• ACLS Digital Extension Grants
• Postdoctoral Fellowships, Science in Human Culture Program, Northwestern University
• Kendall Fellowship: Understanding Scientist Activism – Union of Concerned Scientists 
• Fellowships, Consortium for History of Science, Technology & Medicine, Philadelphia
• Call for Postdoctoral Scholars – Data & Society

ACLS Digital Extension Grants – apply by January 16, 2019 (9pm ET)

 

Postdoctoral Fellowships, Science in Human Culture Program, Northwestern University

Deadline: January 07 2019

https://facultyrecruiting.northwestern.edu/apply/MzA2

Updated: November 08 2018

The Science in Human Culture Program (SHC) at Northwestern University invites applications for postdoctoral fellowships in the contextual study of science, technology, or medicine, to run for two years, from September 1, 2019 – August 31, 2021. Applications are welcome from scholars who study science, technology, or medicine in any region of the world and from any of a range of historical, philosophical, sociological, anthropological, or literary perspectives. Each Fellow will be affiliated with both the SHC program and an appropriate disciplinary department in Weinberg College (History, Sociology, Philosophy, Anthropology, etc.).

Fellows will pursue a program of independent scholarship under the guidance of a faculty mentor. They will also design and teach two undergraduate courses each year, over the course of the three-quarter-long teaching year. (Typically these will be one seminar and one lecture course, to be listed by the affiliated department.) Fellows will also help organize and run the SHC visiting lecturer series. They are expected to be active participants in intellectual activities in both SHC and their affiliated departments and to deliver one public lecture each year.

Applicants with a Ph.D. (or equivalent doctoral degree) must have completed their degree after September 1, 2014. Applicants without a Ph.D. (or equivalent doctoral degree) must complete all the requirements for the degree before September 1, 2019. At time of application, the applicant must be available for the full two-year term. The stipend will be in the environs of $56,500 in the first year of the fellowship, pending administrative approval. In addition, the Fellow is eligible for $3,500 per year to fund research and conference travel, and up to $1,500 for allowable relocation expenses in the first year. This is a full-time, benefits-eligible position.

In order to ensure full consideration, all application materials other than letters of recommendation must be received by January 7, 2019. Letters of recommendation are due no later than January 14, 2019. Because your references will not receive submission instructions until you submit your completed application, we recommend that you submit your application well before the deadline.

FAQs and submission instructions appear below. Administrative questions not addressed on the webpage should be directed to Janet Hundrieser at shc- program@northwestern.edu. Substantive questions may be addressed to the program director at shc-dir@northwestern.edu. For more information about departments or programs at Northwestern, see http://offices.northwestern.edu/browse/A/academic.
AA/EOE. Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer of all protected classes including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the United States.
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Please read ALL instructions and make all preparations before clicking the link to proceed to the application page. If you have been asked to submit a letter of recommendation for an applicant, please use the link in your email instructions instead of this page.

1. Applications will only be accepted through the online form. Please make sure all documents are prepared in advance, because partial applications will not be accepted and cannot be saved. Also, please be sure all information is entered completely and accurately (especially names and email addresses), as there will be no opportunity for online revision after your application has been accepted.

2. All uploaded files should be in Adobe PDF format. Files in another electronic format (e.g., MS Word) should be saved or “printed to” PDF format before uploading. If you only have a paper version of a particular document, you may scan it and save it as a PDF. However, the first method is preferred, because it retains text recognition capabilities.

3. Three names and email addresses for external references are required. One letter should normally be from your dissertation chair. It is also very helpful if at least one letter comments specifically on your teaching experience and abilities. If you have not yet defended and submitted your dissertation, please advise your chair that her or his letter must specifically discuss what work remains to be completed and when you will complete all the requirements to receive your degree.

4. The following materials are all required:
• Cover Letter: A letter that briefly situates your work in relation to the field and identifies the proposed departmental affiliation.
• Curriculum vitae.
• Research Statement. This should be a two-page summary of your dissertation.
• Research Proposal. Please submit a two-page research plan for the fellowship period. This may include, but should extend beyond, revisions to the dissertation.
• Teaching Statement. This document should consist of titles and short descriptions of at least two undergraduate courses of your design that you could teach under the auspices of a relevant program or department within the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences—see the list here: http://www.weinberg.northwestern.edu/departments/index.html). We are not requesting a statement of teaching philosophy or full syllabi.
• Writing Sample. The size of the writing sample should be equivalent to a single journal article, book chapter, or dissertation chapter; it may be published or unpublished. Only one sample may be submitted. It must be in English. The MAXIMUM PAGE LENGTH is 50 pages.
• Graduate Transcript. A transcript from your doctoral-degree-granting institution. An unofficial transcript is acceptable. The transcript may be omitted if your doctoral program did not include formal graded classes; if that is the case, please instead submit a statement to that effect.

