Artificial intelligence can help draft science job ads, process applications and shortlist researcher candidates. Scientist jobseekers can use it to polish CVs and resumes, write cover letters and complete application forms. But what are the strengths, limitations and risks associated with using the technology? This 60-minute webinar and Q&A session aims to help early career researchers and hiring managers decide how and when to use AI as a recruitment tool.
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Speakers
Fernando Spilki
Pro-rector of Research
Feevale University
Fernando Spilki regularly recruits researchers and students and has direct experience of the potential advantages and limitations of using AI to select candidates. Spilki is a genetics and molecular biology researcher and pro-rector of research, graduate studies and extension at Feevale University in Novo Hamburgo, Brazil. He also leads the Brazilian National Institute for Research in Virus Genomic Surveillance and One Health, which is based at the university.
Hilke Schellmann
Associate Professor of Journalism
NYU
Hilke Schellmann is an Emmy award-winning reporter, podcaster and associate professor of journalism at New York University. Hilke writes about holding artificial intelligence (AI) accountable in both her investigations and 2024 book The Algorithm: How AI Decides Who Gets Hired, Monitored, Promoted, and Fired, And Why We Need To Fight Back. It draws on exclusive information from whistleblowers, internal documents and real‑world tests, revealing decisions that are biased, racist, and do more harm than good.
Richard Stevenson
Director, Barrington James
Richard Stevenson is a UK-based director of Barrington James with more than ten years’ experience leading technology recruitment practices. He specialises in building talent networks across AI, AI drug discovery, AI medical devices, quantum computing, and other cutting-edge technology areas, helping ambitious companies strengthen their science and engineering capabilities. He brings particular depth in sourcing dual-skilled candidates who can solve complex challenges at the intersection of technology and science, from quantum hardware and software to data science and signal-based applications.
Julie Gould
Journalist (Moderator)
Julie Gould is a London-based science journalist, speaker, panel moderator and podcast producer best known for her work on Nature Careers’ Working Scientist podcast. She specializes in exploring careers in science, research culture, innovation, diversity in STEM, and the intersection of science with society and the arts. Through interviews with researchers, policymakers and industry leaders, she has built a reputation for making complex scientific and career topics engaging and accessible to broad audiences.