]PhD positions in STS/critical data studies at University of Graz
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From: Jarke, Juliane \(Juliane.jarke
Dear colleagues,
The University of Graz offers **six PhD-positions** in a newly established research group on Low or No Code Development Platforms. The research group [Sm-AI-R] includes six disciplines business analytics, critical data studies/STS, psychology, philosophy, law and ethics all based at the university's high profile area Smart Regulation.
Deadline for application: 21st February 2024.
Calls for two positions have just opened, a third (psychology) will follow soon.
*** PhD in
STS/critical data studies:
https://jobs.uni-graz.at/en/jobs/2eab5ad6-8dee-df35-9f7a-65a52394f1ab
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[Sm-AI-R] will focus on the emergence of a new type of
design paradigm for AI systems: Low or No Code Development
Platforms (LDCP) for AI. LCDPs such as AutoML are a subfield
of AI research that subsumes methods to automate all stages
of the design and development of AI systems. As such LCDPs
aim to reduce tedious and repetitive tasks in the
development of AI systems. They promise to make AI more
accessible, in particular to professionals without in-depth
AI/ML knowledge and expertise.
We will research the transformative role of LCDP-based
systems in organisations from two perspectives: On the one
hand such systems increasingly regulate the organisation of
work, e.g. by reconfiguring roles and responsibilities in
organisations, by transforming work characteristics and
workers’ perception of autonomy, competence and empowerment
and by transforming our understanding of processes of
decision-making. These transformations call (on the other
hand) for a regulation of LCDP-based systems in
organisations with respect to the quality of the solution,
its compliance with the broader legal order as well as
ethical design guidelines.
Please circulate widely and get in touch if you have any
questions!
Graz is a beautiful and vibrant student city in the South of
Austria.
https://www.graztourismus.at/en
With best wishes,
Juliane (Jarke)
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Juliane Jarke, PhD (she/her)
Professorin für Digitale Gesellschaft | Professor of Digital Societies
BANDAS Center | BANDAS Center
Institut für Soziologie | Department of Sociology
Universität Graz | University of Graz
ReSoWi Section G, Floor IV
Universitätsstraße 15, 8010 Graz, Austria
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Latest and forthcoming publications
Jarke, J., Prietl, B., Egbert, S., Boeva, Y., Heuer, H. & Arnold, M. (forthcoming). Algorithmic Regimes: Methods, Interactions, Politics. Amsterdam University Press. → book
Macgilchrist, F., Jarke, J., Allert, H., & Pargman, T. C. (2024). Design Beyond Design Thinking: Designing Postdigital Futures when Weaving Worlds with Others. Postdigital Science and Education, 1-12. → full paper
Heath, M.K., Krutka, D.G., Jarke, J., & Macgilchrist, F. (2024). Critique Needs Community: On a Humanities Approach to a Civics of Technology. Postdigital Science and Education. 1-9. → full paper
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Juliane Jarke, PhD (she/her)
Professorin für Digitale Gesellschaft | Professor of Digital Societies
BANDAS Center | BANDAS Center
Institut für Soziologie | Department of Sociology
Universität Graz | University of Graz
ReSoWi Section G, Floor IV
Universitätsstraße 15, 8010 Graz, Austria
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Latest and forthcoming publications
Jarke, J., Prietl, B., Egbert, S., Boeva, Y., Heuer, H. & Arnold, M. (forthcoming). Algorithmic Regimes: Methods, Interactions, Politics. Amsterdam University Press. → book
Macgilchrist, F., Jarke, J., Allert, H., & Pargman, T. C. (2024). Design Beyond Design Thinking: Designing Postdigital Futures when Weaving Worlds with Others. Postdigital Science and Education, 1-12. → full paper
Heath, M.K., Krutka, D.G., Jarke, J., & Macgilchrist, F. (2024). Critique Needs Community: On a Humanities Approach to a Civics of Technology. Postdigital Science and Education. 1-9. → full paper