Call for a Postdoctoral Researcher: New Legal Theories for the Digital Age

The Sciences Po Law School is inviting functions for a one-year postdoctoral place as part of the undertaking titled “New Legal Theories for the Digital”, led by Professors Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi and Raphaële Xenidis. This undertaking investigates how algorithmic methods are reshaping authorized imaginaries and conventional modes of lawmaking.

This analysis is part of the PostGenAI@Paris – Collaborative Acceleration Programme (CAP), which broadly explores the normative and distributive results of synthetic intelligence and automatic decision-making methods.

Key Research Themes:

• How algorithmic rationality shapes societal governance and transforms authorized normativities.
• The integration of algorithmic governance into the materials infrastructure of regulation.
• Analyzing depoliticization processes in the narratives surrounding algorithmic governance.
• Interactions between algorithmic governance and pre-existing exclusionary rationalities.

The analysis explores the paradox of algorithmic governance: whereas it guarantees to transcend systemic inequalities, it typically reproduces and amplifies current constructions of exclusion. Scholars are inspired to critically mirror on these dynamics and contribute progressive views to the subject of digital-age authorized theories.

Application Requirements:

Interested candidates are required to submit:

• An in depth analysis assertion (most 3,000 phrases) together with a analysis proposal, theoretical strategy, and anticipated contributions, together with reflections on its connection to the undertaking’s themes.
• A CV outlining related analysis expertise and publications.
• A writing pattern (e.g., an article, dissertation chapter, or working paper).

Application Deadline: May 1, 2025

Submission Email Addresses:

• rebecca.mignotmahdavi@sciencespo.fr
• raphaele.xenidis@sciencespo.fr

Duration and Details:

The place begins in September 2025, with the chance of a one-year extension.

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