[Sigifp-l] Open Call for (Senior) Fellowship Applications - TILT

Tue Mar 22 04:46:04 EDT 2016

Dear Colleagues,

TILT has just posted an open call for senior academic fellowships for next
year (applications due April 15, 2016).  The text of the call is pasted
below, but can also be found at the application site, which is at
https://t.co/kkd0YvVC6R.

*Open Call for Fellowship Applications, Academic Year 2016-2017*

The Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT) has opened
its call for fellowship applications. This programme is for internationally
renowned senior scholars who wish to spend the 2016-2017 academic year, or
a semester, in residence at TILT as part of its multi-disciplinary research
team to work on some of the most interesting, challenging and urgent issues
relating to emerging and disruptive technologies. Applications will be
accepted through April 15, 2016 eob.

We invite applications from tenured or tenure-track academics with a record
of strong legal scholarship from around the globe working on legal, ethical
and social opportunities and challenges related to technologies such as
ICT, bio- and nanotechnology, neurotechnology and robotics.

Through this open call, we seek to advance our collective work and to
deepen and broaden our networked community and to provide the senior fellow
the opportunity to collaborate with Dutch and European peers.

*About TILT’s Fellowship Programme*

TILT’s fellowship programme offers some of the world’s most innovative
scholars the opportunity to deeply engage with one of the largest Law &
Technology research groups in Europe to develop and share ideas,
collaborate, and have fun. The program encourages and supports fellows in
an inviting and rigorous intellectual environment, with community
activities designed to foster inquiry and to identify and expose the common
interests amongst the entire team.

TILT offers a highly international (some 20 nationalities) and diverse
research team of 35 people, embedded in the internationally oriented
Tilburg Law School, offering ample opportunities to collaborate. TILT has a
highly active academic programme comprised of (bi-)weekly seminars, work in
progress meetings, reading groups, ad-hoc discussions and film screenings.
The fellows are actively integrated into the Law School community through
various academic and social programs. Additionally, they will be treated as
much like members of TILT and the Tilburg Law School as practicable for the
duration of their residency. By the conclusion of their semester or year in
residency at TILT, the fellow will have produced a major publishable piece
of scholarly work.

While in residence at TILT, the fellow will be expected to

   - play a leading role in researching and writing papers on opportunities
   and legal/social/ethical issues relating to one or more of TILT’s research
   topics;
   - disseminate the results of their study, and organizing a conference or
   workshop;
   - finalize at least one paper to be submitted to TILT’s working paper
   series;
   - collaborate with PhD students and Professors working on related
   projects;
   - identify research projects with TILT faculty;
   - engage in talks, and meetings with lawyers, policymakers, press and
   industry representatives on their topic;
   - write articles, white papers, and opinion pieces directed at audiences
   beyond academia.

   Fellows are invited to also contribute in teaching.

*About TILT Fellowships*

The TILT fellowships are tailor-made appointments. Each TILT fellowship
carries a unique set of opportunities, responsibilities and expectations
based on our mutual interests. The fellows are expected to conduct
independent work, but also engage in joint projects where possible and
desired. Important is a commitment to the intellectual life of TILT and its
activities.

The 2016-2017 fellowship runs

   - the entire academic year from September 2016 through the end of May
   2017, or
   - the Fall semester (September 2016 through December 2016) or
   - Spring semester (February 2017 through end of May 2017), but other
   arrangements can be made.

During the Fellowship, the fellow is expected to spend a significant amount
of time in residence at TILT. TILT’s academic meetings take place on
Tuesdays, while the Tilburg Data Science Center lunch seminars are
bi-weekly on Thursdays. The fellows are asked to commit to spending as many
Tuesdays (and bi-weekly Thursdays if working in the field of Data Science)
at TILT as is possible.

Fellowships either consist of purely research stays, or as research and
teaching stays.

*Qualifications*

The fellowship is open for Professors or Associate Professors. The
applicant should have:

   - has a PhD in law, Science and Technology Studies (STS), philosophy, or
   relevant other field to TILT’s research agenda and proven knowledge of
   and/or interest in other disciplines than their own; or have demonstrated
   uncommon academic achievements and interest for interdisciplinary work;
   - an international reputation in her or his field, as evidenced by top
   publications;
   - has relevant science and technology policy research experience;
   - has experience with or is interested in working in an
   interdisciplinary environment (affinity and experience should be evident
   from the candidate’s education or past performance in teaching, research or
   publications);
   - has excellent communication, analytical and writing skills;
   - has perfect command of English.

