Microsoft Principal Researcher – Sociotechnical Systems Microsoft Research 

Taiwan, Taoyuan City 

76258746

Microsoft Research (MSR) New England is looking for a new full-time, Principal Researcher who brings sociotechnical perspectives to analyze critical issues of our time. You will join the Sociotechnical Systems area, a team of social scientists who draw on empirical and critical methods to study the social, political, and cultural dynamics that shape technologies and their consequences. Our research group spans several disciplines, including anthropology, communication, gender and sexuality studies, history, information studies, law, media studies, organizational and management sciences, science & technology studies, and sociology.

This is an ideal opportunity for a scholar with a Ph.D. plus 3+ years of related research experience to conduct original research addressing critical sociotechnical issues. You would be expected to devise and direct your own research agenda and to think collaboratively with others. We are especially interested in candidates whose work complements any of the following themes:

• the politics and public responsibilities of algorithms, generative AI, machine learning, platforms, metrics, and other manifestations of computational cultures
• the intersectional dimensions of identity as they are entangled with sociotechnical systems, including: race, caste, and indigeneity; gender and sexual identities; socioeconomic status and class
• how institutions, organizations, networks, and infrastructures (across sectors and domains) configure and are configured by sociotechnical systems
• notions of cooperation, participation, mutual aid, and community engagement and their relationships to the design and governance of responsible technologies
• political economies and emerging organizational forms in digital labor, community, government, non-profit, creator economy, and private-sector contexts for sociotechnical undertakings

Required Qualifications:

• Doctorate in relevant field (including anthropology, communication, history, information science, media studies, science & technology studies, sociology, or related)[Ph.D. must be awarded before July2022]and 3+ years related research experience, OR equivalent experience.
• A research programdemonstratedby top-tier, peer-reviewed scholarship,as a lead author or essential contributor,shared through publishing venues such as journal articles, conference proceedings, and books.

Other Requirements:

As part of the application process, please upload:

• Curriculum vitae (CV) listing all peer-reviewed publications and preprints.
• References - Please include a minimum of two (2) references.
• A single research statement (4 page maximum length) that does the following:
  • outlines the questions and methodologies central to your research agenda (~ three pages);
  • offers a description of how your research agenda relates to sociotechnical systems research (~ one page).
• Two writing samples: these can be journal articles, book chapters, or equivalent (uploaded as two separate attachments).
• After submission of application, the system will send a request for letters to list of referees on candidate’s behalf.

Preferred Qualifications:

• + years related research experience, or equivalent.
• A methodological, analytical, and theoretical foundation in the social or humanistic sciences.
• Demonstrated leadership potential in research.
• Proven

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

• Continue developing an academically novel research agenda.
• Advance that research agenda through one or more research projects, yielding new theories, methods, analyses, insights, or collections of data in one or more sub-areas or a broad area of research.
• Present and publish research in high-quality conferences and journals.
• Continue to contribute to the field through activities such as reviewing papers or organizing conference panels
• Contribute to discussions in the Social Media Collective, the MSR New England lab, and the Sociotechnical Systems research group across theNortheastlabs.
• All employeesare responsible fortreating others with fairness andrespect, andshowing empathy and compassion.

• Embody our and .