Join us

What we are looking for

We are always looking for people to work with us on topics of Civic and Responsible AI. In particular, we are interested in:

• Characterizing social and ethical issues of AI and robotics.
• Developing algorithms that help protect against them.
• Producing speculative, provocative, participatory, co-designed future AI and robotics systems, towards social justice and accountability.
• Producing useful critique of AI, Robotics, and Responsible AI.
• Developing AI systems that strengthen civil society and empower marginalized groups.

How to contact us

If you are interested in these topics, and you think you would like to work with us - please reach out! Please email us [info at civicandresponsibleai] with a couple of sentences on a project idea or the topics you are interested in, and we will be happy to chat.

Please note that, due to time constraints, we will not be able to respond to emails that do not align with our mission or topics of interest.

Note on GenAI use

Please note that we do not welcome AI-generated emails, applications, or research proposals, nor the use of AI for reading or writing papers once you join us. We believe that quality research requires reading all the related work yourself, thinking by yourself, failing, writing by yourself in a poor way but improving over time through your own practice, finding your own voice through experimentation, being free from AI dependency. We value original ideas, rigour, accountability, human error and self-improvement, human collaboration and responsibility, more than efficiency. If you feel the above does not reflect your priorities, please do not apply.

Positions

Post-doctoral positions

• Individual postdoc fellowships (Marie Curie, Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal Society): expressions of interest in June, final application in September.
• For Chinese citizens: KCL-funded 1-year fellowships, for Chinese PhD holders living and working at a scientific institution in the People’s Republic of China. Applications typically in January.

PhD scholarships

We are happy to consider PhD applications. While we currently don’t have any funded positions, there are scholarships you may be eligible to apply to:

• Commonwealth PhD Scholarships (for citizens of Commonwealth countries and British Protected Persons)
• King’s-China Scholarship Council PhD Scholarship (for Chinese citizens)
• King’s College London Marshall Scholarship (for USA citizens)
• Fulbright Postgraduate Scholarship (for USA citizens)

Visiting researchers

• We can host visiting PhD students and researchers if you come with your own funding.