Lab Manager: Living Lab for Data, AI & Democracy

Uva; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 41,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

8% holiday allowance

8.3% end-of-year allowance

EU-funded programme

International team

Job summary

The University of Amsterdam’s DATAGOV Living Lab seeks a proactive Lab Manager to coordinate workshops, experiments and data collection, in close collaboration with the project team, artists and technologists. You will shape the Lab’s methods, formats and events, enabling interdisciplinary collaboration across academia and civil society.

You will lead design of participatory activities, support arts-based research, and liaise with partners to advance the Lab’s public engagement and dissemination

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with participatory, play-based or game-based research methods.
• Experience with arts-based methods and public engagement activities.
• Ability to manage multiple activities, collaborators and deadlines.
• Comfort communicating with diverse groups in collaborative settings.
• Initiative to lead when required and liaise with technical collaborators.
• Interest in societal implications of data, AI and infrastructure.
• Good command of English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the Lab's programme of workshops, experiments and data collection, and public events with the research team.
• Design and facilitate participatory, play-based and game-based research activities.
• Support arts-based and creative research and public engagement with artists and practitioners.
• Translate research questions into engaging experimental formats for Lab activities.
• Coordinate collaborations with public institutions, civil society, artists and technologists.
• Support experiments involving digital technologies, coding and AI with researchers.
• Manage practical Lab organization: planning, scheduling, budgeting and materials.
• Document activities and contribute to reporting and dissemination.

Skills

Participatory research methods

Play-based research design

Arts-based public engagement

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Coding & AI concepts

Project coordination

Public event organization

Job description

The University of Amsterdam’s DATAGOV Living Lab seeks a proactive Lab Manager to coordinate workshops, experiments and data collection, in close collaboration with the project team, artists and technologists. You will shape the Lab’s methods, formats and events, enabling interdisciplinary collaboration across academia and civil society.

You will lead design of participatory activities, support arts-based research, and liaise with partners to advance the Lab’s public engagement and dissemination