures. Therefore, based on information from open sources, background checks may be conducted on candidates for the position.

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Placering: Odense, Denmark