About the role
We are looking for an early career researcher or PhD student at their final stages to work with the AIED community of interest of the EU TransEET project (see The UCL Knowledge Lab is a world-renowned research institute located in the IOE, UCL’s Faculty for Education & Society. The Lab leads cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research investigating the ways technologies reshape how we connect, interact, collaborate and create Lab hosts over 60 researchers representing a variety of disciplines from arts and humanities, social science and education, to computer science, human computer Interaction, artificial intelligence and infomatics.
Your role will involve working within the TransEET communities of interest and specifically in Artificial Intelligence in Education with a specific focus on STEM education in secondary.
The appointment is ; until 31/12/25 and is available immediately.
About you
You will have a PhD (or near completion) in AI or HCI (preferably applied in Education or broadly human-centered AI), Educational Technology or related disciplines and knowledge of techniques and methods for designing and learning environments and co-designing with children as well as other stakeholders.
The ability to collect data in real-world (non laboratory) settings are desirable.
Your application form should address all the person specification points and should clearly demonstrate how your skills and experience meet each of the criteria.
It is important that the criteria are clearly numbered and that you provide a response to each one.
What we offer
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
41 Days holiday: 27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days (pro rata for part time staff) Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme (pro rata for part time staff) Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE) Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan Immigration loan Relocation scheme for certain posts On-Site nursery On-site gym Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service Discounted medical insurance
