Dear colleagues, [Apologies for cross-posting] The University of Virginia’s Digital Technology for Democracy (DTD) Lab invites applications for 2-year postdoctoral fellowships. The fellowships will begin in August of 2026 and run through August 2028. At the DTD Lab, which is part of the Karsh Institute of Democracy, our understandings of democracy and technology, and their intersections, are broad and interdisciplinary. We expect candidates to be creative in their approaches and, at the same time, to clearly articulate their personal understanding of technology and democracy in their project proposal. We are particularly interested in transdisciplinary research that addresses key topics at the intersection of digital technology and democracy, and we are eager to bring in a cohort that addresses these issues at global, regional, and local levels. We seek a broad range of viewpoints, perspectives, and experiences and welcome applications from all over the world. The Lab will work with the UVA International Studies Office to sponsor visas as needed. The annual salary for each position is $65,000, with additional research funding of $5,000 per year. In addition to salary and research funding, standard UVA resources will be provided, including healthcare, computing resources, and access to library support and VIVA-negotiated collective agreements that lower or eliminate APCs with select publishers. More information and the application link are available here: https://jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0077062/Digital-Technology-for-Democrac... Application Deadline: December 15, 2025; notifications will be sent in March 2026. Interested in learning more? Join us for a Zoom info session. October session: https://dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/dtd-lab-postdoctoral-fellow-information-se... November session: https://dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/dtd-lab-postdoctoral-fellow-information-se... Please get in touch with Amy Tackitt for additional support: nzz7ca@virginia.edu Thank you, J. Jess Reia, Ph.D. (they/them) Andrew Carnegie Fellow <https://www.carnegie.org/awards/honoree/jess-reia/> Assistant Professor of Data Science Faculty co-lead, Digital Technology for Democracy Lab <https://karshinstitute.virginia.edu/digital-technology-democracy-lab>, University of Virginia Visiting Scholar, Institute for Global Public Policy <https://igpp.fudan.edu.cn/igppen/main.htm>, Fudan University 2024-2025 Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Democracy & Technology <https://cdt.org/> <https://karshinstitute.virginia.edu/> New book: Urban Music Governance <https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/U/bo245009492.html> <https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/U/bo245009492.html> reia@virginia.edu | https://datascience.virginia.edu/