{"data":{"id":220797,"slug":"projektassistenter-med-fokus-pa-uxhci-i-relation-till-ai-och-cybersakerhet","type":"job","title":"Project Assistants with Focus on UX\/HCI in Relation to AI and Cybersecurity","description":"Ume\u00e5 University is one of Sweden's largest institutions of higher education with over 41,500 students and approximately 4,600 employees. The university offers a diverse range of high-quality educational programs and world-leading research in several scientific fields. It was here that the groundbreaking discovery of the gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 was made, an achievement that was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. At Ume\u00e5 University, everything is close by. Our cohesive campuses make it easy to meet, collaborate, and exchange knowledge, fostering a dynamic and open culture.\nThe societal transformation and major green investments we see in northern Sweden create enormous opportunities and complex challenges. For Ume\u00e5 University, this means conducting research about \u2013 and within \u2013 a society in transformation. It also means delivering education for regions that need to expand rapidly and sustainably. Simply put, the future is being created here.\nThe Department of Informatics is seeking 1\u20132 project assistants for fixed-term employment (50%) for 10 months starting in autumn 2026. The positions focus on user experience (UX), human-computer interaction (HCI) in relation to AI and cybersecurity.\nAbout the Project\nThe research project Secure AI User Experience is carried out in collaboration between Ume\u00e5 University, Lule\u00e5 University of Technology, and University of Oulu, and is financed by Interreg Aurora.\nThe Department of Informatics is responsible for part of the project with a research focus on user experience and human-computer interaction in relation to cybersecurity in AI-based systems. The aim is to scientifically develop and validate a structured and practically applicable approach for integrating UX and HCI principles into organizations' cybersecurity work. Security solutions should not only be technically robust, but also understandable, usable, accepted by users, and compatible with actual work processes.\nThe work is conducted in close collaboration with small and medium-sized enterprises, end users, researchers, and other project partners. The project addresses, among other things, how UX and HCI principles can be translated into practice to improve usability, trust, and regulatory compliance, and how AI solutions can be designed to combine security with usability and efficient workflows.\nProject Description and Work Tasks\nAs a project assistant in this project, you will support the project's researchers and participate practically in planning, implementation, and analysis of the project's scientific activities. The work is interdisciplinary and conducted at the intersection of informatics, UX\/HCI, AI, and cybersecurity, with these project assistant positions focusing on UX\/HCI.\nThe main work tasks include:\n- Planning, preparing, and conducting scientific user studies in collaboration with small and medium-sized enterprises and end users\n- Participating in data collection through interviews, observations, surveys, workshops, and usability tests\n- Transcribing interviews and structuring, documenting, and managing collected material\n- Conducting qualitative analyses of the project's empirical material\n- Contributing to the development of a practical framework for how UX and HCI principles can be integrated in the design and implementation of secure AI-based systems\n- Contributing to the development of guidelines, methods, and support tools that promote secure user behavior and reduce user-related vulnerabilities\n- Creating and evaluating concepts, prototypes, and visualizations\n- Participating in iterative evaluation and validation of the project's methods, tools, and materials together with companies and end users\n- Compiling analyses and contributing to scientific articles and reports\n- Participating in project meetings and collaboration with the project's Swedish and international partners.\nThe work tasks involve regular contact with company representatives, end users, researchers, and potential collaborators. Work tasks may change over time based on the project's development and needs.\nAbout the Position\nThe employment is a fixed-term position for 10 months starting as soon as possible in autumn 2026. The position will be at 50% of full-time. The final extent is dependent on a funding decision made before the position starts.