Tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor (IT/AI Policy) 

Graduate School of Science & Technology Policy, KAIST

The Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy (STP) at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) is inviting applicants to apply for a tenure-track assistant or associate professor in Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence (IT/AI) Policy. We are particularly interested in scholars exploring the policy aspects regarding governance of emerging information technologies such as cybersecurity, privacy, internet governance, artificial intelligence, robotics, Internet of Things (IoT), digital life and the public sphere, etc.

We are seeking highly qualified candidates trained in law, public policy & administration, sociology, history, philosophy, anthropology, science and technology studies (STS), and other relevant fields. We welcome applicants capable of collaborating with our science and engineering faculty, employing interdisciplinary methods and comparative perspectives.

Ph.D. or equivalent is required prior to appointment, which is expected to begin on March 1, 2017. The starting date is negotiable. The successful candidate will be jointly appointed with the KAIST Graduate School of Information Security (GSIS), which would entail co-advising of GSIS graduate students as well as teaching one or two courses per year at GSIS.

Review of applications begins on November 21^st (Monday), 2016, and will continue until the position is filled. To be considered for the position, please send your cover letter explaining research and teaching interests and your curriculum vitae to Ms. Su-yeon Ahn, STP Administrative Coordinator at sciencepolicy@kaist.ac.kr. Complete applications including at least two writing samples, three recommendation letters, and an official transcript will be requested of the candidates selected from the first round review.

Questions may be addressed to STP Search Committee Chair, Professor So Young Kim, at soyoungkim@kaist.ac.kr. For information about STP and GSIS, please visit http://stp.kaist.ac.kr and http://gsis.kaist.ac.kr. 

As the only non-US university ranked on the top ten of Thomson Reuters most innovative universities, KAIST is a world-renowned university in science and engineering with English mandated as the language of education and research. Committed to the diversity of its faculty, KAIST welcomes international and female applicants who would bring new dimensions to the university’s research and teaching missions.