Postdoctoral Researcher (ORBIT Consortium, Management and Organizations) / Tutkijatohtori (ORBIT ko
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Postdoctoral Researcher (ORBIT Consortium, Management and Organizations) / Tutkijatohtori (ORBIT konsortio, Johtaminen ja Organisaatiot)
Tampere University and Tampere University of Applied Sciences create a unique environment for multidisciplinary, inspirational and high-impact research and education. Our universities community has its competitive edges in technology, health and society. www.tuni.fi/en
The position is hosted by the Faculty of Management and Business at Tampere University, a multidisciplinary academic community with strong international research in administrative sciences, business sciences, politics, information and knowledge management, and industrial engineering and management. The Faculty's strength is in crossing disciplinary boundaries and generating new research-based perspectives on societal and organizational challenges.
We are inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher position in the NordForsk funded research project "Organizing Across Boundaries for Responsible Use of AI: Towards Interconnected Smart Grids in the Nordic Energy Sector" (ORBIT). The position will be situated in Tampere University's Faculty of Management and Business and supervised by one of ORBIT's principal investigators Professor Elina I. Mäkinen.
The ORBIT consortium engages with the profound transformation that the energy sector is undergoing as Nordic countries pursue the green transition and integration of secure, interconnected smart grids. In this context, energy sector organizations are turning to AI to forecast, balance, and manage critical infrastructure, while also responding to new regulatory frameworks such as the EU AI Act.
In the ORBIT project, we examine how regulation, organizational practices, and professional expertise come together as organizations build the capacity to use AI responsibly and securely, and how this reshapes expert work, accountability, and collaboration across organizational and national boundaries. The project combin