\nThe position is located at the Department of Informatics at Ume\u00e5 University. We are seeking project assistants who will become part of the department's daily operations and regularly work on-site at the workplace. Travel and participation in activities with project partners and participating companies may occur.\nQualification Requirements\nWe are looking for someone who has:\n- Master's degree in informatics with a focus on HCI and UX or equivalent\n- Knowledge of user-centered design, user experience, and\/or human-computer interaction\n- Experience planning and conducting research studies through empirical user studies such as interviews, observations, surveys, workshops, and user testing\n- Knowledge of qualitative research methods and experience structuring, analyzing, and reporting empirical material\n- Very good ability to express yourself verbally and in writing in Swedish and English\nOtherwise, it is important to have good collaboration and communication skills, a good ability to plan and carry out work tasks independently, in a structured and responsible manner. The work involves close collaboration with companies, end users, researchers, and other project partners. You therefore need to be proactive, solution-oriented, and have an ability to create and maintain good professional relationships. Great weight will be placed on personal suitability.\nApplication\nFor application information, see Ume\u00e5 University job vacancies.","language":"sv","is_translated":true,"title_original":"Projektassistenter med fokus p\u00e5 UX\/HCI i relation till AI och cybers\u00e4kerhet","description_original":"Ume\u00e5 universitet \u00e4r ett av Sveriges st\u00f6rsta l\u00e4ros\u00e4ten med \u00f6ver 41 500 studenter och cirka 4 600 anst\u00e4llda. Vid universitetet finns en m\u00e5ngfald av utbildningar av h\u00f6g kvalitet och v\u00e4rldsledande forskning inom flera vetenskapsomr\u00e5den, och h\u00e4r gjordes den banbrytande uppt\u00e4ckten av gensaxen CRISPR-Cas9 som tilldelats Nobelpriset i kemi. Vid Ume\u00e5 universitet \u00e4r allt n\u00e4ra. V\u00e5ra sammanh\u00e5llna campus g\u00f6r det l\u00e4tt att m\u00f6tas, samarbeta och utbyta kunskap, n\u00e5got som gynnar en dynamisk och \u00f6ppen kultur.\nDen samh\u00e4llsomvandling och de stora gr\u00f6na investeringar vi ser i norra Sverige skapar enorma m\u00f6jligheter och komplexa utmaningar. F\u00f6r Ume\u00e5 universitet handlar det om att bedriva forskning om \u2013 och mitt i \u2013 ett samh\u00e4lle i omvandling. Men ocks\u00e5 om att leverera utbildningar f\u00f6r regioner som beh\u00f6ver expandera fort och h\u00e5llbart. Det \u00e4r helt enkelt h\u00e4r framtiden skapas.\nInstitutionen f\u00f6r informatik s\u00f6ker 1\u20132 projektassistenter f\u00f6r s\u00e4rskild visstidsanst\u00e4llning (50%) under 10 m\u00e5nader med start under h\u00f6sten 2026. Anst\u00e4llningarna \u00e4r inriktade mot anv\u00e4ndarupplevelse (UX), m\u00e4nniska\u2013datorinteraktion (HCI) i relation till AI och cybers\u00e4kerhet.\nOm projektet\nForskningsprojektet Secure AI User Experience genomf\u00f6rs i samarbete mellan Ume\u00e5 Universitet, Lule\u00e5 Tekniska Universitet samt Oulu universitet och finansieras av Interreg Aurora.\nInstitutionen f\u00f6r informatik ansvarar f\u00f6r en del av projektet med ett forskningsfokus p\u00e5 anv\u00e4ndarupplevelse, m\u00e4nniska\u2013datorinteraktion i relation till cybers\u00e4kerhet i AI-baserade system. Syftet \u00e4r att vetenskapligt utveckla och validera ett strukturerat och praktiskt anv\u00e4ndbart arbetss\u00e4tt f\u00f6r att integrera UX- och HCI-principer i organisationers cybers\u00e4kerhetsarbete. S\u00e4kerhetsl\u00f6sningar ska inte bara vara tekniskt robusta, utan ocks\u00e5 begripliga, anv\u00e4ndbara, accepterade av anv\u00e4ndarna och f\u00f6renliga med faktiska arbetsprocesser.\nArbetet genomf\u00f6rs i n\u00e4ra samverkan med sm\u00e5 och medelstora f\u00f6retag, slutanv\u00e4ndare, forskare och \u00f6vriga projektpartner. Projektet behandlar bland annat hur UX- och HCI-principer kan oms\u00e4ttas i praktiken f\u00f6r att f\u00f6rb\u00e4ttra anv\u00e4ndbarhet, tillit och regelefterlevnad samt hur AI-l\u00f6sningar kan utformas f\u00f6r att f\u00f6rena s\u00e4kerhet med anv\u00e4ndbarhet och effektiva arbetsfl\u00f6den.\nProjektbeskrivning och arbetsuppgifter\nSom projektassistent i detta projekt bist\u00e5r du projektets forskare och medverkar praktiskt i planering, genomf\u00f6rande och analys i projektets vetenskapliga aktiviteter. Arbetet \u00e4r tv\u00e4rvetenskapligt och bedrivs i gr\u00e4nslandet mellan informatik, UX\/HCI, AI och cybers\u00e4kerhet d\u00e4r arbetet f\u00f6r dessa projektassistenter utg\u00e5r ifr\u00e5n UX\/HCI.