Assistant Professor in Artificial Intelligence and Public Policy

The School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park, with the Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland (AIM), seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Artificial Intelligence and Public Policy starting in Fall 2027 (50% SPP tenure home, 50% AIM). The appointee will bring deep AI expertise and a research agenda on the public policy dimensions of AI, such as AI in government decision-making; national and international AI governance, regulation, safety, security and risk; impacts on security and critical infrastructure; democracy, media and information; economic and workforce effects; sustainability, energy and the environment; health and social policy; and AI/ML as a methodology for policy research.

Teaching spans the School's programmes, including Science and Technology Policy, and AIM's Human-Centered AI degree. Salary range $110,000-$125,000.

PhD or equivalent terminal degree in public policy, computer science, data science, information science, statistics, mathematics, engineering, economics, political science, international relations, sociology or another relevant field by the time of appointment, with technical or computational expertise to teach AI, data literacy, computational methods or AI and data governance. Application: cover letter (up to two pages), CV, research statement (up to two pages), teaching statement (up to one page), two writing samples and contact information for at least three references.