[ecrea] three Full-Professor positions in Communication Science

The Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Vienna,
Austria, announces three Full-Professor positions in
Communication Science:

Media Change and Media Innovation
This professorship focuses on the analysis of 
changes in the mediatization of societal
communication due to new media technology, 
individualization and evolving political
multi-level systems. The professor is expected to 
strengthen scientific cooperation
within the research area of Distributed 
Multimedia Systems (Faculty of Computer
Science) (reference no. 490-20).

Public Relations-Research
This professorship focuses on internal and external Corporate Communication in
economy and politics. The professor is expected 
to strengthen scientific cooperation
within the research area of Knowledge Society in 
Transition(reference no. 490-21).

Advertising Research
This professorship focuses on advertising in 
economy and politics. The professor is
expected to strengthen scientific cooperation 
within the research area of Knowledge
Society in Transition(reference no. 490-22).

Applications:
As stated in its development plan
(http://www.univie.ac.at/rektorenteam/ug2002/entwicklungsplan.html) 
the University
of Vienna aims at strengthening its position as a 
major research-oriented university.
Key elements of this strategy include the 
provision of an attractive range of researchbased
study programs, support for furthering the work of junior academic colleagues,
and high-caliber professorial appointments. We intend to increase the number of
women on its faculty, particularly in high-level 
positions, and therefore specifically
invite applications by women. Among equally qualified applicants women will
receive preferential consideration.
Successful candidates for the three positions 
will have the following qualifications:
- PhD and post-doctoral experience at a 
university or other research institution.
(an Austrian or equivalent international academic degree in the relevant field)
- Outstanding research and publication records, 
with an excellent reputation as an
active member in the international academic community
- A Habilitation (venia docendi) or equivalent 
international qualification in the
relevant field is desirable
- Experience in designing, acquiring and directing major research projects, and
willingness and ability to assume the responsibility of team leadership
- Experience in university teaching, and 
willingness and ability to teach at all
curricular levels, to supervise theses, and to 
further the work of junior academic
colleagues.
The University of Vienna expects the successful 
candidate to acquire, within three
years, proficiency in German sufficient for teaching in Bachelor programs and
participation in committees
The University of Vienna offers:
- Attractive terms and conditions of employment with a negotiable and
performance-related salary, associated with a generous retirement fund
- A start-up package for the initiation of research projects
- An attractive and dynamic research location in 
a city with a high quality of life
and in a country with excellent research funding
- Support for moving to Vienna.
Candidates should send an application containing 
at least the following documents:
- Academic CV
- Brief description of current research interests 
and research plans for the immediate
future
- List of publications together with the 
specification of five key publications judged
by the applicant to be particularly relevant to the advertised professorship,
together with an explanation of their relevance, and pdf versions of these five
publications provided either as email attachments or through URLs of
downloadable copies (PDF versions of monographs need only be provided if not
easily available)
- List of papers and talks given, including detailed information about invited
plenaries at international conferences
- List of projects supported by third-party funds
- Short survey of previous academic teaching and list of supervised PhD theses.
Applications in English should be submitted per 
e-mail (preferably as pdf attachments)
to the dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, 
University of Vienna, Professor Dr.
Rudolf Richter ((dekanat.sowi /at/ univie.ac.at)), no 
later than May 31, 2010, with the
reference number of the position.

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Nico Carpentier (Phd)
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University of Brussels
Centre for Studies on Media and Culture (CeMeSO)
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