[ecrea] W1-Professorship (Junior Professorship) for Culture and Technology in Africa at the University of Bayreuth

*W1-Professorship (Junior Professorship) for Culture and Technology in
Africa at the University of Bayreuth*

The University of Bayreuth seeks to fill the following position, created
as a result of the successful renewal of the Bayreuth International
Graduate School of African Studies BIGSAS as part of the excellence
initiative of the German government. The University of Bayreuth invites
applications for the position of a W1 Junior Professor (for three years
with the option of a further three-year extension contingent on a
positive evaluation) for ?Culture and Technology in Africa?. Preference
will be given to candidates whose profile in research and teaching meets
the following criteria:
· university degree, pedagogical qualification, excellent PhD
· a focus on the interaction between culture, society, and technology in
Africa from a cultural and/or social science perspective
· experience in empirical research in Africa revolving around the
adaptation of imported technologies as well as the social consequences
of technology transfer in the context of global networks
· research addressing questions of risk, ethics, global equity, health,
ecology as well as knowledge production related to these issues

Candidates are expected to participate in interdisciplinary
collaborative research, especially involving African Studies and
Engineering Sciences, and to actively engage in the Bayreuth
International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS). The teaching
load is to be offered within the framework of BIGSAS and in the BA and
MA programmes in African Studies. The University of Bayreuth aims to
increase the number of women in research and teaching and explicitly
encourages women to apply. Candidates with disabilities will receive
preference over equally qualified non-disabled applicants. The
application deadline is December 21, 2012. Applications with the usual
materials (CV, certificates and transcripts, list of publications and
classes taught) should be sent to the Dean of the Faculty of Cultural
Sciences at Bayreuth University:

Dekan der Kulturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät
Universität Bayreuth
95440 Bayreuth
Deutschland / Germany



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