PhD position in Education in AI and science literacy

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The
DECIDE
project is a large-scale, NWO-funded research initiative under the Dutch Research Agenda (NWA). It brings together
10 Dutch universities
, over
50 academic researchers
, and
30 societal partners
in an ambitious inter- and transdisciplinary collaboration. Our shared mission is todevelop strategies towards thedesign and implement a new generation of
transparent, citizen-empowering

AI systems
, with afocus on
AI-supported decision-making
thatcontribute to
the empowerment and democratic participationof citizens
.

The project addresses real-world challenges across domains such as
healthcare, mobility,public governance, and healthy lifestyles
.By co-developing strategies with societal stakeholders, DECIDE aims to create solutions that havetangibleimpact on society.

Your Role as a PhD student

As a PhD candidate, you will be part ofa
multidisciplinary team of PhD students
andbecome part ofa
vibrant inter- and transdisciplinary research community
. You will:

• Collaborating across disciplines and with societal stakeholders to achieve
  real-world impact
  .
• Participate in joint training programs on
  interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research methods, citizen engagement
  , and
  ethical AI
  .
• Contribute tocutting-edge research that bridges theory and practice.

Project structure

DECIDEis organizedinto
10 work packages
(WPs):

• SixWPs focus ondisciplinaryperspectivesin
  psychology, education, computer sciences, law, and philosophy
  .
• FourWPs address
  citizen-empowerment-scenarios
  (CES) in
  healthcare, mobility, public governance, and healthy living
  .

EachPhD position is embedded in onework packageandsupervised by a
multidisciplinary team of academic and societalexperts
.Detailed descriptions of theworkpackagesand their interconnections are available on the DECIDE website .

We are looking foran excellent and enthusiastic
PhD researcher
to join the DECIDE project at the
University of Twente
. Your research will focus onthe work package that is dedicated to Education. In your project, you will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of teachers to design, implement, and evaluate an educational program that fosters a new type of AI literacy in university students. The instructional approach that will be used is Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) in which multi-disciplinary teams of students learn by conducting research and design projects on a societal problem in collaboration with stakeholders.

Your educational design research will be supervised by the section of Instructional Technology (IST), while the design and implementation of the educational program will be supervised by the Philosophy section of the BMS faculty. Additionally, you will be part of the multi-disciplinary team of participants in this work package.

In this project, you will participate in a Professional Learning Community of teachers and educational specialists from Universities of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool Saxion, Hogeschool van Amsterdam), Vocational Education (ROC van Twente, ROC van Amsterdam) and Kohnstamm Institute, who aim at mutual exchange of experiences and instructional materials targeting the design of educational programs on AI literacy in different professional settings.

As part of your role, you will:

• Conduct original design-based research within the field of education, resulting in a PhD thesis.
• Collaborate with other PhD candidates, postdocs, and societal partners across the consortium, including participation in the Professional Learning Community.
• Participate inDECIDE training programs, workshops, and summer schools, and participate in the Twente Graduate School.
• Gain practical experience in large-scale open-source AI software projects, such as ASReview.
• Engage in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary activities,includingcitizen science and co-design initiatives.

You are/have:

• AMaster’sdegree in
  Educational Design, Educational Science, or a related field with demonstrable interest and experience in education
  ;
• Affinity with AI and AI literacy;
• Interest to foster…