Two full-time, permanent positions are vacant as Associate Professor in Media Studies at the Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo. The positions come with 47% of working time set off for research, 47% for teaching and the rest for administration. The Department is one of the foremost in media studies in the Nordic region and has a stated policy of international recruitment of faculty. We welcome applicants with ambitions towards research and teaching at an international level, and offer the attractive benefits of the Nordic welfare system.

“Media Studies” here in a broad sense means the interdisciplinary study of the modern media, their forms and contents, institutions and uses, their political, social, cultural and aesthetic contexts, with a basis in the humanities and the social sciences. The holders of these positions will undertake and disseminate research, and teach within the domains of media studies. For one of the two associate professorships there are extra requirements in quantitative methodology. Applicants for this position must demonstrate academic experience and proficiency in the use of quantitative methodologies for media research. The applicant must be able to teach these at Master and PhD levels.

The Department of media and Communication (IMK) conducts research and teaching and dissemination of knowledge on the modern media and their impacts on people and societies. IMK numbers 18 full-time faculty members, and houses a ph.d programme with some 30 candidates. IMK offers a bachelor and master in media studies, a master in journalism, as well as an English-language master programme.

Read the full announcement here. For more information on the Department of media and communcation, see: www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/

Contacts: Espen Ytreberg, espen.ytreberg@media.uio.no
Telephone: +47 22850421
Application deadline: November 11.

A message from Erasmus University Rotterdam: PhD Position for research project on ‘Social media and local immigrant integration policies’

The department of public administration of the Erasmus University Rotterdam invites applications for a 4-year 0,8/1,0fte PhD position. The PhD position will be part of an international comparative (FP7) project on ‘Social media monitoring and decision support tools enabling sustainable integration policies and measures’ (or ‘UNITE-EUROPE’). The PhD research involves an analysis of local integration policies and the use of social media by migrants in about ten European cities. In addition, the PhD is expected to contribute to several courses of the department of public administration.

Applicants should have completed a Masters degree in political science, public administration, policy sciences, sociology or another related discipline. The applicant should have good comprehension of public policy analysis as well as be familiar with the most important issues in migration research. In addition, the applicants should have a very good apprehension of English; apprehension of Dutch, German or French can be an advantage as well. The expected starting date for vacancy is November 1st 2011.

Applicants should submit a letter of application supported by a curriculum vitae (including a statement of research interests and a list of publications) by email in one pdf file to Karen van Mullem,  vanmullem@fsw.eur.nl. Please also send a copy (in pdf format) of your master thesis. For more information contact Rebecca Moody (moody@fsw.eur.nl) or Peter Scholten (p.w.a.scholten@fsw.eur.nl).