Associate Professorship of Social Data Science

The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) is seeking to appoint an Associate
Professor of Social Data Science, in association with a Governing Body
Fellowship at Wolfson College. The post will sit within the OII. The
successful candidate will conduct outstanding research and deliver graduate
teaching in the field of social data science or computational social science.





The position is open to candidates with a research profile in fields such as
data science, statistics, computer science, machine learning, natural language
processing, computer vision, computational social science, or related areas.
The successful candidate will be expected to conduct innovative research that
combines methodological strength with important social-data-driven insights
for society, and to be willing to engage in cross-disciplinary collaborations
that support this. We particularly welcome candidates conducting policy-
relevant social data science research and those who apply skills in machine
learning, natural language processing or computer vision to questions of
interest to the social sciences. As an outward-looking multi-disciplinary
social science department, the successful candidate should enjoy engaging
across social science disciplines and should also be comfortable engaging with
non-academic audiences.





The successful candidate will contribute research-led teaching and supervision
for OII graduate students and will also contribute to the delivery of core and
option papers on OII MSc degrees.





Candidates must demonstrate a research record in or, relevant to, social data
science, with an international standing appropriate to the stage of their
career; the ability to deliver excellent teaching, and a willingness to
undertake administration and pastoral responsibilities on behalf of Wolfson
College and of the University. Candidates should hold a completed doctorate,
or a completed doctoral dissertation submitted for examination by the
advertised closing date for this position.



This post is available from 1st October 2024, or as soon as possible
thereafter. This is a permanent appointment (subject to successful review
during the initial period of office).





For the University, the post holder will teach, supervise graduate students,
and participate in examining students within the OII, and play a full and
active role in the intellectual life of the department. They will be expected
to engage in independent and original research, to secure funding and engage
in the management of research projects and disseminate research of the highest
international standard through publications, conferences, and seminars. They
will be entitled to office space at the OII.





The University of Oxford holds several awards of recognition of its efforts to
introduce organisational and cultural practices that promote gender equality
and create a better working environment for both men and women, including an
Athena Swan Bronze award and the Race Equality Charter Bronze award. The
University signed the Mindful Employer's Charter for Employers Who Are
Positive About Mental Health in February 2018 and is currently one of
Stonewall’s Top 100 Employers. More information can be found at
https://edu.admin.ox.ac.uk/equality-charters.





Informal enquiries about the post should be directed in the first instance to
the Director of the Oxford Internet Institute, Professor Victoria Nash,
(victoria.nash@oii.ox.ac.uk), or to Sir Tim Hitchens
(tim.hitchens@wolfson.ox.ac.uk) at Wolfson College. All enquiries will be
treated in strict confidence and will not be considered in the selection
decision.





Applications are particularly welcomed from women and black and minority
ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford.





The closing date for applications is 12noon (midday) 7th March 2024 and
Interviews are expected to be held on 9th April 2024.