5. Very soon after you submit your complete online application, your references will automatically be emailed instructions for uploading a letter of recommendation. NOTE: If you are using a professional placement or dossier service (e.g., Interfolio) to submit any or all recommendations, please use the service’s address instead of your reference’s address in the appropriate space. Once again, please be sure all addresses are entered correctly with no spelling errors; otherwise your reference or dossier service will not receive the instructions.

6. Some things to remember when uploading your application documents:
• Please note that no document may exceed 4 MB in size, so be sure to minimize the size of any large PDF files before uploading.
• File names should not contain parentheses, quotation marks, or other such characters; the system will likely not accept such documents.

7. When you have assembled all your PDF files and are ready with your list of references, you may proceed to the Online Application. All required fields must be filled in before you click on the “Submit Application” button. The system will not accept incomplete applications. Applications that are complete by January 7, 2019, will be ensured full consideration. (References will be allowed to arrive through January 14.) You will receive an email confirmation shortly after your application has been received.

FAQs:

Q: I am a foreign student. Will Northwestern provide a visa?
A: International scholars are eligible to apply for the postdoctoral fellowship. For more information, see: http://www.northwestern.edu/international/employee-visitor-visas/j-1- visitors/index.html.

Q: I plan to do field research away from the Chicago area. Will that be a problem?
A: Postdocs are generally expected to be in residence and full participants in the scholarly community during the nine-month academic year (late September through mid-June), with the exception of the winter and spring breaks. Short trips to conduct research, attend conferences, give talks, etc., are normal and are typically scheduled so as not to conflict with teaching or other important responsibilities.

Q: I got my degree x years ago. Do I still qualify?
A: As stated above, you must have completed your Ph.D. (or equivalent doctoral degree) after September 1, 2014 in order to be eligible.

Q: If I am offered a postdoc, may I defer for a year or postpone the start date?
A: No postponements or deferrals are permitted.

Q: I received my Ph.D. from Northwestern. Am I still eligible to apply?
A: Northwestern Ph.D.’s are eligible to apply but will be given a lower priority in our consideration.

 

Kendall Fellowship: Understanding Scientist Activism – Union of Concerned Scientists 

Description

Kendall Fellowship: Understanding Scientist Activism

Center for Science and Democracy

Union of Concerned Scientists

Cambridge, MA or Washington, DC

The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), the leading science-based organization at the center of today’s most exciting and important policy debates, seeks candidates for our post-doctoral Kendall Fellowship in Understanding Scientist Activism and Movement Building. This is a two-year fellowship for a social scientist with research experience in studying social movements.

The Union of Concerned Scientists is an independent national nonprofit that combines technical analysis and effective organizing and advocacy to create innovative, practical solutions for stemming the tide of global warming, sustainable food policy and agriculture, clean energy and transportation, and reducing the threat of catastrophic nuclear war.

We seek a social scientist who can help the UCS Center for Science and Democracy develop a plan for sustaining our movement of scientists and science supporters. The Center helps scientists and science-based organizations engage in democratic dialogue and the public policy process. Over the past two years, our team has trained and mobilized thousands of scientists and other experts in the US to be involved in local and national policy- and decision-making. Our network has helped repel some of the most egregious recent attacks on science-based policy-making, setting the stage for a sustained movement for scientist engagement in public policy as a core element of our democracy. We wish to better understand the mechanisms that enable collective and individual advocacy in the science community, to help us create an enduring effort.

The Kendall fellow will develop research on movement-building to address questions such as:

• What tactics have or haven’t worked in the past (or today) to motivate scientists to become active in US social movements? What lessons can we learn from those examples?
• What are shared characteristics of the US scientific community that must be considered in building a stronger and more durable political movement to support of the role of science in our democracy?
• How have scientists who are people of color, early-career scientists, and scientists within more esoteric disciplines engaged in this movement? What practices are successful? What are the barriers to more robust participation?
• What styles of engagement with scientific societies and other partners have been most successful? What are the barriers to engaging, and sustaining engagement?

Qualifications and Experience

• Research experience, and nuanced understanding of the science of movement building
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with scientific and non-scientific audiences
• Ability to foster partnerships with peer organizations
• A doctoral degree in political science or a related field is preferred. A master’s degree with extensive independent research experience may be considered.

May spend extended periods at a computer. Some travel, up to one week per quarter, may be necessary.

