An upcoming postdoc opportunity at University of Galway:

16 funded postdoc positions are available via SyMeCo programme (https://symeco.lero.ie/).  

As part of this scheme, I would like to supervise postdoc researchers on topics including:

• Technology's role in facilitating whistleblowing disclosures
• Surveillance technologies pre-empting workers' disclosures of wrongdoing
• Technologies for regulation and compliance and the role of disclosure
• Whistleblowing in big tech and AI contexts
• Worker unions, alliances and solidarity movements in an era of surveillance capitalism

& other topics relating to technology and whistleblowing

Postdocs will work as part of research groups LERO, and whistleblowingimpact.org, based at University of Galway, JE Cairnes School of Business and Economics.  Please reach out to me to discuss potential projects in advance. Kate.kenny@universityofgalway.ie

Final deadline 3rd Oct 2023.

Details:

• Up to 16 fellowships available across a range of topics
• 2-year Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoc fellowship with a gross salary of €50,124 per annum (without family allowance) and €56,604 per annum (with family allowance)
• All fellows will have opportunities for secondments in the US and throughout Europe.
• Applicants must have a PhD and have not resided or carried their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Ireland for more than 12 months in the 36 months prior to call deadline.
• A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related discipline is not mandatory. Applications are open to candidates from complementary disciplines.

SyMeCo is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND postdoctoral fellowship programme coordinated by Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software. The programme is co-funded by the European Commission under the prestigious Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme and by Science Foundation Ireland. Please contact symeco@lero.ie to register interest and check eligibility. 

If you're not interested in this area, have a look at the other possible supervisors (https://symeco.lero.ie/supervisors/)  and topics (https://symeco.lero.ie/research-themes/ ). Applicants have freedom to choose the research proposal topic provided it falls within the broad SyMeCo programme themes and the research interests of an eligible SyMeCo supervisor

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Kate