[HASTS-jobs] Fwd: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Civic Science

[Karen L Gardner]

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From: <samantha.fried at tufts.edu<mailto:samantha.fried at tufts.edu>>
Subject: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Civic Science
Date: March 3, 2020 at 9:00:00 AM EST
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Call for Applicants: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Civic Science

Tufts University’s Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life will award a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Civic Science for the 2020-21 academic year (June 1, 2020-May 31, 2021). This postdoctoral fellowship is offered in partnership with the Charles F. Kettering Foundation in Dayton, OH, and involves some work at Kettering’s offices in Dayton as well as full-time employment at Tufts in the Boston area.

The Tisch College Civic Science initiative (https://tischcollege.tufts.edu/civic-studies/civic-science), led by Dr. Peter Levine and Dr. Samantha Fried, aims to reframe the relationships among scientists and scientific institutions, institutions of higher education, the state, the media and the public. It also asks about the relationships and distinctions among those institutions, historically and today. With this context in mind, Civic Science seeks to…

  *   Reconfigure the national conversation on divisive and complex issues that are both scientific and political in nature, thereby connecting scientific institutions, research, and publications to people’s values, beliefs, and choices.
  *   Define and advance the public good in science, thereby finding ways for scientific institutions to better serve communities and human needs.
  *   Develop curricula that simultaneously attend to scientific and civic issues and that teach students to understand and communicate both kinds of narratives together to a variety of audiences.
  *   Develop approaches to democratic governance that are attuned to the role of the scientific enterprise in society.
  *   Ask what it would mean to earn the trust of communities that have been historically marginalized by the institution of science, and what science would look like if this was a priority.
  *   Intervene at the institutional and grassroots levels, alongside a robust theoretical analysis.

Applicants must also demonstrate a strong interest in investigating the intersections of science and civic matters as the focus of their postdoctoral year.

Qualifications

A scholar with a PhD in any relevant discipline who is not yet tenured.

Desirable qualifications include, but are not limited to, the following:

  *   A background, degree, or certificate in a STEM (or STEM-adjacent) field, OR
  *   Research on the strengthening, designing, or the evaluation of democratic processes, OR
  *   A background in political science or political theory, OR
  *   A background in science, technology, and society (STS), OR
  *   A background in critical theory, media studies, rhetoric, philosophy of science and technology, or science communication.

For more information, and to learn more about application materials and further requirements, visit https://apply.interfolio.com/59747. Questions about the position should be addressed to Dr. Peter Levine, Associate Dean of Tisch College, at Peter.Levine at tufts.edu<mailto:Peter.Levine at tufts.edu>.

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Samantha Jo Fried, PhD
Program Manager for Science, Technology, and Society (STS) | Postdoctoral Fellow in Civic Science
Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life
Tufts University
samanthajofried.com<https://www.samanthajofried.com/>


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