[AISWorld] Position announcement: Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Computing and Social Responsibility

[Bernd Stahl]

FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGY
Department of Informatics
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Computing and Social Responsibility
Full Time, Permanent
Grade F/G: £30,870 - £44,016 per annum
https://jobs.dmu.ac.uk/webrecruitment/Default.asp?Section=Vacancy&VacID=7050

The CCSR is the UK's leading research centre in computer ethics and among the leading ones in Europe and the world. The Centre organises the ETHICOMP conference series and the Elsevier Journal Information, Communication, Ethics and Society. The CCSR runs several national and international projects and the post holder will interact with researchers and scholars from a range of areas and disciplines.

The successful candidate will be a member of the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility (http://www.ccsr.cse.dmu.ac.uk/). The role of the post holder will be to contribute to research, teaching and administration of the Centre, the Department and the Faculty more generally. Teaching duties will take place on an undergraduate, taught postgraduate and research student level.

The CCSR runs the Information Society Doctoral Programme which currently hosts 35 research students. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to contribute to research student supervision and the running of the programme.

The postholder will contribute to the REF submission of the centre by collaborating with colleagues on research in the area of computing and technology, specifically social responsibility. Ideally possessing an established publication record and engaging with ongoing research projects the successful candidate will prepare project proposals in addition to complementing the current research strengths of the CCSR.

Possible areas of research interest might cover:
- ethical theory in technology
- concepts of data privacy and data protection
- professionalism
- ethics in gaming
- ICT for development
- critical theory of information systems or technology
- technology governance
- public engagement with technology

The postholder will have a degree and PhD in a relevant discipline, experience of teaching in an academic environment and a good knowledge of computer ethics and computing and social responsibility.

Details of the Faculty can be found at http://www.dmu.ac.uk/technology/

For any questions or further information contact the CCSR's director, Prof. Bernd Carsten Stahl at bstahl at dmu.ac.uk  or +44 116 207 8252

Please quote
reference: 7050
Closing Date: 23 November 2011
Planned Interview Date: 12 January 2011

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