Assistant Professor/ Associate Professor/ Full Professor
About the Opportunity
The College of Social Sciences and Humanities and its ten tenure units are the home of the Experiential Liberal Arts. Through its research, teaching, and engagement missions, the college collaborates across the university, the Northeastern network, and partners around the globe. Successful faculty in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities will be dynamic and innovative scholars with a record of research and teaching excellence. Strong candidates for this position will have the expertise, knowledge, and skills to build their research, pedagogy, and curriculum in ways that reflect and enhance this commitment.
The College of Social Sciences and Humanities and the School of Law at Northeastern University seek to fill an open-rank faculty position at the tenured/tenure-track Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Full Professor level in the area of Artificial Intelligence Policy, Regulation, and Governance, broadly construed to include how human-centered AI systems can be used, governed, and designed responsibly as well as how they impact politics and society. A comparative or international perspective is desirable. The tenure home will be in the Department of Political Science or School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, with a joint appointment possible in the School of Law. Policy-relevant Economists may also be considered. This position will be at the Boston campus. This is a full time, benefits-eligible position with an expected start date of August 16, 2027.
Responsibilities:
The person filling this position will teach foundational courses in AI governance, comparative politics or international relations, and/or AI policy and law, advanced courses in their area of expertise, and contribute to joint curriculum and research initiatives between the two colleges. Their research will be on topics that have relevance to the design and use of AI across different regional and global contexts.
Qualifications:
- JD and/or Ph.D. in Political Science, Public Policy, Economics, or a related field in hand by the employment start date is required.