Dear all, we are starting to hire! We are currently seeking to fill 18 PhD-position in the field of Communicative AI / Generative AI and society. The positions are announced as part of a major research cluster on Communicative AI funded by the German and the Austrian Research Foundations, led by Andreas Hepp and Wiebke Loosen, with PIs from multiple disciplines and research institutions, including me. The PhD positions are fully funded for 4 years, located mostly at ZeMKI, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research, University of Bremen, others are located in Hamburg, Vienna, and Graz. Work will be interdisciplinary but our perspective is informed by media and communications, sociology / STS, law, and computer science / HCI. Deadline is September 27, 2024. Project start January 1, 2025. https://www.comai.space/jobs.html I am personally seeking two PhD candidates to work on the governance and discourses with regard to ComAI / Generative AI. What are the emerging rulesets for ComAI? Think: content moderation for generative AI? What are the controversies and discourses on the role and rules of Generative AI? Let me know if you have questions, and please do share this with your graduates! Best, Christian — Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach Professor of Media and Communication Centre for Media, Communication & Information Research (ZeMKI), University of Bremen www.uni-bremen.de/zemki Lab Platform Governance, Media and Technology (PGMT) platform-governance.org Visiting Professor London School of Economics (LSE) www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications Associated Researcher Alexander von Humboldt Institut for Internet and Society (HIIG) www.hiig.de