Research Fellow, Quantum Gravity

**Job Overview** Recognition Physics Institute seeks a full\-time Research Fellow whose primary work is editing and strengthening our research manuscripts and representing that work to the scientific community. Recognition Science is a first\-principles framework deriving physics, mathematics, and information theory from a single cost of imbalance, with a large formal (Lean\-verified) core and an active publication program. This is a writer\-and\-critic role, not an independent\-research seat. You will spend most of your time making other people's arguments sharper, more rigorous, and more publishable, and then defending them in peer review and public scientific discourse. It suits a PhD\-level physicist or mathematical physicist who would rather perfect and pressure\-test arguments across many topics than pursue a single research line of their own. You will engage seriously with unconventional first\-principles claims while holding them to mainstream standards of rigor. **Priority domains include:** * quantum gravity / general relativity * cosmology / dark energy / large\-scale structure * mathematical economics / information systems * philosophy of science / metaphysics / foundations **What you'll do:** * Edit, restructure, and tighten manuscripts, preprints, and technical notes for clarity, rigor, and publication readiness. * Turn high\-level derivations into precise mathematical statements and clean arguments; find and close gaps and hidden assumptions before referees do. * Provide detailed technical critique of internal drafts, including identifying testable implications and points of contact (and conflict) with accepted physics. * Manage the publication pipeline: journal and arXiv submissions, referee correspondence, and well\-argued responses to reviewers. * Represent the institute's work in the scientific community: conference talks, scholarly correspondence, and public technical discussion, including measured responses to criticism of a heterodox framework. * Co\-author papers where you've contributed substantively, and collaborate with physicists, mathematicians, and computational researchers across the institute. **Minimum qualifications:** * PhD in theoretical physics, mathematical physics, or a closely related field. * Peer\-reviewed publication record. * Demonstrated excellence in scientific writing and editing: you can take a rough derivation and produce a clean, rigorous, publishable argument. * Strong background in at least one of: general relativity, quantum field theory, quantum gravity, mathematical physics, foundations of physics, or high\-energy theory. * Ability to critique unconventional ideas without either dismissiveness or credulity, and to defend them in public without overclaiming. * Comfortable working independently in a remote research environment. **Preferred** * Experience as a journal referee, editor, or in managing submissions and reviewer responses. * Familiarity with formal verification (Lean/Coq) o