The Department of Anthropology at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences is seeking a postdoctoral researcher who will work within the research project HEALTH-AI, funded by a European Research Council Advanced Grant.
The HEALTH_AI project empirically investigates how medical experts collaborate with algorithms. Together with their team (consisting of the Principal Investigator, 2 PhDs, an assistant and the Postdoctoral researcher), they will study a multi-sited ethnography of a currently evolving revolution in global health systems: big data/AI-informed national health governance. Nevetheless, they are interested in how medical experts collaborate with computer systems.
Tasks
Among other things, the candidate will perform the following activities:
- conducting fieldwork in China and the UK;
- co-developing a methodological toolkit, drawing on literature review and consultations with methods experts across disciplines;
- engage in critical dialogues with fellow team members and contribute to theoretical innovations and data analysis of the larger project;
- writing single-authored and/or co-authored articles. The minimum requirement per year is one single-authored paper in a peer-reviewed journal and/or one co-authored paper with a fellow team member or with scholars in a relevant field;
- participating in and helping to organize conferences, workshops, seminars and other scholarly activities;
- contribute to popular dissemination of the research results, and undertake administrative tasks related to the project;
- be based in the Netherlands and take an active part in the research environment at the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research;
- potentially: additional teaching tasks, but only upon availability and agreed upon in mutual consultation.
Duration: 36 months
Salary
- Salary depends on past education and relevant work experience, with a minimum salary of €3974 and a maximum salary of €5439 gross per month
- Additionally, they offer an extensive package of secondary benefits, including an 8% holiday allowance and a year-end bonus of 8.3%.
Job Requirements
Applicants are to possess the following qualifications:
- a PhD degree (or finalizing within the first months of the postdoctoral job, with a fixed completion date) in human geography, anthropology, STS, or other relevant social science;
- relevant ethnographic research experience in China, preferably in the realm of public health;
- interest in ethnographic research methods and methodological innovation;
- outstanding qualitative research qualities;
- excellent competencies in theories in human decision-making in the realm of public health as well as publications in (inter-) national peer-reviewed journals
- excellent proficiency in written and spoken English and Mandarin Chinese;
- an independent work attitude and ability and interest to work in a team;
- willingness to travel abroad for research stays, conferences, and project-related workshops;
- strong organizational skills;
- affinity with coding and programming.
Application Process
Interested applicants are welcome to send the following documents alongside their applications:
- a full academic CV, including a list of publications;
- a letter stating their motivation for this position and how they can contribute to the project (not longer than 1 to 2 pages);
- a research statement (maximum 1,000 words) outlining the candidate’s own vision on human/nonhuman collaboration (decisionmaking) in public health;
- a writing sample (preferably a published academic paper);
- contact information for two academic references.
Deadline: February 05, 2023.
For more information on Postdoctoral Researcher Position in ‘Health-AI’, visit the official site.
