[ecrea] 3 year post doc Reuters Institute, University of Oxford Media and Democracy

   Career Development Fellow in Media and Democracy
   <https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=100648>

Closes: 01/09/2011

*Grade 8: £36,862 - £44,016 pa (3 year fixed term position)*

The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and the Department of 
Politics and International Relations seek a candidate for a 3-year 
postdoctoral position in media and democracy with an appointment date of 
autumn 2011. The appointment is expected to be made on the University's 
grade 8 salary scale (£36,862 - £44,016 pa). However, if the selected 
candidate does not fully meet all the selection criteria, the 
appointment may be made on the grade 7 scale (£29,099 - £35,77 pa), with 
the possibility of moving up to grade 8 during year 2 or 3 of the 
appointment.

The successful candidate will have expertise in two of the following 
areas and will pursue advanced research in at least one of them:

· Media and democratization

· Media in post-authoritarian regimes

· Media and democratic accountability

· Media and political campaigns

Candidates are expected to have either a degree in political science and 
significant experience and understanding of media/journalism empirical 
research and theory; or a degree in media/journalism studies and 
significant experience and understanding of political research and 
theory. A strong early-career record of academic publication and 
conference presentations is expected.* *

The successful candidate will be housed within the Reuters Institute to 
engage in publishable comparative research on one or more of these 
themes as applied to two or more countries or a region and to contribute 
to the development of the Institute's research activities and scholarly 
output. He or she will have some teaching opportunities in the 
Department of Politics and International Relations. He or she will be 
expected to engage in scholarly publishing throughout the period of the 
appointment that will contribute to the Department of Politics and 
International Relations' submission to the Research Excellence Framework 
review process.

Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. To apply for this 
role and for further details, including the job description and 
selection criteria, please click on the link below:

https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=100648

The closing date for applications is midday on* lst September 2011. *The 
interviews for this post are scheduled to take place on Tuesday 4^th 
October 2011.

Online application form 
<https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=100648>

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       Application Details

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contact form 
<http://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/index.php/contact/personnel-officer.html>.

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noticeboards in the Manor Road building, on the University Job Pages 
<http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/ps/gp/> and at www.jobs.ac.uk 
<http://www.jobs.ac.uk/>.