<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><br></div><div> <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Apologies for the multiple cross-postings</span></div><div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The Centre for Engineering in Society, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada is happy to announce a job posting for a tenure-track Assistant Professor. We are looking for someone with a PhD in STS or closely related field and with at least an engineering or computer science degree in their educational background. </font></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">The posting is titled Responsible and Sustainable Innovation in Engineering but we are open to candidates who do research in a range of areas related to innovation, technoscience and society. We are especially interested in candidates with </span><span style="color:black">research interests in a critical reading of technology innovation from angles such as decolonization and technology development; degrowth, infrastructure, energy, & climate change; transnational & Southern perspectives on innovation especially from Africa, Asia or Latin America; or racialized and gendered labour of innovation in Artificial Intelligence, Smart Cities, Healthcare or other high-tech contexts. </span><span style="color:black">The selected candidate will maintain an active research agenda and will additionally contribute to the teaching and program-oriented needs of the unit. </span></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Candidates who demonstrate evidence of advancing equity and inclusion in their research, teaching or community engagement are strongly encouraged to apply. </span><span style="color:black;font-family:arial,sans-serif">They will join a supportive unit that seeks to nurture inclusive academic excellence at the intersection of technoscience, engineering, and society. </span></p><p style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:black"><br></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Electronic applications should be submitted by </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder;color:rgb(0,0,0)">January 15, 2024</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">, but applications will continue to be reviewed until the position is filled. </span><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">More details about the posting are available <a href="https://www.concordia.ca/ginacody/about/jobs/ces/2023/tt-responsible-sustainable-innovation-engineering.html" title="https://www.concordia.ca/ginacody/about/jobs/ces/2023/tt-responsible-sustainable-innovation-engineering.html" style="color:blue" target="_blank">here</a>. </font></p><p style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="color:black"><br></font></p><p style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Concordia University is an English-language public institution of higher learning (where</span></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">the primary language of instruction and research is English)</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> in the French-speaking province of Québec. Since this position supports academic functions of the university, proficiency in English is required. Working knowledge of French, including reading and grading student work in French, will be an asset. We especially welcome bilingual candidates who are comfortable practicing research in both English and French. </span></p><p style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font style="color:black"><br></font></font></p><p style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font style="color:black">The Centre for Engineering in Society is a unique interdisciplinary experiment that seeks to bring</font><font style="color:black"> critical STS scholars to work within a large engineering and computer science faculty. The centre's primary mandate has been to contribute to the instruction of professional skills for engineering graduates. However, through our research-active faculty members, the centre has made a mark in the university as a space for doing novel research that advances questions of equity and sustainability in technoscientific research. </font></font></p><p style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font style="color:black"><br></font></font></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Please feel free to contact me if you need any further clarifications or are unsure if you fit the profile. I am also happy to answer any questions about the working environment in the unit/university/province. Feel free to circulate this email on other listservs or study groups</span><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font style="color:black"><br></font></font></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Best wishes</span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Govind Gopakumar (he/him)</span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Associate Professor and Chair, Centre for Engineering in Society</span></p><p style="margin:0in"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science</font></p><p style="margin:0in"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Concordia University, Montreal, Canada</font></p><p style="margin:0in"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Email: <a href="mailto:govind.gopakumar@concordia.ca" target="_blank">govind.gopakumar@concordia.ca</a> </font></p><p style="margin:0in"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p style="margin:0in"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Job posting available here: </span><a href="https://www.concordia.ca/ginacody/about/jobs/ces/2023/tt-responsible-sustainable-innovation-engineering.html" target="_blank">https://www.concordia.ca/ginacody/about/jobs/ces/2023/tt-responsible-sustainable-innovation-engineering.html</a> </p><br></div></div></div>
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