The postdoc will be involved in all aspects of this project, working in close collaboration with PIs Amodio and Schuck and other members of their team. Tasks will include:

• The design and collection of human annotator labels of faces images;

• Training image classification models to classify faces on the basis of identity and other features;

• The design and administration of social cognition experiments to examine effects of model outputs on human social judgments and decisions;

• Working with similar existing datasets;

• Presentation of our findings at scientific meetings;

• The writing of manuscripts that report our results.

You have:

• A PhD in psychology, communication science, data science, or computer science (or a related discipline), or an expected PhD in one of these areas prior to the start date;

• Demonstrated interest in research on the intersection of society and AI, preferably as it relates to forms of algorithmic bias;

• Experience with machine learning or computational modeling;

• Strong quantitative skills, including proficiency with Python and R (and ideally also Javascript);

• Preferably, experience with research in (or related to) experimental social cognition;

• The ability to work well both independently and as part of a team;

• Experience communicating your work in the form of publications and conference presentations;

• Plans to continue in academia (e.g., plans to continue as a postdoc or assistant professor).

For contracts that possibly can be permanent: If you prove to be a good fit and financial and organizational circumstances remain unchanged, the contract will be converted into a permanent employment agreement.

This is a temporary employment contract for 32 - 38 hours per week, for the duration of 12 months. The position can begin as early as May 1, 2025, although the start date is negotiable and could be as late as August 1, 2025.