Scholarship at Queensland, Australia

A premium PhD scholarship of AUD $31,000 per annum is available at the University of Queensland, Australia to work on one of the following

projects:

   *   Developing approaches for observing automated and dark

advertising on digital platforms. The candidate would work with researchers on the ADM+S ad observatory<https://www.admscentre.org.au/adobservatory/> to develop and extend tools and approaches for observing and analysing advertising, in addition to using innovative digital methods, the research project could also use complementary critical and qualitative approaches and could be oriented toward debates about platform civics and accountability. This project will be supervised by Associate Professor Nicholas Carah (School of Communications and Arts, n.carah@uq.edu.au<mailto:n.carah@uq.edu.au>).

   *   Explanations of AI-assisted reasoning in the provision of public

services. The candidate will investigate the nature and scope of the legal duty to give an explanation, and what might constitute meaningful explanations of government automated decisions. This project will be supervised by Dr Robert Mullins (School of Law, r.mullins@law.uq.edu.au<mailto:r.mullins@law.uq.edu.au>).

   *   Co-design of AI for social services. The candidate will work with

researchers in the ADM+S Centre and other social welfare organisations to identify digital technology responses and/or test co-design approaches to enhance the experience of social service users (e.g. in social welfare, criminal justice, housing, health). This project will be supervised by Professor Paul Henman (School of Social Science, p.henman@uq.edu.au<mailto:p.henman@uq.edu.au>).

See    https://scholarships.uq.edu.au/scholarship/artificial-intelligence-ai-and-automated-decision-making-society

for further details

Professor Paul Henman

Professor for Digital Sociology & Social Policy | School of Social Science UQ Node Leader | ARC CoE for Automated Decision-Making & Society, https://www.admscentre.org.au/ The University of Queensland Brisbane Qld 4072 Australia