Postdoctoral Appointee (Cybersecurity Research) (Faculty)
Indiana University Academic Positions
On-site
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Cyber Security
Position Summary
For fifty years the Ostrom Workshop has been an interdisciplinary melting pot welcoming researchers, practitioners, and policymakers from around the world to tackle some of the hardest problems we face, including climate change, polarization, and resolving conflict over scarce resources. The tools, methodologies, and frameworks developed and deployed to better understand and address these challenges have helped shape academic and policy discourse across a range of fields including cybersecurity. For twenty years, the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research ( CACR ) has been a leading interdisciplinary research center. Its mission is to provide people with the knowledge and skills they need to manage cybersecurity risks in complex, challenging environments where standard cybersecurity practices do not suffice. It does so through a combination of thought leadership, applied research, training and education, and extensive interdisciplinary collaboration across a range of critical infrastructure providers. The Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics is a network of university-based cybersecurity clinics and allies working to advance cybersecurity education for public good. The Consortium serves as a forum for faculty, students, trainers, and advocates to network and share knowledge, expand the reach of cybersecurity clinics, and lower the barriers for other institutions of higher education to successfully establish their own clinics. Our vision is to launch a university, college, or community-college based clinic in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia by 2030. This postdoctoral position will be supporting the Consortium’s portfolio, but be primarily housed at the Ostrom Workshop and CACR . The Ostrom Workshop, in collaboration with the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics and CACR , is currently accepting applications for a postdoctoral research position in digital security. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D., S.J.D., or other terminal doctoral degree, in a relevant social science, technical, or interdisciplinary field such as Information Science, Economics, Political Science, Public Policy, Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Human-Computer Interaction, Business, Law, Urban Studies or Psychology. Applicants should have a publication record that includes collaborative work with researchers drawing from disciplines different from their own. This position is intended to provide mentored research training and experience for a post doctoral fellow whose interests are aligned with the growing field of public interest technology and specifically cybersecurity capacity-building and resilience. Candidates with research interests in usable security, and especially its applications to areas ranging from local government and community organizations to critical infrastructure and small business would be particularly suited to this role. The postdoc will work under the mentorship of core faculty and staff at the Ostrom Workshop and CACR , including Professor Scott Shackelford, and will have access to data and opportunities to visit and conduct research with faculty at other member institutions of the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics. This postdoctoral appointment will be for two years assuming satisfactory performance and funding availability. Start date is expected to be August 2025 but is negotiable. For best consideration, application should be submitted by February 15, 2025. Special Note: This postdoctoral opportunity is unique in that it is focused on advancing the research of the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics, and more broadly the public interest technology movement. As such, candidates should discuss in their cover letters: (1) what in their backgrounds speaks to an interest in clinical education generally, and applied cybersecurity education in particular; (2) what interests them about the types of interdisciplinary cybersecurity research undertaken at the Ostrom Workshop and CACR ; (3) how they are well positioned to lead pedagogical and/or empirical cybersecurity research projects with other members of the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics: https://cybersecurityclinics.org/ ; and (4) what opportunities you see to utilize Consortium data and practice to answer novel research questions. Candidates can apply through: https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/27499 Indiana University is an equal employment and affirmative action employer and a provider of ADA services. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on individual qualifications. Indiana University prohibits discrimination based on age, ethnicity, color, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status.
For fifty years the Ostrom Workshop has been an interdisciplinary melting pot welcoming researchers, practitioners, and policymakers from around the world to tackle some of the hardest problems we face, including climate change, polarization, and resolving conflict over scarce resources. The tools, methodologies, and frameworks developed and deployed to better understand and address these challenges have helped shape academic and policy discourse across a range of fields including cybersecurity. For twenty years, the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research ( CACR ) has been a leading interdisciplinary research center. Its mission is to provide people with the knowledge and skills they need to manage cybersecurity risks in complex, challenging environments where standard cybersecurity practices do not suffice. It does so through a combination of thought leadership, applied research, training and education, and extensive interdisciplinary collaboration across a range of critical infrastructure providers. The Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics is a network of university-based cybersecurity clinics and allies working to advance cybersecurity education for public good. The Consortium serves as a forum for faculty, students, trainers, and advocates to network and share knowledge, expand the reach of cybersecurity clinics, and lower the barriers for other institutions of higher education to successfully establish their own clinics. Our vision is to launch a university, college, or community-college based clinic in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia by 2030. This postdoctoral position will be supporting the Consortium’s portfolio, but be primarily housed at the Ostrom Workshop and CACR . The Ostrom Workshop, in collaboration with the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics and CACR , is currently accepting applications for a postdoctoral research position in digital security. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D., S.J.D., or other terminal doctoral degree, in a relevant social science, technical, or interdisciplinary field such as Information Science, Economics, Political Science, Public Policy, Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Human-Computer Interaction, Business, Law, Urban Studies or Psychology. Applicants should have a publication record that includes collaborative work with researchers drawing from disciplines different from their own. This position is intended to provide mentored research training and experience for a post doctoral fellow whose interests are aligned with the growing field of public interest technology and specifically cybersecurity capacity-building and resilience. Candidates with research interests in usable security, and especially its applications to areas ranging from local government and community organizations to critical infrastructure and small business would be particularly suited to this role. The postdoc will work under the mentorship of core faculty and staff at the Ostrom Workshop and CACR , including Professor Scott Shackelford, and will have access to data and opportunities to visit and conduct research with faculty at other member institutions of the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics. This postdoctoral appointment will be for two years assuming satisfactory performance and funding availability. Start date is expected to be August 2025 but is negotiable. For best consideration, application should be submitted by February 15, 2025. Special Note: This postdoctoral opportunity is unique in that it is focused on advancing the research of the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics, and more broadly the public interest technology movement. As such, candidates should discuss in their cover letters: (1) what in their backgrounds speaks to an interest in clinical education generally, and applied cybersecurity education in particular; (2) what interests them about the types of interdisciplinary cybersecurity research undertaken at the Ostrom Workshop and CACR ; (3) how they are well positioned to lead pedagogical and/or empirical cybersecurity research projects with other members of the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics: https://cybersecurityclinics.org/ ; and (4) what opportunities you see to utilize Consortium data and practice to answer novel research questions. Candidates can apply through: https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/27499 Indiana University is an equal employment and affirmative action employer and a provider of ADA services. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on individual qualifications. Indiana University prohibits discrimination based on age, ethnicity, color, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status.