Position overview
Position title: Assistant/Associate/Full Project Scientist
Salary range: The UC academic salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See the following table for the current salary scale(s) for this position: https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2024-25/july-2024-scales/t37-b.pdf. The current base salary range for this position is $74,100 –$195,000. “Off-scale” salaries, which yield compensation that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions.
Percent time: 100%
Anticipated start: Spring 2025
Position duration: One year initial appointment, with possibility of reappointment subject to performance and continued availability of funding.
Application Window
Open date: October 24, 2024
Next review date: Thursday, Nov 7, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Monday, Nov 25, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
Position description
The Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC) is a premier research and collaboration hub dedicated to building secure digital futures. It was founded in 2015 to build bridges between academic research communities, corporations, government policy makers/regulators, and civil society, and to envision solutions that enable the potential of digital technologies to advance and protect institutions, societies, and individuals. The CLTC is based in UC Berkeley’s School of Information (I School), a graduate research and education community dedicated to advancing knowledge and practice everywhere humans interact with digital technologies. Through interdisciplinary research and teaching, the I School is committed to expanding access to information and to improving its usability, reliability, and credibility while preserving security and privacy. I School faculty conduct research in areas such as human-computer interaction (HCI), security and privacy, applied data science, and technology in developing regions. The school currently offers three professional master’s degrees and an academic doctoral degree.
CLTC is searching for a Project Scientist to conduct research focusing on usable privacy and security, including the following areas: consumer information privacy, manipulative user interface design (dark patterns), algorithmic manipulation, data governance, and artificial intelligence policy. Using a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods, the conducted research is expected to contribute to academic fields related to Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency; Human Computer Interaction; and Law and generate policy-relevant insights for practitioners and policymakers nationally and internationally.
In addition, the position will contribute to CLTC’s mission of research and engagement by mentoring student researchers, producing translational work such as white papers, blog posts, and op-eds, and organizing research-related events such as seminars and workshops. Occasional travel may be required.
The Project Scientist will play a critical and active role in shaping a research agenda in this domain, and will be responsible for laying the foundations for an on-going program of investigation. The Project Scientist will work closely with CLTC’s Faculty Director, Executive Director, staff researchers, affiliated Berkeley faculty, and external collaborators to conduct scholarly research and raise funding to support their research.
The role is well suited for candidates interested in researching emerging issues in technology and the digital economy and society through an interdisciplinary lens, making connections between technical developments and their implications on policy, politics, and society. Working on campus at UC Berkeley, the Project Scientist will be exposed to a rich network of researchers across disciplines such as information and data science, electrical engineering and computer science (EECS), law, public policy, economics, and political science.
Labor Contract: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/labor/bargaining-units/ra/contract.html
Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
PhD (or equivalent international degree) or enrolled in a PhD (or equivalent international degree) program
Additional qualifications (required at time of start)
PhD or equivalent international degree
Preferred qualifications
- Ph.D. (or equivalent international degree) in a relevant technical or social science discipline such as information and data science, computer science, International relations, law, public policy, political science or economics.
- Experience conducting technical, social science, or design research related to consumer information privacy, user interface design, algorithmic fairness, data governance or related fields.
- Significant record of academic accomplishments, including contributions to published or in-press research in the field
- Experience conducting empirical research with qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods.
- Ability to work independently with a high level of scientific judgment
- Organizational and communication skills necessary for effective project management
- Demonstrated success in raising funding to support research
- A desire to write both peer-reviewed and public facing research (white papers, op-eds, etc.)
- Experience teaching and mentoring graduate and undergraduate student researchers
Application Requirements
Document requirements
- Curriculum Vitae – Your most recently updated C.V.
- Cover Letter
- Research Proposal
Reference requirements
- 3 required (contact information only)
Apply link: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04661
Help contact: jspitzer@berkeley.edu
About UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. The excellence of the institution requires an environment in which the diverse community of faculty, students, and staff are welcome and included. Successful candidates will demonstrate knowledge and skill related to ensuring equity and inclusion in the activities of their academic position (e.g., teaching, research, and service, as applicable).
The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status.
Please refer to the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy and the University of California’s Anti-Discrimination Policy.
In searches when letters of reference are required all letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality prior to submitting their letter.
As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.
Job location
Berkeley, CA
