ACTS Recruitment (January 2025): Open Jobs/Online Application

ACTS Recruitment (January 2025): Open Jobs/Online Application, Jobs in Research, Jobs at African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS).

African Centre for Technology Studies is an intergovernmental non-profit organization, founded in 1988 by Calestous Juma FRS in Nairobi, Kenya, promoting policy-oriented research on science and technology in development that is sustainable in terms of the economy, society, and the environment.

Research Fellow – AI

Core Duties of the Research Fellow – AI

  • Conduct research and development in; AI, the Ethics of AI and Policy of AI.
  • Participate in co-publication of research outputs
  • Resource mobilization – co-develop proposals to win grants in response to requests (RFP) for proposal from global development funders
  • Participate in the management of grants won

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

The candidate must hold a PhD Degree in any of the following majors: AI, machine learning, data science, any of the computing disciplines with thesis in AI, or related qualifications.

Research Fellow – In Future of Works

Core Duties of the Research Fellow – In Future of Works

  • Conduct research and development in; Future of Works as impacted by AI, which includes futuristic work processes, their influence on policy and ethics of AI
  • Participate in co-publication of research outputs
  • Resource mobilization – co-develop proposals to win grants in response to requests (RFP) for proposal from global development funders
  • Participate in the management of grants won

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

The candidate must hold a PhD in any of the following majors: Any of the computing disciplines; Innovations management; Related disciplines.

Method of Application

Please send a cover letter, resume and scanned copies of academic certificates as a single document, including contact details for 3 references to hr@acts-net.org by 16:00 hrs East Africa Time on 31st January 2025.