Job Description
About the Opportunity Job Summary: Northeastern's Dublin Innovation Institute invites applications for two open-rank faculty positions at the Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Full Professor faculty levels in computational social science to begin on January 1, 2027. Appointment will be to the Institute and will report to the Head of the Institute directly. We seek scholars whose research advances our understanding of how people acquire, process, and share information in democratic societies and/or in the service of democratic norms. Academic rank at the Associate Professor and Full Professor levels will be commensurate with experience and qualifications reflecting a record of demonstrated teaching and scholarly excellence. We welcome applicants from a wide variety of social, scientific, and computational disciplines. Dublin Innovation Institute: The Dublin Innovation Institute is an Irish registered company wholly owned by Northeastern University launched in 2025 by Northeastern University, based at University College Dublin. One of the missions of the Institute will be to help build a trans-Atlantic research community around the themes of information, the internet, and contemporary democracy. These hires will be key building blocks in this initiative. The Dublin Innovation Institute (DII) is a collaborative initiative built on the long- standing partnership between University College Dublin (UCD) and Northeastern University. For nearly two decades, the two universities have worked together across teaching, research, and innovation. In 2024, the DII was created to deepen this transatlantic partnership and strengthen the research ecosystem connecting Europe and the United States, with a shared focus on addressing global challenges. Located on the UCD campus, the Dublin Innovation Institute (DII) serves as an independent research entity. Faculty appointed through this compet