Half of social science job postings now want AI researchers
RexDouglass · x · 2026-10-06
Scholar MPaarlberg notes that about half of new assistant professor postings in the social sciences seek AI researchers — effectively requiring grad students to have predicted the hot topic 5-7 years before graduation to land a tenure-track job.
Quote-tweeter Rwillh11 draws a parallel to the 2015 wave of PhD candidates studying the Arab Spring just as hiring pivoted elsewhere, highlighting the structural lag in academic labor markets.
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