postdoc opportunities with a friend of the lab!

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Postdoc openings in collective intelligence and computational institutional science Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 12:54:04 -0700 From: Seth Frey sethfrey@ucdavis.edu To: Seth Frey sethfrey@ucdavis.edu

Colleagues,

Please feel free to share these opportunities with relevant students, colleagues, and lists. 1: Opening in computational collective behavior/cognitive science (experimental; UC Davis) 2: Opening in computational collective behavior/cognitive science (experimental; Cornell) 3: Opening in the CSS of open source governance and networks (observational; UC Davis)

=== Positions 1 & 2 === Two postdocs in computational collective behavior/cognitive science

We are recruiting two postdocs for an interdisciplinary NSF-funded project in computational collective behavior and cognitive science. The goal of the research is to discover how collectives can be made more creative, intelligent and when they can select the rules governing their interactions. The focus of the positions is on designing and running large-scale online behavioral experiments.

Strong applicants will have quantitative and computational training in behavioral, cognitive, social science, or computer/information science. We will recruit one postdoc at UC Davis and one at Cornell. The positions will remain open until filled, starting likely in August 2025, potentially sooner. Potential applicants should feel comfortable contacting Seth Frey (sethfrey@ucdavis.edu) and Nori Jacoby (kj338@cornell.edu) directly with questions about the opening, including its current status. LINKS UC Davis opening: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07059__;!!Dq0X2Dk... Cornell opening: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/672009/postd... Social media: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bsky.app/profile/norijacoby.bsky.social/... Social media: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://x.com/norijacoby/status/1917047112912564... Project Summary: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID...

Please feel free to pass forward.

=== Position 3 === Postdoc opening in the CSS of open source governance and networks

We are seeking a postdoctoral computational social scientits. This NSF-funded project is focused on the governance and organization of sustainable open source software projects. The call welcomes computationally trained social scientists or socially inflected computer/data/information scientists to work with a team including CSS, political science, policy analysis, and software engineering scholars. We have three years of data and tools for a creative, motivated, and talented scholars to play with.

The position is at UC Davis with Seth Frey in Communication and Vladimir Filkov in Computer Science.

This link for the position will be open in the coming weeks (keep an eye out and/or email sethfrey@ucdavis.edu for a ping when it's live): https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07116__;!!Dq0X2Dk... It will be identical to this closed posting: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06297__;!!Dq0X2Dk...

I'm happy to answer any questions from interested and adjacent scholars.

best, seth.

Prof. Seth Frey, Communication, UC Davis https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://enfascination.com/research__;!!Dq0X2DkFh... recently: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://doi.org/k4cr__;!!Dq0X2DkFhyF93HkjWTBQKhk... — Social dilemmas in crowd wisdom https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://doi.org/j3vs__;!!Dq0X2DkFhyF93HkjWTBQKhk... — CAD for governance https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://doi.org/c76k__;!!Dq0X2DkFhyF93HkjWTBQKhk... — How amateurs design institutions