Professor - Artificial Intelligence, Inequality, and Society - School of Law

Position Overview

Berkeley Law invites applications from tenured lateral candidates for full-time, tenured faculty positions in the field of “AI, Inequality, and Society” (AIIS). The field of Artificial Intelligence and the fields studying the political, legal, economic, and social dimensions of Artificial Intelligence are undergoing rapid development, and Artificial Intelligence technologies, such as generative Artificial Intelligence and large language models (LLMs), are being applied in an ever-increasing range of settings across all sectors of society, from basic research to everyday life.

This role would be a part of a campus initiative that brings together the Computer Science division of the EECS department, the departments of Sociology and Statistics, and the schools of Information and Law to address questions related to the myriad ways in which Artificial Intelligence may reshape society and individual lives, possibly exacerbating or narrowing existing inequalities and creating new ones while changing opportunity structures and participation by individuals and groups in society.

• employment
• algorithmic accountability and systemic fairness
• data governance and civil liberties
• data, information, and markets

Berkeley Law is committed to addressing the family needs of faculty, including dual career couples and single parents. We are also interested in candidates who have had non-traditional career paths or who have taken time off for family reasons, or who have achieved excellence in careers outside academia. For information about potential relocation to Berkeley, or career needs of accompanying partners and spouses, please visit New Senate Faculty | Office for Faculty Equity & Welfare.

Candidates must either: hold a J.D. or equivalent international degree by date of application, or hold a Ph.D. or equivalent international degree.