\nDe huvudsakliga arbetsuppgifterna innefattar att:\n- Planera, f\u00f6rbereda och genomf\u00f6ra vetenskapliga anv\u00e4ndarstudier i samverkan med sm\u00e5 och medelstora f\u00f6retag och slutanv\u00e4ndare\n- Medverka i studiens datainsamling genom intervjuer, observationer, enk\u00e4tunders\u00f6kningar, workshops och anv\u00e4ndningstester\n- Transkribera intervjuer samt strukturera, dokumentera och hantera insamlat material\n- Genomf\u00f6ra kvalitativa analyser av projektets empiriska material\n- Medverka i utvecklingen av ett praktiskt ramverk f\u00f6r hur UX- och HCI-principer kan integreras i utformning och inf\u00f6rande av cybers\u00e4kra AI-baserade system\n- Bidra till framtagandet av riktlinjer, metoder och st\u00f6dverktyg som fr\u00e4mjar s\u00e4kra anv\u00e4ndarbeteenden och minskar anv\u00e4ndarrelaterade s\u00e5rbarheter\n- Ta fram och utv\u00e4rdera koncept, prototyper och visualiseringar\n- Delta i iterativ utv\u00e4rdering och validering av projektets metoder, verktyg och material tillsammans med f\u00f6retag och slutanv\u00e4ndare\n- Sammanst\u00e4lla analyser och bidra till vetenskapliga artiklar och rapporter\n- Medverka vid projektm\u00f6ten och i samarbete med projektets svenska och internationella partner.\nArbetsuppgifterna inneb\u00e4r \u00e5terkommande kontakter med f\u00f6retagsrepresentanter, slutanv\u00e4ndare, forskare och potentiella samarbetspartner. Arbetsuppgifterna kan f\u00f6r\u00e4ndras \u00f6ver tid utifr\u00e5n projektets utveckling och behov.\nOm anst\u00e4llningen\nAnst\u00e4llningen \u00e4r en s\u00e4rskild visstidsanst\u00e4llning under 10 m\u00e5nader med start s\u00e5 snart som m\u00f6jligt under h\u00f6sten 2026. Anst\u00e4llningens omfattning kommer att vara 50% procent av heltid. Den slutliga omfattningen \u00e4r beroende av ett finansieringsbeslut som fattas f\u00f6re anst\u00e4llningens start.\nPlacering \u00e4r vid institutionen f\u00f6r informatik vid Ume\u00e5 universitet. Vi s\u00f6ker projektassistenter som blir en del av institutionens dagliga verksamhet och regelbundet arbetar p\u00e5 plats vid arbetsplatsen. Resor samt deltagande i aktiviteter hos projektpartner och medverkande f\u00f6retag kan f\u00f6rekomma.\nKompetenskrav\nVi s\u00f6ker dig som har:\n- Masterexamen i informatik med inriktning mot HCI och UX eller motsvarande\n- Kunskap om anv\u00e4ndarcentrerad design, anv\u00e4ndarupplevelse och\/eller m\u00e4nniska\u2013datorinteraktion\n- Erfarenhet av att planera och genomf\u00f6ra forskningsstudier genom empiriska anv\u00e4ndarstudier s\u00e5som intervjuer, observationer, enk\u00e4tunders\u00f6kningar, workshops och anv\u00e4ndartester\n- Kunskap om kvalitativa forskningsmetoder och erfarenhet av att strukturera, analysera och rapportera empiriskt material\n- Mycket god f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att uttrycka dig muntligt och skriftligt p\u00e5 svenska och engelska\nI \u00f6vrigt \u00e4r det viktigt med god samarbets- och kommunikationsf\u00f6rm\u00e5ga, god f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att planera och genomf\u00f6ra arbetsuppgifter sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndigt, strukturerat och ansvarsfullt.\u00a0Arbetet inneb\u00e4r n\u00e4ra samverkan med f\u00f6retag, slutanv\u00e4ndare, forskare och andra projektparter. Du beh\u00f6ver d\u00e4rf\u00f6r vara initiativtagande, l\u00f6sningsorienterad och ha l\u00e4tt f\u00f6r att skapa och uppr\u00e4tth\u00e5lla goda professionella relationer. Stor vikt kommer att l\u00e4ggas vid personlig l\u00e4mplighet.\nAns\u00f6kan\nF\u00f6r ans\u00f6kan se Ume\u00e5 Universitet lediga jobb.","price":null,"currency":"SEK","status":"active","noindex":true,"location":{"address":"Ume\u00e5 universitet","full_address":null,"city":"Ume\u00e5","country":"SE","latitude":63.7970413,"longitude":20.2816791},"metadata":{"region":"V\u00e4sterbottens l\u00e4n","duration":"6 m\u00e5nader eller l\u00e4ngre","employer":"Ume\u00e5 Universitet","postcode":"90187","positions":1,"profession":"Forskarassistent","salary_type":"Fast m\u00e5nads- vecko- eller timl\u00f6n","employer_url":"https:\/\/www.umu.se\/jobba-hos-oss\/","scope_of_work":"0\u2013100 %","working_hours":"Deltid","contact_person":"SEKO SEKO","employment_type":"full_time","occupation_field":"Pedagogik","employer_workplace":"Ume\u00e5 universitet, Samh\u00e4llsvetenskaplig fakultet","translation_status":"done","experience_required":true,"employment_type_label":"Vanlig anst\u00e4llning"},"user_id":null,"is_sponsored":false,"views_count":0,"ai_views_count":3,"bot_views_count":1,"ai_vendor_counts":{"anthropic":3},"visibility":"public","submission_source":null,"submission_ai_name":null,"has_owner_email":true,"can_contact_owner":true,"phone":null,"owner_email":"seko@umu.se","images":[],"published_at":"2026-09-18T12:34:31+00:00","expires_at":"2026-10-09T23:59:59+00:00","created_at":"2026-09-19T03:02:56+00:00","updated_at":"2026-09-19T22:02:09+00:00"}}