Post-doctoral student in Management – 12 months contract

ABOUT INSTITUT MINES-TELECOM BUSINESS SCHOOL

Business School of the IMT-Institut Mines-Télécom, the leading group of engineering schools in France, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School is a public and socially inclusive school that trains responsible, innovative and open managers and entrepreneurs around the world, to guide companies in the transitions at the heart of tomorrow's society, with strong digital expertise. It shares its campus with the engineering school Télécom SudParis, also a member of IMT. The school has 1,500 students, is listed each year in the ranking of the best French and European business schools, and is accredited by AACSB and AMBA. The school offers training courses ranging from post-Bac (Bachelor) to Executive Education through the Grande Ecole Program delivering a Bac + 5 diploma (Grade Master).

ABOUT INSTITUT MINES-TELECOM:

The Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT) is a public institution dedicated to higher education and research for innovation in the fields of engineering and digital technology. Always attentive to the needs of the business world, the IMT combines strong academic and scientific legitimacy, close ties with companies and a unique positioning on the major transformations of the 21st century: digital, energy, industrial and educational. Its activities are carried out by the Mines and Télécom Grandes Ecoles under the authority of the Minister for Industry and Electronic Communications, two subsidiaries and associated partners or partners under agreement. ITM is a founding member of the Alliance Industrie du Futur. It has been awarded the Carnot label for the quality of its research partnerships.

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CONTEXT :

The recruitment of the post-doctoral researcher is carried out within the framework of the DemoCIS project. DemoCIS is an ambitious national project, aiming to explore contemporary changes in democracies. It is one of the six national projects funded by France 2030 in response to the France 2030 ANR SHS call for projects. DemoCIS brings together 4 universities (Lille, CY Cergy Paris Université, Jean Moulin Lyon 3, Grenoble Alpes), 2 institutes (Institut Mines Télécom (IMT-BS and IMT Atlantique), 3 institutes of political studies (Lille, Grenoble, Saint-Germain-en-Laye), CNRS, and INRIA.

Within DemoCIS challenge 3, which focuses on "acting against the polarization of societies and disinformation," led by the Institut Mines Telecom through its two schools IMT-BS and IMT Atlantique, we are recruiting a post-doctoral researcher to conduct collaborative research on the impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence on informational disorders.

In collaboration with the project team and under the responsibility of Christine Balagué, Professor of AI and Management at IMT-BS, founder of the Good in Tech research network, the post-doctoral researcher will contribute to the analysis of the dual effect (both negative, via the amplification of misinformation by the Artificial Intelligence algorithms of platforms, and also source of solution, with technologies such as watermark, computational fact-checking, or LLM) of Generative Artificial Intelligence on informational disorders. He/She will participate in several multidisciplinary research projects in collaboration with different IMT researchers (in economy, management, law, computer science) and more broadly from the DemoCIS project (with other disciplines such as information communication, political science, and sociology).

MISSIONS:

1.  Conduct research on the dual impact of generative AI on informational disorders

2. Ensure coordination of the DemoCIS generative AI working group, with the production of results, syntheses, and presentations during DemoCIS workshops

3. Submit research papers to international conferences

4. Submit papers to ABS rank 3 scientific journals

5. Participate in raising the profile of the School and of the Institut Mines-Télécom

ACTIVITIES:

1. Conduct Research in the Field of AI in management, Generative AI

•         Carry out research missions within the framework of DemoCIS contract in the field of generative AI and informational disorders

•        Conduct literature reviews

•        Participate in and ensure the completion of project deliverables

•        May be required to program AI models within the framework of research (in particular NLP models)

•        Analyze the results of field research

•        Co-write research articles

2. Ensure Coordination Missions

•        Coordinate the DemoCIS challenge 3.1 working group on the impact of generative AI on informational disorders

•        Participate in the various meetings of DemoCIS challenge 3.1, and in certain meetings of the other sub-challenges and challenges of the DemoCIS project

•        Participate in research workshops

3. Participate in Raising the Profile of the School and of the Institut Mines-Télécom

•        Publish the results of the research

•        Make presentations and conferences

•        Produce syntheses for  the DemoCIS working group

4. Miscellaneous Activities

•        Participate in the scientific animation of the Department and IMT-BS, and of the LITEM laboratory

•        Report on the activities and results that fall within the missions for which they are responsible

Level of training and / or experience required:

• Doctorate or PhD for less than 3 years in management sciences, economics, or computer science

Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• Proficiency in written and spoken English

• Scientific knowledge of learning techniques and generative AI

• Experience if possible of working in AI

• Solid knowledge of quantitative methods and modeling

• Proficiency in the Office Suite (Excel, Word, PPT)

• Excellent scientific communication skills

Advantageous skills, knowledge and experience:

• Experience in the use of AI as a research methodology

• Experience in participating in research projects

• Knowledge of Windows systems

Abilities and skills:

• Ability to work in a team within national or international research contracts, in collaboration with academic and industrial partners

• Interpersonal skills

• Ability to synthesize and write

• Sense of animation and organization

• Sense of teamwork

• Responsiveness, initiative, and rigor

• Curiosity

• Interest in new technologies

• Autonomy

  APPLICATION PROCEDURE

• Application deadline: 30/09/2025

• Nature of the contract: Temporary contract - 12 months

• Category and profession of the position: II - P, Post-doctoral

• To apply, please send us a CV, a cover letter

• Location of the position : Evry-Courcouronnes (France)

• The positions offered for recruitment are open to all with, on request, accommodations for candidates with disabilities

• Working conditions: Teleworking possible, restaurant and cafeteria on site, accessibility by public transport (with employer's participation) or close to main roads, staff association and sports association on campus

• Contact person: Christine Balagué: christine.balague@imt-bs.eu