The University at Buffalo (UB), State University of New York seeks a cohort of three postdoctoral research associates to join a research team coordinated by the UB Institute for Learning Sciences housed in the Graduate School of Education. The Institute aims to support sustained, systemic, and interdisciplinary research and design in how learning can address pressing societal problems by linking faculty in the Graduate School of Education, the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the School of Arts and Sciences, and the School of Architecture and Urban Planning. The institute addresses the role of learning as it relates to four focal themes: social justice and equity; sustainability; new literacies for and with technology; and human development and thriving. This research takes place in one or more of three areas of impact: community-engaged research-practice partnerships on learning; technology research and development for learning; and research leading to institutional transformation of learning at and with the university.

Postdoctoral research associates will engage in apprenticeship with existing research projects at the university, and help shape new projects launched by the Institute. Postdoctoral research associates will be matched with one or two institute faculty most closely aligned with their interests, in addition to receiving structured mentorship from the institute director and the institute faculty as a whole. Candidates may have the opportunity to continue existing research if it aligns with institute goals and can be supported by mentor faculty.