FACULTY OF INFORMATION

University of Toronto

JOB POSTING – POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

The Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship as part of Professor Rohan Alexander’s NSERC Alliance project, Novel Statistical and Machine Learning Algorithms for Analysis of Canadian Political Donations and

Lobbying Data [ALLRP 599949-24].

Area of Research: Entity resolution; Record linkage; Data validation; Large Language Models; Natural Language Processing; Data cleaning

Description of Duties: The Fellow will conduct research, related to the above areas of research, that advances the goal of the grant project, which is to develop new methods for working with messy, real-world public interest datasets.

The Fellow will collaborate with the grant’s industry partner, the Investigative Journalism Foundation, on applied research.

This fellowship does not involve teaching duties.

Salary: $85,000 per year.

Please note that should the minimum rates stipulated in the collective agreement fall below the rates stated in this posting, the minimum rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.

Supervisor: Rohan Alexander

Required Qualifications: Candidate must have a PhD with strong quantitative training and research experience in statistics, computer science, data science or a closely related field. They will understand the history, development, and current state of their field(s) of research, be willing to work with a range of scholars both inside and outside of their own field, be willing to work closely with the industry partner, and have a desire to learn and pursue research in an interdisciplinary, collaborative environment.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate excellence in research and have an established track record in their field(s) of study.

Eligibility: Applicants must have completed their doctorate within five years of the fellowship’s start date of September 1, 2026.

Expected start date: September 1, 2026

Term: 2 years

FTE: 1.0. This is a full-time position. The normal hours of work are 40 hours per week for a full-time postdoctoral fellow, recognizing that the needs of the employee’s research and professional development and the needs of the supervisor’s research program may require flexibility in the performance of the employee’s duties and hours of work.

Application Instructions: All individuals interested in the position must submit the following documents by the closing date to Professor Rohan Alexander at rohan.alexander@utoronto.ca using the subject line “Postdoc – [Your Name]”:

a cover letter outlining your intellectual interests and stating your academic goals for the

next three years;

your academic CV; your three best published research papers; your u/grad and grad transcripts; a link to your GitHub profile; and the names and contact information for three academic referees

Please note that applications are not accepted on our website, you must apply directly to Professor Rohan Alexander.

Closing date: July 31, 2026

If you have any questions about this opportunity, please connect with Professor Rohan Alexander at rohan.alexander@utoronto.ca.

Employment as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto is covered by the terms of the CUPE 3902 Unit 5 Collective Agreement. This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 5 Collective Agreement.

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.