[Air-L] Digital Technology for Democracy Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, UVA

[Jess Reia]

Dear colleagues,

[Apologies for cross-posting]

The University of Virginia’s Digital Technology for Democracy (DTD) Lab
invites applications for 2-year postdoctoral fellowships. The fellowships
will begin in August of 2026 and run through August 2028. At the DTD Lab,
which is part of the Karsh Institute of Democracy, our understandings of
democracy and technology, and their intersections, are broad and
interdisciplinary. We expect candidates to be creative in their approaches
and, at the same time, to clearly articulate their personal understanding
of technology and democracy in their project proposal.

We are particularly interested in transdisciplinary research that addresses
key topics at the intersection of digital technology and democracy, and we
are eager to bring in a cohort that addresses these issues at global,
regional, and local levels. We seek a broad range of viewpoints,
perspectives, and experiences and welcome applications from all over the
world. The Lab will work with the UVA International Studies Office to
sponsor visas as needed.

The annual salary for each position is $65,000, with additional research
funding of $5,000 per year. In addition to salary and research funding,
standard UVA resources will be provided, including healthcare, computing
resources, and access to library support and VIVA-negotiated collective
agreements that lower or eliminate APCs with select publishers.

More information and the application link are available here:
https://jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0077062/Digital-Technology-for-Democracy-Postdoctoral-Research-Fellow


Application Deadline: December 15, 2025; notifications will be sent in
March 2026.

Interested in learning more? Join us for a Zoom info session.
October session:
https://dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/dtd-lab-postdoctoral-fellow-information-session/

November session:
https://dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/dtd-lab-postdoctoral-fellow-information-session-2/


Please get in touch with Amy Tackitt for additional support:
nzz7ca at virginia.edu

Thank you,
J.

Jess Reia, Ph.D.  (they/them)

Andrew Carnegie Fellow <https://www.carnegie.org/awards/honoree/jess-reia/>
Assistant Professor of Data Science
Faculty co-lead, Digital Technology for Democracy Lab
<https://karshinstitute.virginia.edu/digital-technology-democracy-lab>,
University
of Virginia

Visiting Scholar, Institute for Global Public Policy
<https://igpp.fudan.edu.cn/igppen/main.htm>, Fudan University
2024-2025 Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Democracy & Technology
<https://cdt.org/>
<https://karshinstitute.virginia.edu/>

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