Multiple Positions, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Posted October 11, 2019
The School of Information of The University of Texas at Austin invites applications for seven faculty positions. The two most recently announced positions are both part of University-wide cluster hires, and will both be open-rank, tenured/tenure-track positions in the UT-Austin iSchool:
The focus for the first cluster hire position is the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence Technologies. We are seeking colleagues who will contribute to research and to teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate level in the general area of the ethical and societal implications of AI. This position is part of a university-wide cluster hire initiative associated with Good Systems, a UT Grand Challenge, and also involves faculty openings in technology ethics in the Department of Philosophy, media ethics in the School of Journalism, and design ethics in the School of Architecture. Applicants are encouraged to invite collaborators to apply to the other cluster hire positions, as the cluster can serve as an opportunity to bring together existing collaborations as well as to build new collaborations.
The focus for the second cluster hire position is the Global Flows of (Dis)Information. We are seeking colleagues who will contribute to research and to teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate level related to how misinformation and disinformation are spread, as well as possible sociotechnical solutions. The hired faculty member will be a member of the UT Austin iSchool faculty, and also will become a member of The Global Internet, Media, and (Dis)Information (GIMI) Lab, working alongside the other cluster hires (in Journalism, Slavic and Eurasian Studies, and Middle Eastern Studies) as well as the GIMI Lab Steering Committee. The cluster can serve as an opportunity to bring together existing collaborators as well as to build new collaborations.
Across the cluster hire positions and the general open-rank search within the UT-Austin iSchool, applicants are invited to apply to any positions that are a good fit for their research and teaching interests. The search committees are separate and the applications will be reviewed separately.
Applicants for either of these two cluster hire positions are invited to contact the Chair for both of these Cluster Hire Search Committees, Professor Ken Fleischmann, with any questions.