UCS is an equal opportunity employer continually seeking to diversify its staff. In particular, we’re dedicated to broadening opportunities for individuals from demographic groups that are historically underrepresented in the sciences and in environmental advocacy. We’re also committed to building an inclusive workplace culture where talented people of widely diverse backgrounds can thrive. We’ve adopted this commitment because we believe the inclusion of culturally diverse perspectives will improve our work and produce better societal and environmental outcomes for all, including historically disenfranchised communities. We are actively seeking people who bring diverse backgrounds and perspectives to join us in this work.

About the Kendall Science Fellows Program

The Kendall Science Fellows Program was established to honor Nobel Prize winning physicist Henry Kendall who was with UCS from our beginnings and was the long-time chair of our board. Kendall was known for his unique ability to shake up the status quo and catalyze new thinking, and UCS looks to Kendall Fellows to do the same. Priority is given to innovative and forward-looking proposals that are primarily scientific, technical, or analytic in nature but also show interest in the application of science to policy. Fellows will benefit from the opportunity to learn from the UCS approach to science and policy, and UCS will benefit from the new approaches and expertise of the Kendall Fellows.

Compensation, Hours and Location: This is a full-time, up to two-year position based in either UCS’s Washington, DC or Cambridge, MA office. The Fellowship will begin in Fall 2019. Kendall Fellowship salaries follow a special structure and are fixed at $72,000 for candidates with less than 3 years relevant post-Ph.D. experience and $82,000 for those with 3-8 years of post-Ph.D. experience. UCS offers excellent benefits and a rewarding work environment. Information about the organization is available at http://www.ucsusa.org. A listing of all open jobs is available at https://www.ucsusa.org/about/jobs-ucs.

To Apply: Please upload a cover letter of up to two pages that includes relevant background and experience and a brief description of your research concept on movement-building in the science community; a Curriculum Vitae and a writing sample. Please include salary requirements in the cover letter. Upload materials in Word or PDF format only. No phone calls, please.

Following an initial screening, top candidates will co-write a more specific fellowship proposal in coordination with UCS staff for submission to the Kendall Science Fellows Program Advisory Committee by February 1, 2019. Final decisions on the award of this competitive fellowship will be made by the end of February 2019.

Deadline: January 6, 2019 or until filled. Review of applications will begin immediately.

 

Fellowships, Consortium for History of Science, Technology & Medicine, Philadelphia

Deadline: December 18 2018

https://www.chstm.org/fellowships/chstm-fellowships

Updated: November 01 2018

The Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine invites applications for fellowships in the history of science, technology and medicine, broadly construed. Opportunities include:

– Short-term Research Fellowships
– Dissertation Fellowships
– NEH Postdoctoral Fellowship
– Fellowships in Residence
– Research Fellowships for scholars of Medical Humanities from Brazil, India and South Africa

Access the application here: https://www.chstm.org/fellowships/chstm-fellowships

The Consortium comprises 26 educational and cultural institutions using their exceptional resources to promote academic and public understanding of the history of science, technology and medicine.

The Consortium offers rich opportunities for research. Taken together, its collections of rare books, manuscripts and artifacts are unparalleled in historical depth as well as breadth. The Consortium also provides a vibrant, challenging and collegial community. Fellows participate in public and scholarly events, as well as informal reading and writing groups, held at the Consortium’s offices in downtown Philadelphia.

Scholars residing in Brazil, India and South Africa and working in medical humanities and the history of medicine are eligible for additional support generously provided by the Wellcome Trust.

Visit our website at http://www.chstm.org for further information, including an online application form (https://www.chstm.org/fellowships/chstm-fellowships) and a list of current and past fellows (https://www.chstm.org/fellowships/current-fellows). The website also features: information about the fellowship programs of member institutions; descriptions of the exceptional collections (https://www.chstm.org/about/member-institutions) in the museums, archives, and libraries of the Consortium; and a Consortium-wide search hub (https://www.chstm.org/consortium-special-collections-search-hub) for rare books and manuscripts.

Applications for 2019-2020 must be submitted online (https://www.chstm.org/fellowships/chstm-fellowships) by December 18, 2018.

Contact

We look forward to receiving your application. Please email us if you have questions: info@chstm.org.

Stay in touch on Twitter (@chstmorg) and on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/chstmorg/).

 

Call for Postdoctoral Scholars – Data & Society

 

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Data & Society is recruiting one to three Postdoctoral Scholars whose work complements research projects currently underway at the Institute and advances our mission. Postdoctoral Scholars will be expected to work with senior research leadership to construct a viable research project that will both advance scholarly knowledge and contribute to the broader goals of Data & Society.

While at Data & Society, Postdocs will conduct original research; publish findings in both scholarly and public-facing venues; and engage with broader constituencies across numerous disciplines and perspectives. Postdocs are expected to be active members of the Data & Society community–participating in seminars, research exchange, and events; supporting peers in research development; and helping translate scholarly knowledge for a wide range of stakeholders.

