Postdoctoral Research Associate in Work for AI Safety

About the Role
We are looking for a highly motivated postdoctoral research associate (PDRA) to join the research group of Professor Gina Neff, Professor of Responsible AI at Queen Mary’s Digital Environment Research Institute (DERI).

The project focuses on developing AI safety guidelines and is funded as part of the AI Safety Institute, and UKRI research programme looking at working towards AI Safety. You will contribute towards the development of frameworks for workplace monitoring and mitigation of sociotechnical AI risks in the post-deployment stage of AI development.

The role is funded until February 2026 in the first instance.

About You
You will have a PhD and track record in a relevant subject area including experience of research methods with a particular focus on social impact of digital technologies. You also will have a good track record of publishing your research in the peer-reviewed literature, and where relevant, of writing or helping to write research grants.

How to Apply
Please submit an application via the Queen Mary Portal and upload a copy of your CV.

Please do not upload copies of research papers.

About the Institute
The role will be based in the Digital Environment Research Institute (DERI). DERI is Queen Mary’s flagship University Research Institute dedicated to ground-breaking multi-disciplinary research in digital and data science, including artificial intelligence (AI). DERI offers an outstanding research environment including a dedicated physical space along with recently purchased high performance computing infrastructure to enable scientific breakthroughs. Further, DERI leads the university’s participation in The Alan Turing Institute, the UK national institute for data science and AI.

About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do.

Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, campus facilities and flexible working arrangements.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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