Current research opportunities

Current research opportunities Find out about our current research roles and how to apply Current competitions - Opening soon Two stipendiary Research Fellowship positions on the theme of Replication King’s College Cambridge invites applications for two Research Fellowships from scholars in the arts, humanities and social sciences who – whatever their current or previous research – are intrigued by the theme of Replication . What can and should be replicated and how are foundational questions in humanities and social sciences. In philosophy and the social sciences it came to the fore recently with the rise of attempts to replicate quantitative research findings and controversies about what counts as a replication, what institutional practices enable replication, and how it relates to credibility and trustworthiness of science. Replication is an issue across art and literature: Roman sculpture ‘replicates’ Greek sculpture (old literature talked of copies, modern scholars talk of versions); but Roman literature similarly replicates Greek literature. In the study of subsequent and contemporary literature and representational art the theme of replication emerges in motifs of doubling, copying, Doppelgänger , simulacra, simulation and intertextuality. Replication and more generally reproduction is a central concept in history of art, conservation, museology, music, and performance art. What does replication mean for qualitative social science? It is traditionally understood that qualitative social science (based on ethnographic or archival work, interviews and observations) is not replicable in the same way quantitative work is, because of the role of the researcher in interpreting and making sense of the data. But the questions of dependability and transferability are first steps towards better understanding what replication can mean for qualitative research. Last but most topically, the theme of replication raises a host of questions in relation to machine learning and artificial intelligence, including for cultural appropriation, copyright, information and misinvention. Applications are welcome from all those who wish to undertake a major project on this topic within any area of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, over the four years of this Fellowship. The brief is deliberately wide to encompass innovative thinking about the topic which has distinctive conceptualisations in different research traditions. Creative and innovative thinking is encouraged. While applications are welcome from within specific academic disciplines, proposals that link or combine different disciplines are also strongly encouraged. Applicants should not feel obliged to focus on a traditionally identified paradigm. The ideal candidates for this Research Fellowship will have a strong background in a relevant area of work and be completing or have completed recently an outstanding doctoral thesis . It is not a requirement that the candidate’s doctoral studies or the work