GovAI was founded to help humanity navigate the transition to a world with advanced AI. Our team and affiliate community possess expertise in a wide variety of domains, including AI regulation, responsible development and deployment practices, technical governance, agent governance, threat modelling, AI company corporate governance, US-China relations, and AI progress forecasting. Research Fellows will conduct research into open and important questions that bear on AI governance. This research could take the form of reports, policy memos, academic papers, blog posts, or whatever format is most conducive to impact. Research Fellows may also spend a substantial portion of their time engaging in direct policy advising.
Research Fellows are expected to work under the guidance of a Senior Research Fellow, but have substantial flexibility in project selection. They are also expected to offer supervision and mentorship to junior researchers, such as our Summer and Winter Fellows. Collaboration with other researchers both inside and outside of GovAI is encouraged.
We are committed to supporting the work of Research Fellows by offering expert guidance, funding for projects, limited obligations on one’s time, access to a broad network of experts and potential collaborators, and opportunities to communicate one’s research to policymakers and other audiences.
We are open to candidates with a wide range of academic or professional backgrounds. We have previously hired or hosted researchers with backgrounds in computer science, public policy, political science, economics, history, philosophy, and law. We are also interested in candidates with professional backgrounds in government, industry, and civil society. There are no specific education or experience requirements for the role, although we expect that the most promising candidates will typically possess multiple years of relevant research or policy experience.
Benefits: £80,000 (~$98,000) and £100,000 (~$122,000), if they are based in London, UK. Benefits associated with the role include health, dental, and vision insurance, a £5,000 (~$6,000) annual wellbeing budget, an annual commuting budget, flexible work hours, extended parental leave, ergonomic equipment, 10% pension contribution, and 33 days of paid vacation (including Bank Holidays).