Junior Professor Chair (tenure track position) Université Paris Sciences et Lettres Artificial Intelligence and Global Economic and Social Transformations

Organisation/Company Université PSL Research Field Sociology » Socio-economic research Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions PhD Positions Application Deadline 30 Sep 2026 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris) Country France Type of Contract Other Type of Contract Extra Information Tenure track position Job Status Other Job Status Extra Information contract of 4 to 6 years Offer Starting Date 4 Jan 2027 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Université PSL is launching a call for applications for a Junior Professor Chair in Economics titled"Artificial Intelligence and Global Economic and Social Transformations".The activity will take place at the École normale supérieure (ENS), Université Paris Sciences et Lettres

This is a tenure track position with a reduced teaching load leading to a full professor position at École normale supérieure (ENS), Université Paris Sciences et Lettres.The position will start on January 2027 (or at a mutually agreed later date). The contract must be signed by the end of December 2026.The position is open to all researchers wishing to develop their activity in Economics, on AI and socio-economic transformation. The position includes an internationally competitive salary and competitive start-up package.

Wholly committed to excellence in education, training and research, PSL is a global university, which aims to reflect, represent and influence society today and the world of the future in all its diversity. The university’s collegial ethos is a major asset. Made up of thirteen component institutions, including Ecole normale supérieure, PSL ensures that dialogue takes place between all areas of knowledge, innovation and creativity in science, humanities, social sciences, arts and engineering. PSL offers an education led by the research carried out in its laboratories while encouraging discussion and mobility between disciplines and across schools. Our university exercises critical thinking and fosters creativity. Students are selected on the basis of their potential and talent. The university champions equal opportunities and promotes social, cultural and geographic diversity, and students are guaranteed individual mentoring, small class sizes and personalized academic pathways.

The ENS-PSL Economics Department hosts active researcher-teachers in various fields of the discipline and provides training for economist students at the ENS. It aims to strengthen research on the effects of AI. The recruited person will be affiliated with the PjSE UMR and a member of the Paris School of Economics (PSE). PjSE and PSE are developing an 'AI-Economy and Society' initiative, which seeks to advance cutting-edge research in this field, in connection with other social sciences, in areas such as labor economics and innovation (AI-induced transformations), industrial economics (market organization, regulation), education (training with and for AI), political economy (information and influence on publicopinion), etc. A partnership is being built between PSE's 'AI-Economy and Society' initiative and PSL's 'AI and Society' Institute.