Post-Doctoral Position: Research Project On “Organizations And Algorithms”
DEPARTMENT: Strategy Area
LOCATION: Asia Campus
CONTRACT: Full Time
REFERENCE: AIPOST
Prof. Phanish Puranam seeks a full-time Postdoctoral Researcher at INSEAD’s Singapore campus starting beginning of 2025. The postdoctoral researcher will be provided with a salary and a small personal research budget and will join in the ongoing research of Prof. Puranam and collaborators on the theme of “Organizations and Algorithms”. This work covers different ways in which algorithms relate to organizations, in their roles as tools (e.g., machine learning applied to organizational data), models (e.g., computational models of organizations as aggregations of learning agents) and as members (e.g., human-AI collaboration). Please see Prof. Puranam’s SSRN page for recent published and working papers on these topics.
This is a full time one or two years position, assuming academic achievement and service at a level at or above expectations, with a formal review after the first year.
The ideal candidate for this Postdoctoral Researcher will be a recent PhD graduate with a deep interest in this domain who can provide research support in terms of analyses involving programming, data analyses and visualization, taking on a “lab manager” role to coordinate other research support, and possibly to join as an author on some projects. The role involves a proportion of time dedicated to publishing the candidates own ongoing research projects, and also features opportunities to develop the candidates own pedagogical skills by assisting in Prof. Puranam’s teaching on these topics.
Detailed information about Prof. Puranam is available here: https://www.insead.edu/faculty-research/faculty/phanish-puranam
QUALIFICATIONS:
· Applicants must have completed a PhD in Management or related social science discipline before the beginning the fellowship. Prior work (including but not limited to dissertation) must involve working with large datasets and facility with computer programming.
· Excellent academic record and work ethic required.
· Excellent organizational and oral/written communication skills required.
· Enthusiasm for research required. The ideal candidate will be thinking of this position as a platform to build skills towards taking on a research professorship in the future.
· Strong programming skills in Stata and Python required.
APPLICATION:
To be considered for the position, please submit
1. Curriculum vitae;
2. A brief profile of your research program, including description of datasets you have worked on and status of current projects;
3. Up to three published or working research papers, one of which you must be the primary or sole author; and
4. Up to three letters of recommendation.
Applications and letters of recommendation may be submitted by email to [email protected]. The review will begin immediately. Applications will be considered until the position is filled. Please mention job reference (AIPOST). The review will begin immediately. Applications will be considered until the position is filled.