Dear all, The Georgetown Initiative on Technology and Society is seeking a Postdoctoral Fritz Research Fellow to work with the Knight–Georgetown Institute (KGI) and Communication, Culture & Technology (CCT) Program with research interests at the intersection of *technology policy, computational methods, and research translation*. The Postdoc Fellow is expected to engage only in research. The postdoc will be part of a project led by Meg Jones (CCT), Peter Chapman (KGI), and Leticia Bode (both) that seeks to better understand how, when, how much, what kind, and under what circumstances empirical research is integrated into tech policy litigation in the United States at the federal and state level. Specifically we seek to establish how often and what types of research are currently being used in the process around tech policymaking. While there are dozens of entities that engage in tech policymaking, we will focus our initial efforts at understanding how research is used in several judicial settings within state and federal courts deciding platform governance cases (e.g, social media regulation, consumer protection and product liability cases, design code cases, age verification cases, etc). Specific project aims related to this goal include understanding: What research is cited in briefs for platform governance claims at each level of state and federal cases? What research is cited in amicus briefs for platform governance claims at each level of state and federal cases? What are the attributes of that research? How have courts used (or not used) that research? Has it been ignored, incorporated, interpreted, determinative, emphasized, etc? The postdoc is expected to provide support for all aspects of the project, including overall design, project management, mentorship of at least two student workers on the project, qualitative data collection and analysis, quantitative data collection and analysis, large-scale data scraping from relevant content, extraction of relevant information from those bodies of data, and writing of relevant findings. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience with at least several of the following: current tech policy debates and processes, data scraping, natural language processing, qualitative interviewing and analysis, survey research and analysis, student mentorship, and project management. The postdoc is expected to run bi-weekly meetings with the project team and attend weekly KGI meetings, as well as participate in KGI events and the broader Georgetown Tech & Society community. Fellowships are for one academic year and summer (August 1, 2025 – July 31, 2026, with a possible earlier start date), with the general expectation of renewal for one additional year. Fellows will receive a stipend (range $70,000 - $90,000) and a $5,000 research fund plus health insurance coverage and will be provided working space. For a complete description of the listing and information on how to apply - please see: https://apply.interfolio.com/160084 Feel free to contact us for more information. The deadline for the first review of applications is January 15, 2025 All the best, Meg, Pete, and Leticia