项目介绍

2024年10月12日

Function

The Knowledge, Technology and Innovation Group of Wageningen University is looking for a PhD researcher who will join the project from data to food security intelligence. The successful candidate will draw from concepts of data sovereignty and data justice within a practical environment by, for example, analysing how ownership, access, privacy and benefits are constructed and enacted in the context of a programme that aims to make artificial intelligence and data science responsive to the needs of local decision-makers.  

The project forms part of an interdisciplinary programme on food security intelligence in which a group of PhD researchers collaborate across different case studies in East and West African countries. The empirical insights of the project will contribute to a growing need to understand ethical governance processes in data generation and use, and how data governance can support meaningful knowledge production and circulation within this important domain. In addition, through participatory mechanisms you will generate insights into the data governance infrastructures and broader social mechanisms that are necessary to support equitable pathways to improved food security.

The start date is March 1st, 2025, and the contract is for four years.

In this exciting  position you will:

• conduct literature reviews, and develop research questions, methodology and project design, related to the topic of focus.
• plan and execute fieldwork and data collection using qualitative and participatory approaches.
• engage with relevant stakeholders and build networks in case study areas in East and West African countries. 
• draft and publish high quality journal articles in international journals.
• work collaboratively in a team across disciplines and with multiple stakeholders
• have opportunities to supervise Masters and Bachelors students and gain teaching experience

You will work here
The research is embedded in the chair group Knowledge Technology and Innovation Group, led by  prof.dr. Anita Hardon. You will be supervised by dr. Katharine Legun.

Function Requirements

You are/ You have:

• research experience in/affinity with East or West African countries. Preference will be given to candidates with such experience;
• MSc in a relevant social science discipline (sociology, science and technology studies, empirical philosophy, anthropology, human geography, etc);
• experience with qualitative approaches, including interviewing and/or participatory action research. Knowledge of creative and novel qualitative methodologies a plus;
• experience working in rural environments;
• familiarity with and interest in the politics of technological change in agriculture and data intensive technologies;
• data science skills are a plus;
• excellent analytical skills and conceptual understanding;;
• strong communicative, collaboration, networking and writing skills;
• French or Portuguese language skills a plus.

Contactinformation

For more information about this position, please contact Katharine Legun, Assistant Professor by e-mail: katharine.legun@wur.nl
For more information about the procedure, please contact: vacaturemeldingen.psg@wur.nl