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We are pleased to invite applications for a fully funded PhD position (monthly gross salary: €3,400 + €600 mobility allowance + family allowance) at the Jožef Stefan Institute https://www.ijs.si/ijsw/V001/JSI, Slovenia’s leading scientific research institution, located in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The position includes enrollment in a PhD programme at Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School https://mps.si/en/in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and secondments at the NGO Danes je nov dan https://danesjenovdan.si(Slovenia) and Università della Svizzera italiana https://www.usi.ch/en(Switzerland). This position is part of the Horizon Europe MSCA Doctoral Network “Data2Action”.

The successful candidate will conduct research under the supervision of Dr. Nikola Ljubešić, focusing on developing AI tools to enhance political participation by improving transparency and accessibility of parliamentary information from Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia or any of the ParlaMint https://www.clarin.eu/parlamintcountries, collaborating with NGOs like Danes je nov dan https://danesjenovdan.si, and engaging stakeholders to ensure trustworthy and explainable AI systems.

Eligibility: The candidates must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Slovenia for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the recruitment date.

Application deadline: May 18, 2025

Expected start date: September 1, 2025

For more details, please visit: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/332073 https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/332073*