The Center for Digital Narrative at the University of Bergen in Norway invites applications to two four-year postdoctoral positions in Narrative Theory and Generative AI, one focused on Scandinavian narratives and the other on narratives from a non-Western culture (for example India). The application deadline is 1 August 2024. The salary is NOK 624 500 per year (about €55,000 or USD 59,000), and membership in the Norwegian welfare system. We are looking for somebody with a PhD in literary studies, media studies or similar who has expertise in narratology or other approaches to analysing and theorising narratives. The two positions will be part of an ERC Advanced Grant research team on the project AI STORIES: Narrative Archetypes for Artificial Intelligence. Links to full job ads: - Scandinavian focus: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/264677/postdoctoral-research-... - Non-Western focus: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/264694/postdoctoral-research-... The Center for Digital Narrative: http://uib.no/en/cdn AI STORIES: Narrative Archetypes for Artificial Intelligence is an ERC Advanced Grant led by Professor Jill Walker Rettberg.The project will explore and test the hypothesis that deep narrative structures in the datasets that are used to train generative AI models are replicated and perhaps exaggerated in the output of generative AI, and that this could lead to culturally specific narrative biases. Work tasks: - Work in a research team to develop narrative theory that synthesizes and expands on existing research to directly address narrativity in generative AI. This includes developing a thorough literature review of relevant narrative theories and building upon this to develop new theoretical frameworks. - Researching specific traits in non-Western narrative traditions from a culture where English is an official or commonly used language, such as India or Nigeria, and working with the project team to develop evaluation criteria for experiments to assess narrative biases in the output of generative AI that is trained on such narratives. - Publish scientific articles, as well as presenting research at scientific conferences and to the general public, the technology industry, politicians, and other relevant parties. - Co-author a scholarly monograph on narratology and AI with Jill Walker Rettberg and the other postdoctoral research fellow at the project. - Contribute to planning project workshops and take the lead on organising specific events. For more information, email jill.walker.rettberg@uib.no<mailto:jill.walker.rettberg@uib.no> Jill Walker Rettberg Professor, Co-Director Center for Digital Narrative<http://uib.no/en/cdn> Leader of Machine Vision in Everyday Life<https://www.uib.no/en/machinevision/> (ERC-CoG) and AI STORIES<https://www.uib.no/en/cdn/169806/erc-wants-see-what-shapes-stories-ai-tells-us> (ERC-AdG) University of Bergen https://www.uib.no/en/persons/Jill.Walker.Rettberg