VIRT-EU: Values and ethics in Innovation for Responsible
Technology in Europe - Horizon 2020 Selection procedure to
cover 1 position for Research Fellow (full time job, 3
years)
Valid till:
Monday, 12 December, 2016
The Polytechnic University of Turin (POLITO) invites
candidates to apply for a Research Fellow position
(Post-Doctoral Researcher, three years contract,
full-time) starting from February/March 2016.
POLITO has recently been awarded EU Horizon 2020 funding,
for the project VIRT-EU “Values and Ethics in Innovation
for Responsible Technology in Europe” (Principal
Investigator: Alessandro Mantelero), and has a
requirementmakes available a for a Post-Doctoral
Researcher position, to fulfil such commitmentconduct the
planned work.
About VIRT-EU
The networked future promises new relationships between
people and artifacts, the private and the public, the
individual and the collective. The increased networking
capabilities of pervasive technologies mean implies that
large amounts of of personal data are being produced,
analyzed, monetized and connected to other data streams in
ways that hold both enormous potential and pose profound
challenges for European society.
Recent policy, such as the EU General Data Protection
Regulation, reflects mounting public concerns around
emerging data practices, Reponsible Research and
Innovation (RRI)I, data ethics and privacy. VIRT-EU
addresses these concerns at the point of design through
researching and intervening upon the development cultures
and ethics of the next generation of IoT innovators. The
project investigates how do European IoT innovators and
developers make ethically consequential decisions – about
code, hardware and data – when designing and programming
for new connected devices. Moreover, the project would
shed light on the assumptions about human behavior,
privacy and freedom that underpin European cultures of IoT
innovation.
VIRT-EU will analyze and map the ethical practices of
European hardware and software entrepreneurs, maker and
hacker spaces, and community innovators. The main goals of
this project are to (1) understand how IoT innovators
enact ethics as they design future devices and (2)
generate a new framework for Privacy, Ethical and Social
Impact Assessment (PESIA), which will proactively position
ethical self-assessments in the development process of IoT
technologies.
These tools, informed by legal approaches, data mining,
quantitative and qualitative social science and design
research serve to secure a place for societal concerns in
the generation of new technologies, engaging societal
stakeholders in ensuring a digital future which is
populated by innovative devices and services that are
explicitly aligned with, and conscious of, the ethical and
social values held by EU citizens.
The VIRT-EU project includes five European research
partners besides POLITO:
Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design (DK)
IT University of Copenhagen (DK)
London School of Economics (UK)
Open Rights Group (UK)
Uppsala University (SE)
You can find out more about the project here:
https://virt-eu.nexacenter.org/about
Job description
The successful candidate will be expected to collaborate
with the project partners in conducting studies concerning
the core legal topics of the VIRT-EU project and primarily
with regard to the PESIA framework (work package 4 and 2).
The candidate will be primarily concerned with the limits
of the existing data protection regulatory framework, in
terms of effective user’s empowerment and prevention of
potential negative individual and social effects of data
processing. Specifically, the Research Fellow is expected
to collaborate with the POLITO Principal Investigator in
defining a new and broader methodology of assessment
(Privacy, Ethical and Social Impact Assessment-PESIA),
which goes beyond the traditional privacy impact
assessment and takes into account the ethical and social
effects of data processing. On the basis of this new
methodology of assessment, a questionnaire for conducting
the PESIA and specific guidelines for developers and
consultants will be drafted.
The candidate will be also responsible for the measure of
the potential misalignment between data protection laws
and their concrete applications in the field of IoT
development, and she/he will identify best practices among
developers. This task is carried out on the basis of the
results of the empirical studies conducted by the other
partners of the VIRT-EU project and takes into account the
diverse concepts of ethics and data protection that exist
across Europe.
Candidate profile and duties
The ideal candidate will have training in data protection
law and a strong interest in law and technology.
Qualification Requirements:
PhD in Law
Knowledge of EU data protection issues and relevant
regulations
Knowledge of Big Data and Internet of Things
High level of oral and written proficiency in English
Ability to work independently and as part of a large
multi-national, multi-disciplinary team
Desirable
Relevant international publications and conferences
presentations
This position involves teaching. The Research Fellow will
not be responsible for a course, rather an assistant to a
course. This is also a way to be involved in the research
life of the university to ensure she/he is integrated into
POLITO life and context. The total amount of teaching
hours per year is 60 and the courses are taught in
English.
Subject Area
Law
Location
Turin (Italy)
Period
Three years
Expected starting date
February/March 2017
Gross salary
€ 34.898,06 per year
Cost of living in Turin:
http://international.polito.it/practical_information/cost_of_living
Hours: Full Time (Full-time 3 years, fixed-term)
Contract Type
Contract / Temporary
Placed on: 11 November 2016
Closes: 12 December 2016
Application forms
http://www.swas.polito.it/services/concorsi/240.asp?id_documento_padre=1...
To apply use the following link:
https://concorsi.polito.it/intra/home.aspx . After the
registration, you should select "Open Calls for researcher
and professor position" and the procedure no. 532.
Email to: alessandro.mantel...@polito.it
URL:
http://www.swas.polito.it/services/concorsi/240.asp?id_documento_padre=133089
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