Appointment Status: Tenure
Department: IU Bloomington Vice Provost For Faculty Affairs
Location
Bloomington
Position Summary
Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington is seeking outstanding lateral tenured or tenure-track applicants in the regulation of artificial intelligence, robotics, and other emerging technologies. The position is part of Indiana University's Faculty 100 (F100) initiative. The initiative is a campus-wide investment to recruit 100 new tenured/tenure-track faculty whose work strengthens IU's research capacity in strategically important and rapidly growing areas. IU Bloomington has significant cross-campus strength in technology, informatics, business, labor, public affairs, ethics, and social science.
The strongest candidate would be a scholar with a record or emerging agenda in one or more of the following areas: law and artificial intelligence, responsible AI, robotics, workforce transformation, human-centered technology, public-sector innovation, and technology's social impacts. A law scholar in this area could contribute regulatory analysis, institutional design, and policy-relevant research pertaining to labor-market governance, tax and public-finance analysis, law and political economy, and/or normative frameworks for evaluating the distributional effects of technological change.
We encourage applications from scholars who apply interdisciplinary perspectives and share important research overlap with current IUB scholars, while also offering new dimensions that will expand and strengthen the IU's broader AI and emerging technologies research program.
Features of the Maurer School of Law include:
Minimum Qualifications include a distinguished academic background and a record of excellence in both scholarship and teaching, as well as a J.D., Ph. D., or comparable degree.
Department Contact for Questions
Questions regarding the position or application process can be directed to Professor Asaf Lubin, Chair, F100 Initiative Hiring Committee, at [contact details available in the full listing] or Dr. Cindy Broderick, search coordinator, at [contact details available in the full listing].
Special Instructions
The candidate will have an expected start date of August 1, 2027. Interested candidates should submit a CV and a letter summarizing their professional experience and future career goals in the areas of scholarship, teaching, and service.Additional materials may be requested during advanced stages of the evaluative process. Please submit these application materials to https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/34180.
To be given fullest consideration, applications should be received no later than September 15, 2026; however, the search will remain open until the positions are filled.
Before a conditional offer of employment with tenure is finalized, candidates will be asked to disclose any pending investigations or previous findings of sexual or professional misconduct. They will also be required to authorize an inquiry by Indiana University Bloomington with all current and former employers along these lines. The relevance of information disclosed or ascertained in the context of this process to a candidate's eligibility for hire will be evaluated by Indiana University Bloomington on a case-by-case basis. Applicants should be aware, however, that Indiana University Bloomington takes the matters of sexual and professional misconduct very seriously.
About Indiana University Bloomington: Founded in 1820, Indiana University-Bloomington (IUB) is the flagship campus of Indiana University. Located in Bloomington, IN., IUB constantly strives to embody its mission to create, disseminate, preserve, and apply knowledge. It does so through its commitments to cutting-edge research, scholarship, arts, and creative activity; inspired and challenging undergraduate, graduate, professional, and lifelong educational programs; meaningful experiences outside the classroom; expansive global educational opportunities while fostering a culturally diverse campus environment; first-rate library and museum collections; and far-reaching economic development and impact in the state and region.
IUB is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU) since 1909, is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, and is a member of the North Central Association. With over 47,000 undergraduate and graduate students, the campus has 16 degree-granting colleges and schools offering 300+ undergraduate majors, 300+ Master's degrees, and 150+ doctoral and professional degree opportunities. Known for its Indiana limestone facades and green spaces throughout, IUB is widely considered one of the country's most beautiful college campuses.
For Best Consideration Date: 09/15/2026
Expected Start Date: 08/01/2027
Posting Number
IU-[contact details available in the full listing]
Department: IU Bloomington Vice Provost For Faculty Affairs
Location
Bloomington
Position Summary
Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington is seeking outstanding lateral tenured or tenure-track applicants in the regulation of artificial intelligence, robotics, and other emerging technologies. The position is part of Indiana University's Faculty 100 (F100) initiative. The initiative is a campus-wide investment to recruit 100 new tenured/tenure-track faculty whose work strengthens IU's research capacity in strategically important and rapidly growing areas. IU Bloomington has significant cross-campus strength in technology, informatics, business, labor, public affairs, ethics, and social science.
