PhD Position "EU Engagement in Global Standard Setting for Artificial Intelligence"

The UvA department of political science is looking for a PhD researcher embedded in the RegulAite project led by Prof. Dr. Daniel Mügge.

RegulAite investigates how the European Union regulates artificial intelligence (AI) in the context of global geopolitical, economic, and technological competition. Its core premise is that to minimise the potential risks from AI and maximise its benefits for society, EU AI regulation will have to accommodate the global force field in which it unfolds and will be implemented. Project details and background can be found on the RegulAite website .

Financed by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) through a Vici grant, RegulAite is hosted by the PETGOV (Political Economy and Transnational Governance) programme group in the political science department.

What are you going to do

This PhD project investigates the interaction between the EU and relevant international organizations in the development for ethical and technical standards for AI (see subproject IV ). Examples of relevant organizations include the OECD, the ITU, the G20 and NATO. The project both maps patterns of EU engagement in these initiatives and seeks to explain them. Based on those findings, it assesses alternative future scenarios for such engagement and their relative merits and ancillary effects.

Embedded in the RegulAite project, the successful candidate will be part of a larger team studying issues of EU AI regulation, but with their own dedicated field of inquiry.

You will:

• Complete a PhD dissertation, based either on a monograph or a collection of scientific articles, within the duration of the contract on the topic outlined above;
• Aid the dissemination of your research results through widely accessible formats;
• Actively contribute to the RegulAite project's activities and outreach;
• Contribute to collective academic publications, as appropriate;
• Spend up to 10 percent of your contract time teaching at the political science department, as agreed with the BA teaching director.