Georgetown University, McCourt School of Public Policy

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The McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University invites applications for a tenure-line assistant professor in Computational Social Science.

Candidates are expected have the following:

Strong interests in public policy, ideally indicating interests or participation in public policy administration, design, implementation, evaluation, and/or how governments use computational social science methods in public policy.

Expertise in computational social science methods such as machine learning, large language models, text as data, spatial data, computation using large-scale data, network analysis, data visualization
Have completed or be planning to complete a Ph.D. in economics, public policy, political science, sociology, statistics, information science, computational social science, computer science or a related field by August 1, 2024.

The person hired in this search will be expected to do research at the intersection of data science and public policy and teach courses in Python and/or R for McCourt’s Data Science for Public Policy (DSPP) program. The DSPP program is a two-year MS degree program that trains students to use modern computing power to understand important issues in public policy.


To apply, applicants should submit a cover letter, CV, teaching statement, writing sample, and three letters of recommendation. We will begin reviewing applications October 15, 2023.