Post Doc position for Center for Computational Thinking at Dept. of Computer Science, Aarhus Univeristy

Center for Computational Thinking and Design cctd.au.dk, an interdisciplinary research center at Deparment of Computer Science, Aarhus University is offering a 2-years and 3 months Post Doc position.

Complex digital technologies increasingly influence the lives of children, however often without their knowing and most often giving them very little chance to understand and shape how these digital technology areas influence their lives and society.
Computational Empowerment is concerned with how children and youth, can gain the skills and reflexivity to creatively construct, take advantage of and understand digital technologies which are influencing their lives and society.

The Post Doc position is focused on Computational Thinking and Empowerment related to Cybersecurity and Machine Learning. The selected candidate will be involved in investigating how to develop interactive tools and activities for bringing cybersecurity and machine learning into teacher training and classrooms in K-12 education. This research will be conducted in the context of the newly established, interdisciplinary National Knowledge Centre for Digital Technology Comprehension https://tekforstaa.dk/, and as part hereof in collaboration with teacher trainers and teachers. In addition, the candidate is expected to contribute to the management of research projects in the areas of k-12 computational thinking research for machine learning and cybersecurity.

Moreover, the candidate is expected to develop his/her own research, as well as take part in the activities in the centres (CCTD and knowledge center) more broadly.

The activities of the candidate will include:

• Research project management.
• Design and develop research prototypes and research products of educational tools.
• Develop educational materials and interactive tools in collaboration with teachers.
• Manage and facilitate design processes with educators and schools.

Qualifications and specific competences:
The ideal candidate has a PhD in computer science, human computer interaction or child computer interaction and can construct IT-based research prototype toolkits in the area of machine learning and cyber security.
In addition, the candidate has documented experience with managing a research project, and with empirical, participatory and/or research through design research methods, and has interest or experience in the areas of computational thinking and working with children at different age groups

Deadline:
Deadline for applications is January 2nd, 2025.
Start date: February 1st, 2025 or soon thereafter. The position is for 2 years and 3 months.

Contact information:
For further information please contact Professor Marianne Graves Petersen ([email protected])

Place of work:
IT-parken, Åbogade 34, 8200 Aarhus N

Application procedure
Shortlisting is used. This means that after the deadline for applications – and with the assistance from the assessment committee chairman, and the appointment committee if necessary, – the head of department selects the candidates to be evaluated. All applicants will be notified whether or not their applications have been sent to an expert assessment committee for evaluation. The selected applicants will be informed about the composition of the committee, and each applicant is given the opportunity to comment on the part of the assessment that concerns him/her self. Once the recruitment process is completed a final letter of rejection is sent to the deselected applicants.

Letter of reference
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Formalities and salary range
Natural Sciences refers to the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Danish Universities under the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.

The application must be in English and include a curriculum vitae, degree certificate, a complete list of publications, a statement of future research plans and information about research activities, teaching portfolio and verified information on previous teaching experience (if any). Guidelines for applicants can be found here.

Appointment shall be in accordance with the collective labour agreement between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. Further information on qualification requirements and job content may be found in the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Danish Universities.

Salary depends on seniority as agreed between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and the Confederation of Professional Associations.

Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants.

Research activities will be evaluated in relation to actual research time. Thus, we encourage applicants to specify periods of leave without research activities, in order to be able to subtract these periods from the span of the scientific career during the evaluation of scientific productivity.

Aarhus University offers a broad variety of services for international researchers and accompanying families, including relocation service and career counselling to expat partners. Read more here. Please find more information about entering and working in Denmark here.

Aarhus University also offers a Junior Researcher Development Programme targeted at career development for postdocs at AU. You can read more about it here.

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The application must be submitted via Aarhus University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website.

Aarhus University
Aarhus University is an academically diverse and research-intensive university with a strong commitment to high-quality research and education and the development of society nationally and globally. The university offers an inspiring research and teaching environment to its 38,000 students (FTEs) and 8,300 employees, and has an annual revenues of EUR 935 million. Learn more at www.international.au.dk/

Department: Datalogi, Institut for/Computer Science, Dept. of

Deadline: 02 January 2025

Location: Aarhus N Åbogade 34