Technician – Stakeholder Engagement Expert in COMPASS-AI

Organisation/Company Universitat de Barcelona Department OPIR Research Field Anthropology Ethics in health sciences Sociology Medical sciences Other Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Master Positions Application Deadline 18 Nov 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Madrid) Country Spain Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Part-time Hours Per Week 20 Offer Starting Date 9 Dec 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon Europe (other) Reference Number Nº GA - EU4Health Programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

We offer an exciting Technician – Stakeholder Engagement Expert position at the Universitat de Barcelona within the Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Lab (BCN-AIM). We are looking for someone to contribute to the ELSI (Ethical, Legal and Social Implications) work within COMPASS-AI, a EU4Health initiative in to develop guidance for the safe and trustworthy deployment of AI in clinical practice.

This role sits at the intersection of evidence synthesis, stakeholder engagement, and science communication and focus on exploring the social, ethical, and implementation dimensions of AI in healthcare through qualitative and mixed-methods research, participatory work with diverse stakeholders (clinicians, patients, developers, regulators), and translation of findings into practical materials and policy recommendations.

Key responsibilities:

• Stakeholder Engagement and Qualitative Research: Organise, conduct, and analyse four online focus groups with clinicians, developers, patients, and ethicists, and support the design, running, and analysis of a Delphi survey to prioritise requirements and identify consensus on safeguards.
• ELSI Research: Assist in exploring the socio-ethical implications of multi-agent generative AI, including inequality of access, social trust, power dynamics, the patient–clinician relationship, informed consent, overreliance, and deskilling, alongside fairness, transparency, accountability, human oversight, and patient safety.
• Ethics-by-Design Toolkits: Contribute to the development of ethics-by-design toolkits (codes of conduct, consent templates, disclosurepractices, unsafe-use warnings) that help technical and clinical teams embed socio-ethical safeguards in agent design, testing, and evaluation.
• Science Communication and Dissemination: Participate in consortium meetings and contribute to dissemination activities, making complex findings accessible to a wide range of audiences including policymakers, clinicians, and the general public.
• Consortium Collaboration: Work closely with multidisciplinary partners across the COMPASS-AI consortium and present the insights of our work to partners and the wider network of collaborators.

We offer:

• A dynamic position in beautiful Barcelona and its Mediterranean climate.
• Research experience within a prestigious university (1st position in Spain).
• Cutting-edge research in AI for healthcare in one of the most dynamic research groups in Europe (10 active projects including an ERC grant).
• An international research environment with a multi-cultural team representing all continents.
• Opportunities to collaborate with international and interdisciplinary collaborators as part of the European projects.
• Flexible working hours, with possibility to telework.

The requirements for the position are:

• MSc or equivalent in a relevant field (social sciences, humanities, philosophy, anthropology, science and technology studies, health communication, bioethics, public health, or related fields)
• Experience conducting research with or about people (qualitative methods, interviews, participatory research, focus groups, or equivalent)
• Familiarity with ELSI questions in the context of digital health/AI or a strong demonstrated interest in these topics
• Ability to synthesize literature and translate evidence into accessible, actionable outputs
• Strong science communication skills: written and oral, for both specialist and non-specialist audiences
• Critical, interdisciplinary mindset and genuine curiosity about the social dimensions of technology
• Excellent English (oral and written)
• Team player, able to work independently and collaboratively in an international, multicultural environment

The research project:

COMPASS-AI is a four-year EU4Health initiative to make clinical AI safe, fair, and genuinely usable in real healthcare. Building on FUTURE-AI, the project develops FUTURE-AI 2.0: a practical, step-by-step set of deployment guidelines that translate ethical and regulatory requirements into hospital-ready processes and tools. The consort