We are looking for researchers who can do original work and carry it from an open question to a finished result. This role is for someone with at least 3 years of excellent, hands-on research experience. We are hiring across the range of SAFL's research, and we expect to hire more than one person.
SAFL's research runs across two broad areas, which are set out below. You do not need to work across all of them. We want people who are deep in one and can speak to the others.
What every fellow shares is the ability to take a question nobody has answered, choose a method that fits it, do the work, and write up a result that others can check. You will work closely with the research leads and have room to shape your own work and the wider agenda.
This is our most senior research bar. For people with significant relevant experience, we can also hire for a senior version of this role. We also encourage exceptional people who do not have this experience to apply.
SAFL is in a field that moves quickly. The work is demanding, and we mean that plainly.
You will take open questions that nobody has answered yet and carry them to a result, often with no explicit precedent to follow. Priorities will change as the field changes, and you will need to change with them. Your work will be read by funders, government bodies, and researchers outside the lab, so the standard is high. If you want a role with a fixed scope and a settled routine, this is not that role. If you want to test yourself on hard problems and grow quickly, you will find that here.
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About SAFL
The Secure AI Futures Lab (SAFL) is South Asia's first research and capacity-building lab for navigating powerful AI. SAFL pursues parallel interventions in AI governance and impacts research, expert talent advancement, government engagement, and ecosystem support infrastructure. Our foundational work received support from Schmidt Sciences and the Future of Life Institute, among others.
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📌 Research Fellow (Kolkata)
🏢 Secure AI Futures Lab
📍 Kolkata
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