Lead AI postdoctoral research fellow position within Digital Narrative
Universitetet i Bergen
- Bergen, Vestland
- kr 615.700 pr år
- Midlertidlig
- Fulltid
- The applicant, in collaboration with Professor Montfort and Professor Pérez y Pérez, will write a programming style guide and determine principles for the development of nubs.
- The applicant will develop several nubs and libraries/modules for them, e.g., a hierarchical task network planner and a conceptual dependency model.
- The applicant will publish research papers on the project, both independently and with co-researchers, and is also expected to present the research at conferences and to participate in other outreach and dissemination related to the project.
- The applicant will collaborate with other members at the CDN and participate in and contribute to its seminars and events.
- Academic freedom.
- Benefits from knowledge and skills transfer between disciplines, organisations and sectors.
- Structured, skill-based training.
- High-quality working conditions.
- Personal career support.
- Equal opportunities.
- Applicants must hold a Norwegian PhD degree or an equivalent degree within a relevant subject area, such as digital culture, digital humanities, computational media, or a related field, including computer science if the dissertation project had a significant humanistic component, or must have submitted their doctoral thesis for assessment prior to the application deadline. It is a condition of employment that the PhD has been awarded.
- Applicants should have a genuine interest in artificial intelligence, and the research proposal must be related to AI.
- Applicants cannot previously have been employed as a postdoctoral fellow at UiB and they cannot be employed by any other institution for the time of the fellowship.
- Experience with AI-related research and/or innovation is an advantage.
- Experience in one or more of the following areas is an advantage: 1) narrative theory, computational creativity with narrative as the domain, and cognitive science approaches to narrative; 2) the history of story generation and related areas of computing; 3) having released and maintained software for the use of researchers and educators.
- Applicants must have programming abilities that are appropriate to the narrative nubs project.
- The LEAD AI mobility rules must be followed.
- Applicants must be able to work independently and in a structured manner and have the ability to cooperate with others.
- Applicants must have excellent skills in oral and written English (self-assessed in the CV and demonstrated in the application).
- The application and relevant documents must be in English.
- An engaged and professionally stimulating working environment.
- Position as postdoctoral fellow (code 1352 in the basic collective agreement) and a gross annual salary of NOK 615 700 (equivalent to pay grade 63) upon appointment. Further increases in salary are made according to length of service in the position. A higher salary may be considered for a particularly well-qualified applicant.
- Welfare benefits* and social benefits including pension-saving in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund, occupational injury insurance, full salary during sick leave for 52 weeks, and paid parental leave**.
- Extension of the position term (work contract) due to sick leave and parental leave.
- Norwegian language courses free of charge.
- High standards for working hours, holidays, place of work, health, and safety.
- Access to specific training activities exclusively provided within the framework of the LEAD AI programme.
- In the ‘JobbNorge-application field’: Only write your name.
- In the ‘JobbNorge-CV form’: Only fill in your 1) personal details, 2) information about your PhD-degree (in the field ‘Academic qualifications’) and 3) recent relevant work experience.
- You do not need to fill in any other sections in the JobbNorge form, as all the information we need will be provided by you when attaching the mandatory elements listed in the next section.
- A research proposal outlining your contribution towards the thematic area and host research group described above.
- A brief account of your motivation for applying for the position.
- CV with list of any works of scientific nature (publication list).
- A mobility declaration.
- Ethics and security issues: self-assessment form.
- An initial self-assessment of opportunities for mandatory and recommended open science practices.
- Names and contact information for two referees. One of these should be your main PhD supervisor.
- Letters of recommendation from the graduating university or previous employers are encouraged but not mandatory.
- Transcripts and diplomas. If you have not yet completed your PhD degree, please submit a statement from your institution confirming that the thesis has been submitted.
- Relevant certificates/references.
Professor Jill Walker Rettberg, Co-Director of the Center for Digital Narrative (CDN) at the Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies, phone number: +47 55 58 84 31 or email .For HR related questions, please contact:
Senior Executive Officer Turid Høyland, Faculty of Humanities, phone number: +47 55 58 93 34 or email .The public sector shall reflect the diversity of Norwegian society to the greatest extent possible. Age and gender balance among employees is therefore a goal. People with immigrant backgrounds and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply for the position.We encourage women to apply. If multiple applicants have approximately equivalent qualifications, the rules pertaining to moderate gender quotas shall apply.The University of Bergen applies the principle of public access to information when recruiting staff for academic positions.Information about applicants may be made public even if the applicant has asked not to be named on the list of persons who have applied. The applicant must be notified if the request to be omitted is not met.Further information about our employment process can be found .About The University of Bergen (UiB)The University of Bergen is a renowned educational and research institution, organised into seven faculties and approximately 54 institutes and academic centres. Campus is located in the centre of Bergen with university areas at Nygårdshøyden, Haukeland, Marineholmen, Møllendalsveien and Årstad.There are four departments and four centres at Faculty of Humanities. and