Applicants will be asked to propose a potential postdoctoral research project. Candidates should be aware that Data & Society postdoc projects are co-constructed by the Postdoc and the Data & Society team, attentive to constraints in funding and strategic goals. With this in mind, applicants are especially encouraged to envision empirical research projects that address one or more of the following questions:

• How are machine learning, artificial intelligence, and related technologies being applied in a particular domain? How might examining that domain and application help inform broader understandings of the future of work or labor, health outcomes, media and disinformation, or public institutions?
• How are the intended and unintended applications of data-centric technologies reconfiguring geopolitics, informed citizenry, or assumptions about political, governance or financial systems?
• How are long-standing inequalities reinforced, amplified, or remedied by new data-driven technologies?

Current research initiatives at Data & Society include:

• Social Impacts of AI
• Social Instabilities in Labor Futures
• Health, Equity & Data
• Media Manipulation and Disinformation

Additionally, we continuously undertake exploratory work on new topics. Data & Society prioritizes postdoctoral scholars who are embarking on ambitious empirical research projects that address complex sociotechnical questions. We are looking for researchers who have strong methodological and theoretical foundations and experience doing fieldwork or data collection at the intersection of technology and society.

Requirements:

• Candidates for this position should have a strong background in Science and Technology Studies (STS) or adjacent fields and a penchant for empirical research.
• Candidates may hold a PhD in any number of disciplines, including anthropology, communication, information studies, media studies, and sociology; and take any empirical methodological approach. Candidates who can move across fields and methods are strongly preferred.
• Candidates must have received their PhD in 2016-2019 (conferred by August 2019, when the Data & Society appointment begins).

Successful candidates will have a well-established research track record as demonstrated by journal publications and conference papers, as well as other scholarly experience (e.g., participation on program committees, running workshops, etc.). The ideal candidate may be trained in any number of disciplines but should have a strong empirical foundation; be interested in questions related to technology or the Internet and society or culture; and be interested in working in a highly interdisciplinary environment that includes computer scientists, lawyers, social scientists, journalists, and advocates. Candidates should enjoy working on collaborative teams, mentoring junior researchers, and engaging broad audiences with research.

Practical Considerations

• You will be expected to work from the Data & Society office in NYC at least four days a week, unless traveling for pre-approved fieldwork, conferences, or meetings.
• You will be expected to contribute to the life of Data & Society through active engagement in and hosting of events, seminars, reading groups, and other cross-topical activities.
• You will receive a competitive annual salary for this position, as
  • well as a laptop and $2,000 for conference travel and materials. Additional research budget will depend on the project.
  • You will be offered a generous benefits package including health insurance, vacation time, and paid holidays. You must be eligible to work in the United States; we are unable to sponsor visas.
  • Postdoc positions are typically one to two years in length, depending on the scope of project and the career trajectory of the scholar.
  • Postdocs will start September 2019 (earlier start dates are possible, depending on the needs of the research and project).

  Application Process

  To apply for a Data & Society Postdoctoral Scholar position, we ask you to complete an application at Submittable. You’ll be submitting information about yourself and your work to date, including:

  • A cover letter describing your current research agenda, your dissertation topic, and your planned research and professional trajectory. Also, indicate your desired start date and position length and when you received/will receive your PhD.
  • Two journal articles, conference proce
  • edings, book chapters, or equivalent writing samples.
  • Your CV.
  • The names, affiliations, and email addresses of three recommenders.
  • A one to two page proposal for a potential research project that you’d like to pursue while at Data & Society. (If you have multiple projects in mind, please feel free to send two distinct proposals.) Your proposal should describe the research question, field site/data, methodology, and potential implications of doing this research project, as well as the connection to Data & Society’s mission and research priorities.

Note that references will automatically receive an email from Submittable, the application platform, prompting them to submit a letter of reference to Data & Society. Please make sure your references whitelist submittable.com.

If you are interested in applying to be a Data & Society Faculty Postdoctoral Scholar, please complete the application form by December 6, 2018.

Feel free to contact postdocapp@datasociety.net should you have any questions about the position. Questions about the opportunity or process will not reflect negatively on your application.

Applications are due December 6, 2018.

The work and well-being of Data & Society is strengthened by the diversity of our network and our differences in background, culture, experience, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, and much more. We welcome applications from people of color, women, the LGBTQIA community, and persons with disabilities.

About Data & Society

Data & Society is an NYC-based non-profit research institute that advances public understanding of the social and cultural implications of data-centric technologies and automation. We conduct interdisciplinary research and build a field of actors to ensure that knowledge guides development and governance of technology. We work to ensure a future in which the values that shape technology are visible and intentionally chosen with respect for human dignity.