Centre for Argument Technology

12/05/2023

FOUR NEW FACULTY POSITIONS

There are several new permanent faculty positions currently open in the Centre for Argument Technology and other areas. Candidates with skills and background from anywhere across the interdisciplinary spectrum of research in the Centre are encouraged to apply.

If you're interested in applying for a post in the Centre, please feel free to contact Chris Reed ([email protected]) for more information, and notice that the deadline is 23 May 2023.

For more information and to apply, go to

The recent UK research assessment (REF 2021) rated all aspects of our Computer Science & Informatics research to be either internationally excellent or world leading (100% of our profile was at 3*/4* level).

25/10/2022

FOUR NEW POSITIONS IN AI & ARGUMENT

The Centre for Argument Technology has secured several new research funding successes (arg.tech/signature) in the areas of enhancing participatory democracy, protecting privacy, countering disinformation and supporting the work of the intelligence community. As a result we currently have four new vacancies:

- A Research Project Manager at Grade 7 or 8 (£34,308 to £51,805 + 21% superannuation), depending on experience. This position is open to candidates with a PhD in *any* field (www.arg.tech/2022PDRA05).

- A Postdoctoral Research Associate in computational models of dialogue at Grade 7 (£34,308 to £42,155 + 21% superannuation; www.arg.tech/2022PDRA04).

- Two PhD studentships open to candidates from anywhere in the world with full scholarship plus stipend (www.arg.tech/2022PHD04) in argument analysis, mining, representation, navigation, manipulation and visualisation.

Deadline for all positions is 20 November 2022. Details on how to apply can be found at arg.tech/vacancies.

Enquiries should be addressed to the director of the Centre, Prof. Chris Reed at [email protected].

31/08/2022

Debela Gemechu, our Industrial Fellow in Residence, joined as a PhD student in April 2017 and is next up in the video series.

05/07/2022

Jacky Visser joined us in July 2016 and he is next up in our video series

19/05/2022

The Centre for Argument Technology is hiring two PhD students, one in deep learning for argument mining, and the other in linguistic modeling of argumentation. £16,602 tax-free plus fees paid.

www.arg.tech/PHD202203

Closing date for both posts is 17th June 2022.

16/05/2022

Elaine McIntyre has been with the group since February 2016 and she is next up in our video series.