Assistant Professor of Social Informatics

About the role

The School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin invites applications for up to two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions to start in Fall 2024. Candidates will be expected to conduct innovative and impactful research and to teach at both the graduate and undergraduate levels in Social Informatics.

Responsibilities

• Expand on one or more established and emerging areas related to Social Informatics within the school, including but not limited to:
• - Social, societal, and ethical dimensions of information and information technology, including emerging technologies (e.g., ethical and responsible computing)
• - Social computing, particularly the impacts of computing on organizations and society
• - The use of computing to study society (e.g., computational social science)
• - Legal and policy dimensions of information and information technology, including information security and privacy as well as data governance
• - Technology and society, including their mutual shaping (e.g., science and technology studies)
• - Socio-technical consideration of the roles of documents, data, information, and knowledge in society (e.g., document studies; big data and society; knowledge management; socio-technical systems)
• - The future of work, including developing the future workforce, crowdsourcing, gig work, and technology-enabled workplaces

Requirements

We seek candidates with a Ph.D. in a relevant field, demonstrated excellence in research, and a strong commitment to teaching. Candidates should also have a clear vision for how their research can contribute to the mission of the iSchool and the broader field of Social Informatics.

Qualifications

Candidates should have a strong academic record, including publications in top-tier journals and conferences, and evidence of successful teaching. They should also demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in their research and teaching.

Skills

Preferred skills include a range of methodological, disciplinary, and theoretical approaches to studying complex Social Informatics phenomena, as well as a focus on human-centered design and use of information technology for human benefit, social good, and/or social justice in local and global contexts.

Benefits

The University of Texas at Austin offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.

Pay

Tenure-track faculty at the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin normally have a 2/1 teaching load. Salaries are competitive.

Schedule

Successful candidates will be expected to start in Fall 2024.

Application Deadline: October 16, 2023

Contact: Search Committee Chair Prof. Ken Fleischmann at kfleisch@ischool.utexas.edu