[Jobs] Fwd: [liberationtech] Interesting NSF Job Opportunity

[jeremy hunsinger]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Yosem Companys <companys at stanford.edu>
> Date: May 11, 2011 8:11:59 PM EDT
> To: Liberation Technologies <liberationtech at lists.stanford.edu>
> Subject: [liberationtech] Interesting NSF Job Opportunity
> 
> The Division of Social and Economic Sciences at the National Science
> Foundation is advertising a new position related to a number of
> foundation wide initiatives involving cybersecurity and wireless
> technology.  We are looking for a candidate who can help in these
> initiatives as well as serving as a program officer in either the
> Political Science or Sociology Programs.  The position is a rotating
> position, which could last as little as one year or as much as three
> years.  We are especially interested in scholars who have research
> expertise in one or more of the following areas:
> 
> Cybersecurity: e.g. economic incentives for individuals and firms to
> engage in cybersecurity; behavioral, political or social factors which
> might affect organizations' or individuals' online security behavior;
> organizational factors that might serve to align the incentives of the
> individual with the incentives of organizations or of broader society.
> 
> Wireless technologies: e.g. political and economic issues in the
> allocation of wireless spectra; social, economic and behavioral issues
> in how wireless access or use is distributed across individuals or
> social systems; how wireless technologies affect the lives of
> individuals or the broader society.
> 
> Nanotechnology: e.g. societal impacts of nanotechnologies, including
> potential social and economic effects, questions of equity and fairness
> or anticipatory governance; application of lessons learned from
> nanotechnology to other emerging technologies.
> 
> Cyberinfrastructure: e.g. computationally intensive analysis and
> modeling; software development for analysis or modeling; creative uses
> of cyberinfrastructure to facilitate research in the social sciences.
> 
> Other topics: e.g. online interfaces to access large datasets; online
> behaviors such as social networking, economic exchange, or political
> access; the use of technology to facilitate political or social
> behavior.
> 
> A more detailed description of the position can be found at :
> http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?OPMControl=2231604
> 
> While the advertisement does not close until the end of July, we have
> been given permission to start interviewing in early June and make an
> offer at that time.  As such, for full consideration, I would encourage
> you to submit your application as soon as possible.
> 
> If you have questions, feel free to contact me at either bhumes at nsf.gov
> or at 703.292.7284.
> 
> Yours,
> 
> Brian
> 
> Brian D. Humes, Ph.D.
> 
> Program Officer
> 
> Political Science Program
> 
> National Science Foundation
> 
> 703.292.7284
> 
> bhumes at nsf.gov
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Jeremy Hunsinger
Center for Digital Discourse and Culture
Political Science
Virginia Tech



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