Hi all, Please forward! I am hiring a qualitative postdoc to work on my AI & scams project! This is ideal for anyone studying financial cultures, youth culture, scams, prediction markets, crypto, hoaxes, etc. (See below) You'll be primarily working with me but the project is a collab with Dr. Lana Swartz at UVA and her DICE lab. https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/datasocietyresearchinstitute/jobs/859806400... Starts this September, remote (US only). Full details at the link, but here is the top-level stuff: Data & Society is seeking a post-doctoral research fellow for our AI-Enabled Scams as a Systemic Security Challenge project, housed under our AI & Democracy initiative and led by Director of Research Dr. Alice Marwick. This body of work examines how artificial intelligence is reshaping democratic practice, knowledge production, security, and trust. This position will report to the Director of Research, Alice Marwick, and will not have people manager responsibilities. *This position is fully remote and will begin in September 2026 with an end date of May 31, 2028. * Overall, the AI Scams project looks at how artificial intelligence is supercharging scams, frauds, and hoaxes. We have published a primer and a policy report examining the scope and scale of AI-enabled scams and policy responses. This specific project examines young people?s (Gen A/Z) susceptibility to scams, and how trust, legitimacy, and risk are constructed in online interactions. We are particularly interested in youth financial cultures, such as cryptocurrency, multi-level marketing schemes, sports betting, influencers, prediction markets, retail arbitrage, memestocks, drop-shipping, ?hustle and grind? culture, etc. and how it changes youth understanding of financial opportunity and risk. The post-doctoral fellow will be working on a qualitative research project with two components. First, alongside the PI, they will be conducting interviews and focus groups with a) individuals who have encountered or been harmed by AI-enabled scams and b) youth involved in risky financial subcultures; and second, qualitative discourse and/or content analysis of scam materials, workflows, and use of generative tools. The team also includes a policy analyst, so experience with tech policy is desired, although not necessary. The end goal of this project is to translate our findings into bipartisan policy and governance recommendations, and to bring together consumer protection and cybersecurity perspectives on scams. This study is best supported by a researcher with training in communication, media studies, information studies, economic sociology, critical cybersecurity studies, education, youth studies, science and technology studies, anthropology, or similar. They will also have approximately 30% of their time available for their own research agenda. *The Candidate * Candidates may have a PhD in any number of disciplines, but should have a strong background conducting empirical, qualitative research; be interested in questions related to youth, finance, risk, and emerging technology; have experience recruiting and working with populations for qualitative interview studies; and, ideally, have experience with discourse or content analysis. Candidates should be self-motivated and ambitious, but enjoy working on interdisciplinary, collaborative teams, contributing to peer intellectual production, and engaging broad public audiences with research. Ideal candidates are also committed to social change and oriented to practical applications of research and its implications for practice, design, and governance of new technologies, and have a strong desire to understand how technology and power shape our society. Candidates must be able to write for multiple audiences and be part of a public-facing research institute. Thanks! I can answer some questions but not anything that's already covered by the ad :) *Alice E. Marwick, PhD (she/her)* *Director of Research, Data & Society* Research Associate Professor, Department of Communication Senior Faculty Researcher, Center for Information, Technology and Public Life (CITAP), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill amarwick at gmail.com http://www.tiara.org <http://www.tiara.org>| http://www.datasociety.net | http://citap.unc.edu <http://citap.unc.edu>