[CogSci] [Job] PhD (4y, creative practice) & Postdoc (2y, ALife, AI, CogSci theory) positions to work on Autotelic Creative AI @Aalto University (DL: 3.4.2026)

[Guckelsberger Christian]

Dear CogSci community,
The Autotelic Interaction Research (AIR) group at the Department of Computer Science, Aalto University, Finland is looking for 1 Doctoral Researcher (2+2 years) and 1 Postdoc (2 years) to work on Autotelic Creative AI (ACAI), a project funded by the Research Council of Finland.

Critical at its core, the ACAI project combines creative practice and fundamental CogSci/AritificalLife/HCI research to identify alternative and sustainable paths to creative AI. Rather than optimizing systems to replicate established human aesthetics or processes, we investigate the conditions under which AI might operate as a genuinely creative agent – and what that would mean.
The jobs (DL: 3.4.2026):
PhD researcher (creative practices): https://bit.ly/4aKpKcX
Postdoc (CogSci/Alife/AI/HCI): https://bit.ly/3OVBQZy

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The AIR group (www.autotelic.science<http://www.autotelic.science/>) embraces diversity in research, thought and identity and has a track record of research bridging between AI, HCI, Cognitive Science and Creativity Research 🎓. Aalto University is 15 min away from Helsinki and surrounded by nature. Helsinki has excellent flight connections to many international destinations, and Finland has been ranked "happiest country on earth"<https://worldhappiness.report/> for many years.

As part of our team, you'll be able to work with and travel to our fantastic world-leading collaborators Tom Froese (OIST), Takashi Ikegami (University of Tokyo), and Jon McCormack (Monash University)!,

Locally, we're part of a rich AI research ecosystem, including the Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence<https://www.linkedin.com/company/fcai/> (FCAI), Helsinki Institute for Information Technology<https://www.linkedin.com/company/helsinki-institute-for-information-technology/> (HIIT) and ELLIS Institute Finland<https://www.linkedin.com/company/ellis-institute-finland/>, a world-class research hub in AI and machine learning and part of the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS).

Please get in touch with any questions & share with whoever may be interested in this!

Kind wishes from Helsinki,
Christian

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Dr. Christian Guckelsberger, M.A.
Assistant Professor in Creative Technologies / Aalto University
Visiting Research Fellow / Queen Mary, University of London
Member / European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS)
PI / Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence (FCAI)
Aalto University, School of Science, Department of Computer Science
Web: https://www.aalto.fi/en/people/christian-guckelsberger
Bluesky: @creativeEndvs; Mastodon: creativeEndvs at sigmoid.social<mailto:creativeEndvs at sigmoid.social>
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