{"id":130466,"date":"2026-09-29T17:11:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-khwarizmi.com\/?p=130466"},"modified":"2026-09-29T17:11:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:11:43","slug":"polyfoni-social-sciences-ai-fellowship-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-khwarizmi.com\/en\/polyfoni-social-sciences-ai-fellowship-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Polyfoni Social Sciences for AI Fellowship 2026-2027: Dual Mentorship to Culturally Audit AI Products"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Polyfoni, an Oslo-based organization that brings social science expertise into AI development, is recruiting for its Social Sciences for AI Fellowship 2026-2027. Over four months, part-time and remote, fellows run a cultural audit of an AI product deployed in a region they know, with academic and industry mentors. Applications close October 15, 2026, and are reviewed on a rolling basis.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a glance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Deadline<\/strong><\/td>October 15, 2026 (rolling review)<\/td><\/tr>
Who can apply<\/strong><\/td>MSc and PhD students and early-career researchers in the social sciences and humanities<\/td><\/tr>
Duration<\/strong><\/td>November 2026 to March 2027, about 5 hours per week<\/td><\/tr>
Format<\/strong><\/td>Remote<\/td><\/tr>
What you get<\/strong><\/td>Dual mentorship, training in the Cultural Audit Method, and a published research report under your name<\/td><\/tr>
Official link<\/strong><\/td>Polyfoni fellowship page<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What is a cultural audit of an AI product?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Polyfoni defines it as a structured empirical analysis of how a specific AI product encodes assumptions about the context where it is deployed, and where those assumptions break. The work covers assumption mapping, identifying contextual failures, assessing their severity and writing recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who’s eligible?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to the official fellowship page<\/a>, Polyfoni is looking for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n