Postdoctoral Researcher in Information Law

Do you enjoy:

• Doing in-depth research into issues around the use of AI in media and journalism?
• Solving legal problems and experiment with ways to translate normative ideals into practice?
• Work together an international (NL, DE, NO), interdisciplinary team and media partners
• Through the research help local journalism and support the development of responsible AI in local journalism?

Then the job of postdoctoral researcher in Information Law at the University of Amsterdam is perfect for you.

What does this job entail?

A major challenge facing journalism today lies in the collapse of local news provision. AI applications for various activities along the news value chain offer opportunities for local media to better cope with the economic and societal challenges they face. Therefore, this international and interdisciplinary project will conduct Design Thinking projects with local media partners to develop and evaluate prototypes of responsible AI applications and investigate the broader organisational, societal, economic, ethical and legal conditions that facilitate or constrain responsible AI. Based on the findings of the project and in collaboration with international, national and regional industry partners, we will develop and disseminate best practices and guidelines for responsible AI in local journalism.

The project is a collaboration between Prof. Natali Helberger (University of Amsterdam), Prof. Wouter van Atteveldt (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Prof. Helle Sjøvaag (University of Stavanger), Prof. Neil Thurman (University of Munich), Prof. Mario Haim (University of Munich) and Dr. Bartozs Wilczek (University of Munich). This particular position is located at the University of Amsterdam at the Faculty of Law. The project is funded through a grant of the German VolkswagenStiftung.

The legal postdoc will work as part of a team of journalism and communication scholars, media economics and computer science experts and be responsible for the legal work package. The legal work package engages in a comparative study of the (self)regulatory framework for AI in local journalism and identifies concrete solutions and best practices to incentivize and facilitate the responsible use of AI in journalism.