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Reader in Artificial IntelligenceUniversity

Edinburgh Full time £63,606 - £78,469 a year
Posted 22 September 2026 Closing date 20 October 2026

Full-Time: 35 hours per week

Open-Ended (permanent)

The opportunity:

We are seeking current and emerging leading researchers in the field. The successful candidate will have a PhD (or be close to completing one), a strong research agenda, and the enthusiasm and ability to undertake original research, teach courses, and supervise student projects.

We seek candidates with research interests in the development of cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence methods and models, particularly in the joint space of perception (e.g., computer vision) and action (e.g., interactive decision-making systems).  We are interested in candidates motivated to establish and expand the principles underlying such methods and models in the context of high-impact application domains (e.g., robotics, health, environment, society, etc.).

The candidate's research focus may align with the following, non-exhaustive, list of topics (in no particular order):

Continual, open-ended, self-improving AI

Agentic AI, world models, and generative models

Embodied perception and action

Learning from interaction and reinforcement

Decision-making under uncertainty

Long-duration autonomy

Candidates should have a strong research track record. They should also demonstrate interest and ability to teach undergraduate (UG) and master's (MSc) level courses, and to supervise projects for UG, MSc, and PhD in areas related to their research.

£63,606 to £78,469 per annum (Grade 9)

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