Postdoctoral Scholar, Data Privacy Lab

Responsibilities

• The postdoctoral scholar will report to CEGA Data Privacy Lab’s Principal Investigator, Dr. Nitin Kohli, work with CEGA Faculty Co-Director Professor Joshua Blumenstock, and collaborate closely with study partners and technical staff to develop the privacy playbook.
• Our goal is to inductively learn from a series of real-world implementations with study partners to surface lessons learned, as well as pain points encountered and circumvented, when developing, deploying, and using PETs in LMIC settings.
• The postdoctoral scholar will play a crucial role in development of the playbook, and will interface with study partners and collaborate with technical staff to ensure that the PETs designed meet partners’ operational needs.
• The postdoc will employ a diverse set of qualitative and/or design research methods, such as semi-structured interviews, focus groups, participant observation, co-design, and participatory design (and/or develop new methodological approaches to enable meaningful stakeholder and/or public participation and translate research into practical guidance), to responsibly integrate PETs in practice, considering technical, social, legal, and organizational approaches.
• The postdoc will be encouraged to spend 33%-50% of their time on individual (related) research pursuits.

Skillset

• A PhD with interdisciplinary research experience in privacy and qualitative and/or design research methods at the time of starting the position.