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Recruiting students to take part in the EL2MP project on the role of LLMs in ordinary work practices

The médialab is recruiting part-time students to take part in the Écologies des pratiques LLMs (EL2MP) research project.

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Deadline:

  • Contact: donato.ricci@sciencespo.fr

The project

The Écologies des pratiques LLMs (EL2MP) project aims to describe and study the uses of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems and, in particular, Large Language Models.

At a time when AIs such as ChatGPT are setting the public debate on the future of work ablaze, this research focuses on the concrete and present practices surrounding AIs in different professional and disciplinary contexts. The project is based on a long-term experimental set-up, in which participants will be gradually trained to use AIs in different exercises.

Students taking part in this experiment will have the opportunity to contribute to collaborative research on a topical issue, and will benefit from solid training in an emerging technology, with paid access to the most advanced AI models available today.

For more information: https://ecologiesofllm.medialab.sciencespo.fr/

The job

The experiments will take place in two waves, one in the first semester (October-November 2025) and the other in the second (February-March 2026). Each wave will last around eight weeks and will take place during course periods - the experiments will not take place during revision, gallop or holiday weeks.

Each week, students will take part in a 2-hour face-to-face workshop at the médialab (Sciences Po Paris campus), plus 1 hour of experimentation at home, for a total of 3 hours paid per week. During these three hours a week, the students will undertake to carry out activities related to AI systems, to follow the training given by researchers and specialists, to document their experiments in writing and to talk regularly with the researchers at the médialab about their practices and their interactions with AI systems.

Profile required

We are looking for people who are enthusiastic, sceptical or have no opinion about AI. Similarly, we are open to both novices who have never used these tools and those who are familiar with them or even experts. The important thing is to be motivated to get involved in a collaborative research project with regular use of AI systems.

Moreover, the scheme requires participants to be physically present on the Sciences Po Paris campus and available for the four months of the experiment (October, November, February and March). As a result, people planning to do internships during all or part of this period will unfortunately not be able to take part in the project.

Finally, the médialab will be taking care of the technical side of the project: participants will simply need to bring their laptops. A session is planned before the start of the research activities to check that the computer equipment is working properly.

Practical information

Shift start date: 29/09/2025

Shift end date: 20/03/2026

Application deadline: 08/09/2025

Applications (consisting of a short CV and a covering letter) should be sent to the Sciences Po vacation platform.

Any questions regarding the project and this announcement can be addressed to donato.ricci@sciencespo.fr