The strongest candidate would be a scholar with a record or emerging agenda in one or more of the following areas: law and artificial intelligence, responsible AI, robotics, workforce transformation, human-centered technology, public-sector innovation, and technology's social impacts. A law scholar in this area could contribute regulatory analysis, institutional design, and policy-relevant research pertaining to labor-market governance, tax and public-finance analysis, law and political economy, and/or normative frameworks for evaluating the distributional effects of technological change.
We encourage applications from scholars who apply interdisciplinary perspectives and share important research overlap with current IUB scholars, while also offering new dimensions that will expand and strengthen the IU's broader AI and emerging technologies research program.
Features of the Maurer School of Law include:
- A highly collegial and productive faculty that is committed to retaining and expanding its community of scholars.
- Integration with a major research university, including cross-disciplinary collaborations with the Kelley School of Business; Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies; Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering; Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis; and the Paul H. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, among others.
- Excellent and ambitious JD, LLM, and SJD students with strong entering credentials.
- A three-course teaching load, small average class sizes, generous support for research conference travel, and an excellent student-faculty ratio.
- Located on one of the nation's most beautiful campuses in a vibrant Big Ten college town, and home to the world-renowned IU Jacobs School of Music, which presents between 1,100 and 1,400 performances and musical events per year.
Minimum Qualifications include a distinguished academic background and a record of excellence in both scholarship and teaching, as well as a J.D., Ph. D., or comparable degree.
Department Contact for Questions
Questions regarding the position or application process can be directed to Professor Asaf Lubin, Chair, F100 Initiative Hiring Committee, at [contact details available in the full listing] or Dr. Cindy Broderick, search coordinator, at [contact details available in the full listing].
Special Instructions
The candidate will have an expected start date of August 1, 2027. Interested candidates should submit a CV and a letter summarizing their professional experience and future career goals in the areas of scholarship, teaching, and service.Additional materials may be requested during advanced stages of the evaluative process. Please submit these application materials to https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/34180.
To be given fullest consideration, applications should be received no later than September 15, 2026; however, the search will remain open until the positions are filled.
Before a conditional offer of employment with tenure is finalized, candidates will be asked to disclose any pending investigations or previous findings of sexual or professional misconduct. They will also be required to authorize an inquiry by Indiana University Bloomington with all current and former employers along these lines. The relevance of information disclosed or ascertained in the context of this process to a candidate's eligibility for hire will be evaluated by Indiana University Bloomington on a case-by-case basis. Applicants should be aware, however, that Indiana University Bloomington takes the matters of sexual and professional misconduct very seriously.
About Indiana University Bloomington: Founded in 1820, Indiana University-Bloomington (IUB) is the flagship campus of Indiana University. Located in Bloomington, IN., IUB constantly strives to embody its mission to create, disseminate, preserve, and apply knowledge. It does so through its commitments to cutting-edge research, scholarship, arts, and creative activity; inspired and challenging undergraduate, graduate, professional, and lifelong educational programs; meaningful experiences outside the classroom; expansive global educational opportunities while fostering a culturally diverse campus environment; first-rate library and museum collections; and far-reaching economic development and impact in the state and region.
IUB is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU) since 1909, is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, and is a member of the North Central Association. With over 47,000 undergraduate and graduate students, the campus has 16 degree-granting colleges and schools offering 300+ undergraduate majors, 300+ Master's degrees, and 150+ doctoral and professional degree opportunities. Known for its Indiana limestone facades and green spaces throughout, IUB is widely considered one of the country's most beautiful college campuses.
For Best Consideration Date: 09/15/2026
Expected Start Date: 08/01/2027
Posting Number
IU-[contact details available in the full listing]
