From: Lina Dencik <L.Dencik@gold.ac.uk>
Date: Friday, 5 June 2026 at 15:01
To: air-l <air-l@listserv.aoir.org>
Subject: Postdoc positions on ERC-funded STATETECH project

Dear all,

The first 3 postdoc positions for the project 'State-tech relations in the datafied welfare state [STATETECH]', funded by an ERC Advanced Grant and hosted by Goldsmiths, University of London, are now open for applications! Deadline is 21st of June, interviews week commencing 6th of July, start date October 1st.

STATETECH investigates the relationship between the welfare state and digital technology providers in the context of data-driven innovation and explores what this means for a European social model. It is premised on two significant assumptions: 1) the relationship between digital technology providers and the welfare state is qualitatively different from previous and other forms of service provision; and 2) the European social model is transitioning towards a socio-technical model that has implications for welfare state functions. STATETECH investigates four lines of enquiry: a) governmentality; b) infrastructure; c) rentierism; and d) political regulation in order to assess a new institutional formation I refer to as the ‘tenant-state’. 

Postdoc positions: 

2 x Postdoctoral Research Associate (Work Package: Governmentality), 36 months 1.0FTE, to carry out ethnographic research on public sector bureaucracies within central pillars of the welfare state across different European countries: https://jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/postdoctoral-research-associate-x2-612019.html

1 x Postdoctoral Research Associate (Work Package: Rentierism), 36 months 1.0 FTE, to carry out document analysis on partnerships between governments and digital technology providers across different European countries: https://jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/postdoctoral-research-associate-612023.html

A fourth postdoctoral research associate position on Work Package: Infrastructure will go live next week.

Best,

Lina