Deadline: 11 August 2024
Applications are now open for the Centre for the Governance of AI Winter Fellowship 2025 . GovAI's mission is to help humanity navigate the transition to a world with advanced AI. Its world-class research has helped shape the nascent field of AI governance. Its staff and affiliated community have expertise in a wide variety of domains, including US-China relations, arms race dynamics, EU policy and forecasting AI progress.
They are looking for early career individuals or established professionals new to the field of AI governance to join their team for three months and learn about the field of AI governance, while making connections with other researchers and practitioners. This opportunity will be particularly suitable for individuals who are keen to use their careers to shape the lasting implications of AI.
Summer and Winter Fellows join GovAI to conduct independent research on a topic of their choice, with guidance from leading experts in the field of AI governance. Fellows will also participate in a series of Q&A sessions with AI governance experts, research seminars and work-in-progress meetings of researchers. Each fellow will be accompanied by a supervisor from the GovAI team or affiliated network.
Stipend
- The summer and winter fellowships last three months, and the fellows will receive a stipend of £9,000, as well as support for travelling to Oxford. Whilst in Oxford, they provide the fellows with lunch during the week and a desk in their office.
- This is intended to be a full-time, face-to-face role, based in Oxford, UK. They are able to sponsor visas. For successful applicants who require a visa, please note that you will need to remain in the country of application for some time while the visa application is in progress.
Eligibility
- They accept entries from anywhere in the world.
- They strongly encourage you to apply if you have an interest in GovAI's work and are thinking of using your career to study or shape the long-term implications of advanced AI.
- Given the multidisciplinary nature of their work, they are interested in candidates from a wide range of disciplines, including political science, public policy, history, economics, sociology, law, philosophy and computer science.
- They are particularly keen to welcome more researchers with a solid technical background. There are no specific educational requirements for the position, although it is expected that the most promising candidates will normally have relevant postgraduate studies or research experience in related fields.
Evaluation Criteria
When assessing applications, they will look for candidates who have the following strengths or who show positive signs of being able to develop them:
- Quality of work The ability to produce clearly written, insightful and impartial research. They are particularly keen on strong reasoning skills and clear, concise writing.
- Relevant experience Skills or knowledge that are likely to be useful for work on AI governance. They feel that relevant expertise can take many different forms. Note that they don't have strict degree requirements either.
- Judgement The ability to prioritise between different research directions and good intuitions about the feasibility of different research directions.
- Adapting to the team Openness to feedback, commitment to intellectual honesty and rigour, comfort in expressing uncertainty and a serious interest in using their career to contribute to AI governance.
Application
The application process consists of a written submission in the first phase, a remote work test in the second phase and an interview in the final phase. They hope to contact Winter Fellowship applicants for paid work tests in August, offer interviews in September and communicate final decisions to applicants in October. Feel free to contact recrutamento@governance.ai if you need a decision to be communicated before the standard deadline (this may or may not be possible) or if you have any questions about the application process.
