Postdoctoral Fellow in research quality, scientometrics, and metascience
Application Deadline: September 23, 2026
The Information Quality Lab in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Information School seeks a Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct research in the areas of research quality, scientometrics, and metascience, under the mentorship of Dr. Jodi Schneider.
In this role you will receive mentoring and community support to prepare for permanent appointments both inside and outside of academia. The successful candidate will work with Dr. Schneider to create an individual development plan.
The successful candidate will lead, conduct, and publish research, and write grant proposals, in an interdisciplinary environment. Key work will be to (1) conduct a scoping review of the literature; and (2) to develop and test scientometric indicators of epistemic integrity, methodological rigor, and innovation for the project CULTIVATE: Transforming Scientific Systems by Cultivating Virtue Ethics in Scientists. CULTIVATE is led by a team of three UW–Madison faculty members: Dr. Schneider (bibliometrics); a clinical psychologist at the Center for Healthy Minds (psychometrics); and an STS-inflected historian in the UW–Madison Department of Medical History and Bioethics (ethnographic and qualitative analysis to guide bibliometric development).
Applications received by Wednesday September 23, 2026 are guaranteed consideration. While the position remains open, positions will be reviewed weekly each Monday.
Key job responsibilities:
Lead, conduct, and publish research in consultation with Dr. Schneider
Design research projects, write grant proposals, and mentor junior researchers
Develop and execute a personal individual development plan to become eligible for permanent positions in your field, both inside and outside of academia, under the guidance of Dr. Schneider
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
A PhD in any field (including, but not limited to, metascience, science of science, informatics, science policy, information sciences, information studies, library & information science, computational social sciences, etc.), earned within the last 5 years.
Interest in interdisciplinary research.
Excellent critical thinking, written and spoken English, and project management skills.
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