Assistant​/Associate​/Full Professor, Dublin Innovation Institute

Job Summary:

Northeastern University invites applications for two open-rank faculty positions which include a period of appointment at the university’s Dublin Innovation Institute (DII). This is a full-time position with a two-part appointment structure in which the successful applicant will be required to spend up to 4 years performing research at DII before transitioning to a tenured or tenure-track role (commensurate with experience and qualifications) at Northeastern’s campus in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

While at DII, successful applicants will support the work of Northeastern University’s Institute for Information, the Internet & Democracy to build a trans-Atlantic research network and research agenda that contribute to the understanding of systemic risks posed by digital and information technologies to democratic societies. We therefore seek scholars whose research advances our understanding of how people acquire, process, and share information in democratic societies and/or in the service of democratic norms.

We welcome applicants from a wide variety of social, scientific, and computational disciplines.

Dublin Innovation Institute: DII serves as a bridge between Northeastern University’s global network and the European research ecosystem, creating opportunities for innovative collaboration throughout the European Union and North America. One of DII’s areas of focus is building a trans-Atlantic research community around the themes of information, the internet, and contemporary democracy.

About Northeastern University:
Established in 1898, Northeastern University stands as a leader in global experiential learning and interdisciplinary research, addressing international issues in health, security, and sustainability. Externally funded research programs and graduate Ph.D. education programs at Northeastern University have been executed for almost 80 years. Transforming into a global research university over the last two decades, Northeastern has experienced remarkable expansion through strategic collaborations with businesses, government entities, and non-profit organizations.

This surge in partnerships has propelled the university's research initiatives and enriched experiential learning avenues for students across all academic levels. Through a focus on, and substantial investment in, impactful, interdisciplinary research, Northeastern University is fostering innovation in emerging fields. This approach recognizes the need for inventive configurations to comprehend intricate systems and effectively translate foundational discoveries into practical, real-world applications.

Currently, Northeastern is the fifth-highest funded private research university without a medical school, a list that includes MIT, Cal Tech, Princeton, and Carnegie Mellon. The University has also been a leading generator of spin-out companies, a testament to its orientation to use-inspired research and faculty and professional researchers strongly engaged with the world outside academia.

We welcome applications from exceptional scholars from all sectors of the community who employ computational social science approaches to study information ecosystems and their implications for democratic governance. The successful candidate will contribute to our growing interdisciplinary community of scholars examining the social, political, and technological dimensions of information flows in contemporary democracies. The successful candidate will initially be based at DII, where the focus will be exclusively on research, helping DII and Northeastern University’s Institute for Information, the Internet & Democracy build a world-class transatlantic research network.

After the initial…