About this role
<div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Job Summary</b></H2> </div><div><p> </p> <p style="margin:3.95pt 5.6pt 8.0pt 8.5pt;text-align:center;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%">PURDUE UNIVERSITY</span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.25pt 5.6pt 8.0pt 8.65pt;text-align:center;line-height:97%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:97%">College of Liberal Arts (CLA) Postdoctoral Research Assistant in</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:97%"><br></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:97%">AI, Decision Making, and Risk <br>Date Available: August 2026</span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">The College of Liberal Arts Research Academy (CLARA) at Purdue University invites applications for a full-time <strong>Postdoctoral Research Assistant </strong>position in <strong>AI, decision making, and risk</strong>. </span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:black"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">The selected candidate will join a vibrant community of faculty, staff, graduate and undergraduate students from social science and humanity programs in the College of Liberal Arts at Purdue and will be involved in interdisciplinary projects including faculty from communication, psychology, and engineering at Purdue and Rice University. This is an academic year position (9 months) with a start date of August 12. The appointment is for one year.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:black"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">1. Cover letter </span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">2. CV </span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">3. 1-3 representative manuscripts or other products demonstrating relevant expertise </span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">4. Names and contact information of at least 2 references</span><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#0462c1"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:black"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The priority deadline is March 31, 2026, but all applications will be considered until the position is filled. Questions about the position can be addressed to the Director of Purdue’s College of Liberal Arts Research Academy (CLARA), Professor Torsten Reimer, at <span style="color:#0462c1">[email protected]</span>.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Qualifications</b></H2> </div><div><p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:black"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Minimum Qualifications: </span></strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:black;text-align:left"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">PhD in social science (e.g., cognitive and decision science, psychology, communication, political science, sociology), or a technology-related field (e.g., computer science, industrial engineering) conferred by the expected start date </span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:black;text-align:left"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Substantial quantitative expertise in one or more of the following areas: human decision making; decision modeling; human-machine interaction; human perceptions of AI; large language models; data simulation; machine learning; software development </span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:black"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:black"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Preferred Qualifications: </span></strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Excellent academic writing ability on quantitative topics </span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Familiarity with relevant software environments (e.g., R, Python, SPSS) </span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Expertise in psychological research methods including experiments and modeling of cognitive processes involving AI </span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Substantive research interests related to AI and human decision making/risk </span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We are looking for an individual who is enthusiastic about studying social scientific questions of the application of AI in decision making and risk. Since the focus of the postdoc position includes AI techniques such as large language models and modeling of information processing and decision making, experience in these areas is desirable.</span></p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>FLSA Status</b></H2> </div><div>Exempt</div></div></div>