2 (partly interdisciplinary) PhD positions on Computational Social Choice, Vienna (Austria)

The Semantic Systems group of the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien) is looking for 2 PhD students (four years, 90% position/36h per week). Both PhDs will work with Jan Maly on research projects related to the recent progess in Computational Social Choice theory on proportionality in multi-winner approval voting and Participatory Budgeting. Part of this work will be an interdisciplinary cooperation with political scientists.

The positions are available from October 2024, but a later start is also possible. Interested candidates with experience in (Computational) Social Choice, Digital Democracy, Algorithm Design, Logic, Knowledge Representation or related areas should write a short email to jan.maly at wu.ac.at to express interest, attaching their CV. The deadline for this is August 31, but an earlier informal indication of interest is appriciated.