Post-Doctoral Researcher – Centre for Sociology of Humans and Machines

Job Detail

Career Level Officer
Experience 4 Years
Industry Education
Qualifications Master’s Degree

Job Description

Job description

Applications are invited for the following Post in the Technological University Dublin:

Post: Post-Doctoral Researcher – Centre for Sociology of Humans and Machines (Fixed term specified purpose contract for up to 5 years with an initial funding of 2 years) (Reference: 524/2024)

Location: The post will be based at the TU Dublin Campuse i.e. Grangegorman (Parkhouse), Blanchardstown or Tallaght.

Hours of Work: A 37 hour working week is in operation.

Salary: The successful candidate will be appointed at point (01) of the Post-Doctoral Researcher Salary Scale i.e. €47,412 gross per annum. Remuneration may be adjusted from time to time in line with Government pay policy. Incremental credit may apply in line with University policy.

Closing Date: 17th January 2025 at 5.00 p.m. (Irish time). Late applications will not be accepted.

It is anticipated that interviews for this post will take place in week beginning 17th February 2025. The interview assessment will be 30 minutes in length and will include a presentation of 7 minutes duration. The topic of this presentation will be as follows:
“Your PhD/Post-Doc research and how it made the world a better place”
Application Details/Procedures:
For further information and to make an online application for the above post please visit

Technological University Dublin is an equal opportunities employer

Person Specification
The ideal candidate will demonstrate the appropriate mix of knowledge, experience, skills, talent and abilities required for the role as outlined below and must satisfy all of the essential criteria:

Essential
•    A Ph.D. in a relevant field in any of the Social, Computational, Natural, or Life Sciences (Essential).
•    Evidence of research activity (publications, conference presentations, awards) and future scholarly output (working papers, research proposals, and ability to outline a research project (Essential).
•    Candidates must demonstrate an awareness of the equality, diversity and inclusion agenda (Essential).
•    Strong written and verbal communication skills with a range of stakeholders, such as occupants, building professionals, industry partners and academics (Essential).

Candidates will be shortlisted based on their demonstration of meeting every essential criterion so are asked to clearly outline how their experience and qualifications meet the criteria.

Desirable
•    Moderate to advanced programming experience
•    Experience in conducting online and lab behavioural experiments
•    Experience in social network analysis
•    Experience in agent-based simulations
•    Experience in machine learning
•    Experience in research in AI and/or Collective Intelligence

Candidates may be shortlisted on the basis of none, one or more of these desirable criteria and are asked to clearly outline how their experience and qualifications meet the criteria.

Job location

Grangegorman Lower Dublin 7 , Ireland