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 release practices, technical governance, agent governance, threat modelling, AI company corporate governance, US-China relations, and AI progress forecasting.
The Research Scholar role is a one-year visiting position. It is designed to support AI governance researchers’ and practitioners’ career development, while offering an opportunity to do high-impact work. As a Research Scholar, you will have freedom to pursue many types of work. This could include conducting policy research, social science research, or relevant technical research; engaging with and advising policymakers; or starting and managing applied projects.
The Research Scholar role is a one-year visiting position. It is designed to support AI governance researchers’ and practitioners’ career development, while offering an opportunity to do high-impact work. As a Research Scholar, you will have freedom to pursue many types of work. You will receive research supervision from a member of the GovAI team or network. The frequency of supervisor meetings and feedback will vary depending on supervisor availability, although once-a-week or once-every-two-weeks supervision meetings are typical. There will also be a number of additional opportunities for Research Scholars to receive feedback, including internal work-in-progress seminars. You will receive further support from an additional mentor chosen from our network, as well as from one of our Research Managers.
We are open to candidates with a wide range of academic and professional backgrounds. We have previously hired or hosted researchers with academic backgrounds in computer science, political science, public policy, economics, history, philosophy, and law. We are also interested in candidates with professional backgrounds in government, industry, and civil society. For candidates who are hoping to do particular kinds of work (e.g. technical research) or work on particular topics (e.g. US policy), we will also look for expertise and experience that is relevant to the particular kind of work they intend to do. There are no educational requirements for the role. We have previously made offers to candidates at a wide variety of career stages. However, we expect that the most promising candidates will typically have either graduate degrees or relevant professional experience.
Benefits: £75,000 ($90,000) and £90,000 ($110,000) 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 travel budget, flexible work hours, extended parental leave, ergonomic equipment, a 10% employer pension contribution, and 33 days of paid vacation (including public holidays).