Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Dublin Innovation Institute

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Dublin Innovation Institute About the Opportunity

Northeastern's Dublin Innovation Institute invites applications for two open-rank faculty positions at the Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Full Professor faculty levels in computational social science to begin on January 1, 2027. Appointment will be to the Institute and will report to the Head of the Institute directly. We seek scholars whose research advances our understanding of how people acquire, process, and share information in democratic societies and/or in the service of democratic norms.

Academic rank at the Associate Professor and Full Professor levels will be commensurate with experience and qualifications reflecting a record of demonstrated teaching and scholarly excellence. We welcome applicants from a wide variety of social, scientific, and computational disciplines.

Dublin Innovation Institute

The Dublin Innovation Institute is an Irish registered company wholly owned by Northeastern University, launched in 2025, based at University College Dublin. The mission of the Institute is to help build a trans-Atlantic research community around the themes of information, the internet, and contemporary democracy. These hires will be key building blocks in this initiative.

Position Overview

We welcome applications from exceptional scholars who employ computational social science approaches to study information ecosystems and their implications for democratic governance. The successful candidate will contribute to our growing interdisciplinary community of scholars examining the social, political, and technological dimensions of information flows in contemporary democracies. The position is structured to start with research responsibilities exclusively, transitioning to a combined research and teaching role in a later phase. This is a full-time, permanent position (tenure-equivalent). The successful applicant will be based in, and work from Dublin.

Research Focus

The ideal candidate's research will address questions at the intersection of information acquisition and democratic processes. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• How AI is affecting the ways in which people get civic and political information
• Information exposure and political behavior in digital environments
• Social media dynamics and democratic participation
• Misinformation, disinformation, and their effects on public opinion
• News consumption patterns and media fragmentation
• Computational approaches to studying political communication
• Algorithmic curation and its democratic implications
• Digital platforms and civic engagement
• Information networks and political polarization
• Media effects on electoral processes and accountability
• Public opinion formation in information-rich environments

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Political Science, Communication, Computer Science, Information Science, Computational Social Science or related fields in hand by the employment start date is required.

Documents to Submit

Applicants should submit a cover letter that addresses their interest in and qualifications for the position, a curriculum vitae, a research statement, a teaching statement, sample syllabi, evidence of teaching effectiveness with complete sets of recent student evaluations, and the names and contact information for at least three individuals who can each provide a letter of recommendation.

Benefits

Employee benefits specifically associated with the Dublin Innovation Institute and this position will be communicated to candidates at the interview stage only. The benefits page linked to the advert relates to the USA and is not applicable to the Dublin location.

Pay Ranges

• Assistant Professor: 95,000 - 120,000 EUR
• Associate Professor: 110,000 - 140,000 EUR
• Full Professor: 135,000 - 180,000 EUR

Position Type: Academic

Closing date: May 1, 2026

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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