The NeuroGen Computing project will hire 2 PhD students, 1 Post Doc, and 1 research assistant. The positions will be posted online here (mid-May 2025 and later in the Fall 2025) when available and at the Department of Computer Science.
PhD1 (3- years fully funded) start Sep 2025 or soon hereafter: This PhD project will design and create a robust infrastructure in which data, knowledge and information on disability and accessibility are better shared, used and organized within university organizations. Concretely, the PhD project will a) Map of disability and accessibility data work at the UCPH, answering questions such as: What data is available, missing, or siloed? Who is included and excluded? Where are the barriers and opportunities for increasing institutional knowledge on neurodiversity? b) develop best practices for GDPR-compliant sharing of disability- related information and potentials for University of Copenhagen, and c) create a proposal for reconfigurations of current systems supporting future data work practices that ensure sharing of data, knowledge and information on disability and accessibility for organizational usage within university organizations, piloted specifically for computer science teachers.
PhD2 (3- years fully funded) start Jan 2026 or soon hereafter: This PhD project will develop, implement, and scale novel computer science teaching (e.g., programming, problem-solving, and algorithmic thinking) in the first-year computer science bachelor program based upon successful FemTech principles, inclusive curriculum design, and physical computing. Concretely, the PhD project will a) develop best practices for inclusive curriculum design for computer science programming courses, b) create innovative teaching modules for programming, problem-solving, and algorithmic thinking based on interdisciplinary cases, inclusive curriculum design, and physical computing, and c) make recommendations and plans for long-term scaling of innovative teaching based upon inclusive curriculum design.
Post Doc (2 years with possibility for extension) start Jan 2026 or soon hereafter: The Post Doc project will focus on creating and implementing novel Project Supervision Tools for academic supervision of Bachelor projects and Master thesis projects, considering different constellations of neurodivergent & neurotypical students and supervisors. Concretely, the Post Doc project will a) identify best Practices for Project Supervision considering neurodivergent students, b) identify best Practices for Project Supervision considering neurodivergent teachers/supervisors, c) create project Supervision Tools, supporting Student- Teacher interaction considering different neurodiversity constellations (e.g., Student with ASD, and teacher with ADHD), and d) anchor the new Project Supervision Tools at DIKU, while preparing to extend the tools and practices to be implemented across all departments at SCIENCE.