Staff Research Scholar, Sts and Sustainability

3 weeks ago

Toronto, Canada University of Toronto Full time

**Date Posted**:03/04/2024
**Req ID**:35474
**Faculty/Division**: Faculty of Arts & Science
**Department**: Acceleration Consortium
**Campus**: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

**Description**:
The Acceleration Consortium (AC) promotes inclusive research environment and supports the EDI priorities of the unit.

The Acceleration Consortium received a $200M Canadian First Research Excellence Grant for seven years to develop self-driving labs for chemistry and materials, the largest ever grant to a Canadian University. This grant will give the Acceleration Consortium seven years of funding to execute its vision, including support for Indigenous STS research.

The Staff Research Scholar for STS and Sustainability will contribute to our research on the question of sustainable and ethical substances and how that can transform the practices of using AIs and non-animal forms of testing in Self-Driving Labs. This position can contribute to this work through expertise in STS and/or environmental justice approaches to chemicals and toxics, social and justice-based environmental life cycle research, innovative justice approaches to sustainability, or approaches from Indigenous studies.

The Technoscience Research Unit (TRU) is an Indigenous-led interdisciplinary lab for creative and critical social science, humanities, and design research concerning science and technology, with a strength in Indigenous-led research, environmental justice, and data/AI ethics. The TRU is affiliated with the Faculty of Arts and Science, the Faculty of Information, and the Acceleration Consortium. The TRU hosts an Indigenous Environmental Data Justice Lab, organizes public events and workshops, and supports the research of students, faculty and community researchers. The TRU is particularly dedicated to fostering Indigenous Science and Technology Studies as well as supporting BIPOC and 2SLGBTQA+ researchers.

This position will also work with the AC Indigenous Research Circle (IRC), which is an Indigenous leadership team and advisory body to the Scientific Leadership Team on matters related to research design, ethical governance, Indigenous-led research activities, Indigenous engagement in research team building, and partnership development with Indigenous communities.

This is a two-year limited term position with possibility of renewal.
- Environmental Justice
- Critical approaches to sustainability
- Community-based research
- Social and environmental life cycle research
- STS approaches to toxics and sustainability
- Questions of sustainability as they relate to AI
- Indigenous approaches to sustainability and environmental research
- Environmental media
- Environmental Data Justice
- Collaborative research practices
- Environmental racism
- Environmental knowledges and public policy

**The components and duties of the work include**:
Leading research in science and technology studies as it relates to sustainability and ethical substance frameworks.

Working with the AC and TRU community, including faculty and partners, to publish research in relevant journals, op-eds, etc. Research can be both independent and collaborative in design and can leverage the AC’s and TRU’s resources while supporting the advancement of STS/Indigenous STS/STE at the University.

**Research tasks could include**:

- Developing plans to support research and research collaborations
- Estimating financial resources required for research programs and/or projects.
- Contributing to the development and advancement of STS/Indigenous STE
- Promoting AC’s and TRU’s research capacity, including delivering presentations at conferences.
- Collaborating on preparing and submitting research proposals to granting agencies and progress reporting.
- Preparing manuscripts for submission to peer review publications/journals and stewarding them through the process.

**Other**
- Working in collaboration with other research staff.
- Support research-focused events.

**MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS**:
**Education**

**Experience**
- One to five years of experience (inclusive of PhD and/or post-graduate work) in Science and Technology, sustainability and ethical substance framework research and development with demonstrated academic and research excellence
- Experience in research design
- Experience in collaborative research
- Experience or strong desire to support community-based research
- Experience or strong desire to support environmental justice
- Experience writing and presenting research at academic conferences and in academic journals

**Skills**
- Strong in communicating effectively and efficiently in oral and written English
- Ability to work collegially with team members and collaborators
- Ability to work independently

**Other**
- Must have a strong publication record and or/demonstrated success in writing and preparing manuscripts, presentations, reports, briefs, and manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals, or a strong record in relevant organizational and community wo

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