*Stipends, Benefits, and Access to University Resources*

The fellowship is neither a paid nor a permanent position. The fellow will
receive a stipend of up to 12.000 EUR per semester (24.000 EUR per year),
depending on the seniority and experience of the fellow and the amount of
teaching provided by the fellow. Additionally, the fellow will receive a
travel budget of 2.500 EUR per semester and 5.000 EUR for the workshop.
TILT will also provide assistance in arranging some appearances in
connected institutes throughout Europe.

The Fellow will be provided with a work space with telephone & computer at
their disposal at TILT. Also full access to the Tilburg University Library
and all its facilities, including WestLaw and LEXIS are part of the
package. The fellow will get a Tilburg University email address and access
to Eduroam, facilitating internet access throughout European Academic
institutions.

Fellows must make their own housing, insurance, childcare, and
transportation arrangements, but TILT does offers assistance in arranging
these.

*TILT – Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society*
<https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/research/institutes-and-research-groups/tilt/>

TILT’s mission is to explore and understand the interplay between
technology, regulation and fundamental values/human rights; to study
emerging technologies, their impact on the individual and society; and to
assess the need for regulation of technologies. Established in 1994, TILT
has built a serious reputation in research, enabling the development of a
leading program in Law & Technology.

TILT's expertise covers a wide range of topics related to developments in
ICT and nano-, bio-, neurotechnology and robotics -technologies that are
currently flourishing thanks to their rapidly evolving ICT infrastructures.
Topics include e-government, e-commerce, e-health, trust, technology
adoption and legitimacy, privacy, identity management, liability, cyber
crime, public security, intellectual property rights, networks and
innovation, and governance.

TILT is located at the 7th floor of the Montesquieu Building at the Tilburg
University Campus. We have a fairly unique composition in being both large
(35 researchers) and truly interdisciplinary (comprising disciplines such
as law, STS, political science, and sociology). The academic environment is
very lively, with much interaction and collaboration between researchers,
sharing of ideas and constructive commenting on each other’s ideas and
work. We take our open-door policy seriously, fostering collaboration and
camaraderie. Tuesdays hold particular importance as this is the day when
reading groups, work in progress discussions, seminars and other meetings
are planned, but you will often run into spontaneous discussions and
brainstorm-sessions at other times. This congenial atmosphere stimulates
social and intellectual interchange.

TILT is an active member of the PI-Lab (Privacy and Identity lab), a
collaboration between Radboud University Nijmegen (RU), Stichting Internet
Domeinregistratie Nederland (SIDN), Tilburg Institute of Law, Technology,
and Society (TILT) and TNO. TILT is also embedded within the Data Science
Center Tilburg and Grand Initiative on Data Science (GRIDS) a joint venture
between Tilburg University and Eindhoven University of Technology.

*Tilburg University*

Tilburg University is a modern, research-led university, specialized in the
social sciences and the humanities. It is internationally known for its
high standards in education and scientific research as well as its good
support facilities. The Tilburg University campus offers both quietness and
connectivity as it is located in a wooded park, ten minutes away from the
city center, main highways, and railways. A mid-sized city of 200,000
inhabitants in the South of the Netherlands, and in proximity to cities
like Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, and London, Tilburg is situated at the
very heart of Europe.

*Application*

Applications can only be submitted* online*.

To apply for the 2016-2017 TILT Fellowship, please submit the following
before
*April 16 2016*:

   - A current resume or CV;
   - A personal statement describing your interest in the TILT fellowship
   and outlining the work you propose to conduct during a fellowship (up to
   1500 words);
   - A scholarly paper you have written (in English);
   - Two letters of recommendation, sent directly from the reference to
   l.dejong at uvt.nl.

*Tilburg Law School*

Tilburg Law School (TLS) is a modern and specialized university. With a
broad variety of international programmes and innovating research, the
Tilburg Law School stands for high quality. Research at the Tilburg Law
School is conducted in an organisation that fosters diversity. The Tilburg
Graduate Law School is responsible for the training and guidance of its
Research Master students and of the Faculty’s PhD researchers. With its
open and inspiring atmosphere, this school is a congenial working
environment.

Tilburg Law School <https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/about/schools/law/>

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*Bryce Clayton Newell, J.D., Ph.D.*
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT)
Tilburg University, Faculty of Law
b.c.newell at uvt.nl | SSRN <http://ssrn.com/author=1576462> | @newmedialaw
<http://twitter.com/newmedialaw>
www.bcnewell.com | www.humanitarianfilm.org
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