Job Description

Ref Number

B16-01815

Professional Expertise

Research and Research Support

Department

School of Education (B16)

Location

London

Working Pattern

Full time

Salary

43,374 51,860

Contract Type

Fixed-term

Working Type

Hybrid

Available for Secondment

No

Closing Date

19-Jun-2025

About us

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IOE is the UCL Faculty of Education and Society.



Founded in 1902, IOE has been shaping policy and helping government, organisations and individuals navigate a changing society for the last 120 years. We embrace collaboration and excellence to create a future that is inclusive and just, and have been ranked number one for education every year since 2014 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.



The Department of Culture, Communication and Media (CCM) is a department of IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society. It is committed to excellence in teaching, research and consultancy in the areas of: Media and Cultural Studies, Art, Design and Museology; Academic writing; English education: Applied Linguistics; Music Education; Multimodality studies; Learning with Digital Technologies.



The UCL Knowledge Lab is a world-renowned research institute.The Lab leads cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research investigating the ways technologies reshape how we connect, interact, collaborate and create knowledge.



We are looking for an early career researcher or PhD student at their final stages to work with us in the UKRI CHAILD project (see https://chaild.org/ - Children's Agency in the Age of AI: Leveraging Interdisciplinarity.



CHAILD is UKRI-funded project that aims to establish a foundational understanding of children's agency in digital environments increasingly dominated by AI systems. The UCL team is specifically focusing on the educational technology angle, developing agency-fostering prototypes through co-design with children, creating evaluation frameworks to assess children's algorithmic agency in educational contexts, and establishing design principles that prioritize children's values in AI-powered learning tools.

About the role

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In this post you will lead the design and/or development of AI-based systems that foster learner agency and learning.



In addition, you will work directly with various stakeholders particularly children (pupils) and teachers.

About you

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With a Doctoral degree (or near completion) in AI or HCI (preferably applied in Education or broadly human-centred AI), Educational Technology or related disciplines , you will also have knowledge of techniques and methods for designing and learning environments and co-designing with children as well as other stakeholders.



Your application form should address all the person specification points and should clearly demonstrate how your skills and experience meet each of the criteria.



It is important that the criteria are clearly numbered and that you provide a response to each one.



This post is expected to start as soon as possible with a 12 month contract and the possibility of extension.



The post is full time but flexible arrangements (including job share with another candidate) may be considered.



Should you have any questions, please contact Manolis Mavrikis: m.mavrikis@ucl.ac.uk

What we offer

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As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:


41 Days holiday: 27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days (pro rata for part time staff) Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme (pro rata for part time staff) Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE) Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan Immigration loan Relocation scheme for certain posts On-Site nursery On-site gym Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service Discounted medical insurance




Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.



We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL's workforce.



These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.



Our faculty holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.