Associate Director, Technology and Democracy Research Hub, Rutgers Democracy Lab

🇺🇸 Hybrid - New Brunswick, NJ

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $94K - $145K

💻 Information Technology

🗓️ January 8th, 2026

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Edtech.com's Summary

Rutgers University is hiring an Associate Director for the Technology and Democracy Research Hub at the Rutgers Democracy Lab. The role involves managing social science research projects, developing data models to analyze social media's impact on democracy, supervising staff, fostering partnerships, and representing the Hub in academic and policy forums at state and national levels.

Highlights

Lead and contribute to research on social media, AI, misinformation, and their effects on democracy using computational, qualitative, and policy analysis methods.
Manage research projects from design to publication, including supervising graduate assistants and student interns.
Develop data pipelines and statistical models for analyzing social media data.
Conduct field research such as surveys, experiments, and interviews regarding technology's influence on political behavior.
Promote research outputs via publications, newsletters, social media, and public events.
Develop partnerships with academic units, universities, think tanks, industry, and civic organizations.
Represent the Hub at conferences and policy forums at both state and national levels.
Support grant writing and external funding development efforts.
Required skills include expertise in computational social science, qualitative research, or policy analysis; project management; strong communication and organizational skills; and familiarity with IRB processes.
Preferred qualifications include a master's degree in data science, computer science, or social sciences; programming skills (R or Python); experience with large-scale data analysis, machine learning, public speaking, and mentoring student researchers.
Salary range from $94,492 to $144,715, with a maximum salary listed at $110,000.
Work is within the Eagleton Institute of Politics, part of the Rutgers Democracy Lab, focused on digital democracy research and civic engagement.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams) is expected.