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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="en-FI">Dear </span>
<span lang="EN-GB">CogSci</span><span lang="en-FI"> community,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="en-FI">The <b>Autotelic Interaction Research (AIR) group</b> at the Department of Computer Science,
<b>Aalto University</b>, Finland is looking for <b>1 Doctoral Researcher</b> (2+2 years) and<b> 1 Postdoc</b> (2 years) to work on<b> Autotelic Creative AI (ACAI</b>), a project funded by the<b> Research Council of Finland</b></span><b><span lang="EN-GB">.</span><span lang="en-FI"> </span></b><span lang="en-FI"><br>
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Critical at its core, the ACAI project <b>combines creative practice and fundamental</b> CogSci/A</span><span lang="EN-GB">ritifical</span><span lang="en-FI">Life/HCI research to identify
<b>alternative and sustainable paths to creative AI</b>. 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</span><span lang="en-FI">
</span><span lang="EN-GB">– and what that would mean</span><span lang="en-FI">. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">The jobs </span>
</b><span lang="EN-US">(DL: 3.4.2026):<b><br>
</b></span><span lang="EN-GB">PhD researcher (creative practices): <a href="https://bit.ly/4aKpKcX" target="_blank">
https://bit.ly/4aKpKcX</a></span><span lang="EN-US"><br>
Postdoc (CogSci/Alife/AI/HCI):<b> </b><a href="https://bit.ly/3OVBQZy">https://bit.ly/3OVBQZy</a><br>
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<b>Social media posts </b>(please share!):<b><br>
</b>Linkedin: </span><span lang="FI"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/christianguckelsberger_new-jobs-doctoral-researcher4y-postdoc-activity-7430585605274660864-W1Nb" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/christianguckelsberger_new-jobs-doctoral-researcher4y-postdoc-activity-7430585605274660864-W1Nb</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"><br>
Bluesky: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/creativeendvs.bsky.social/post/3mfc45lk6t22v" target="_blank">
https://bsky.app/profile/creativeendvs.bsky.social/post/3mfc45lk6t22v</a><br>
Mastodon: </span><span lang="FI"><a href="https://sigmoid.social/@creativeEndvs/116102955491572714" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">https://sigmoid.social/@creativeEndvs/116102955491572714</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-FI">The AIR group (<a href="http://www.autotelic.science/" target="_blank">www.autotelic.science</a>) embraces
<b>diversity in research</b>, thought and identity and has a <b>track record of research </b>bridging between AI, HCI, Cognitive Science and Creativity Research
</span><span lang="en-FI" style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">🎓</span><span lang="en-FI">. Aalto University is
<b>15 min away from Helsinki</b> and surrounded by nature. Helsinki has <b>excellent flight connections</b> to many international destinations, and Finland has been ranked
<a href="https://worldhappiness.report/" target="_blank">"happiest country on earth"</a> for many years.
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As part of our team, you'll be able to <b>work w</b></span><b><span lang="EN-GB">ith</span><span lang="en-FI"> and travel to our fantastic world-leading collaborators Tom Froese</span></b><span lang="en-FI"> (OIST),
<b>Takashi Ikegami</b> (University of Tokyo), and <b>Jon McCormack</b> (Monash University)!,
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Locally, we're part of a <b>rich AI research ecosystem</b>, including the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/fcai/" target="_blank">
Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence</a> (FCAI), <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/helsinki-institute-for-information-technology/" target="_blank">
Helsinki Institute for Information Technology</a> (HIIT) and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/ellis-institute-finland/" target="_blank">
ELLIS Institute Finland</a>, a world-class research hub in AI and machine learning and part of the
<b>European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS)</b>. <br>
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Please <b>get in touch</b> with any questions & <b>share </b>with whoever may be interested in this!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-FI"><br>
Kind wishes from Helsinki,<br>
Christian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">--- </span><span lang="en-FI" style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr. Christian Guckelsberger, M.A. </span><span lang="en-FI" style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-FI" style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Assistant Professor in Creative Technologies / Aalto University </span><span lang="en-FI" style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-FI" style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Visiting Research Fellow / Queen Mary, University of London <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-FI" style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Member /
</span><span lang="en-FI" style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:#2000">European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-FI" style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:#2000">PI /
</span><span lang="en-FI" style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence (FCAI) </span><span lang="en-FI" style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-FI" style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Aalto University, School of Science, Department of Computer Science </span><span lang="en-FI" style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-FI" style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:#2000">Web:
</span><span lang="DE" style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:#2000"><a href="https://www.aalto.fi/en/people/christian-guckelsberger"><span lang="en-FI">https://www.aalto.fi/en/people/christian-guckelsberger</span></a></span><span lang="en-FI" style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span lang="en-FI" style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-FI" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">Bluesky: @creativeEndvs; Mastodon:
<a href="mailto:creativeEndvs@sigmoid.social">creativeEndvs@sigmoid.social</a> </span>
<span lang="en-FI" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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