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[ecrea] Professorship in Media and Communication Studies in Helsinki University

Mon Oct 27 22:46:38 GMT 2014



The position of professor in Media and Communication Studies has been published on the UH web page of Jobs and vacancies, see below. Please feel free to propagate the vacancy in all appropriate situations. For the full announcement, see http://www.helsinki.fi/recruitment/index.html?id=94810.
An abridged description is below.

Cordially,
Hannu Nieminen
Professor
Department of Social Research
Media and Communication, University of Helsinki

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The Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, invites applications for the position of

PROFESSOR

The position will be located in the discipline of Media and Communication Studies (http://www.helsinki.fi/communication/). The field of the position is Media and Communication Studies. The discipline covers four special fields grounded in social sciences: public sphere studies and media studies, as well as research both in organizational and in digital communication. In addition to the present vacancy, Media and Communication Studies has two other professorships and five university lectureships, as well as some 20 researchers and doctoral students working under its auspices. Each year, an average of 40 Bachelor’s degrees, 40 Master’s degrees and 2-4 doctorates are completed in Media and Communication Studies.

According to the Regulations of the University of Helsinki, an appointee to a professorship shall hold a doctoral degree and have top-level scholarly qualifications, experience in the supervision of scientific research, the ability to provide top-level teaching based on research and to supervise theses and dissertations as well as the documentation of international cooperation in the appointee’s field of research.

When considering the applicant’s qualifications, attention shall focus on scientific publications and other research results of scientific value, teaching experience and pedagogical training, the ability to produce teaching material, other teaching merits and, if necessary, a demonstration of teaching skills as well as the applicant’s participation in doctoral education. The applicant’s activity in the scientific community, success in obtaining external research funding, international research networks and elected positions as well as leadership and interaction skills shall also be taken into account.

During the selection process, the appointee must have teaching and research experience in two or more of the special fields of media and communication studies mentioned above (public sphere studies and media studies, as well as research in organizational and digital communication). In addition, diverse expertise in the organizational communication studies grounded in social sciences will be beneficial.

According to the Government Decree on Universities, professors are required to be competent in the language of instruction – usually Finnish. They must also have at least satisfactory spoken and written skills in Swedish. Foreign citizens, non-native Finnish citizens or citizens who have not been educated in Finnish or Swedish may be exempted from this requirement without a separate application. To successfully attend to the duties of the position, appointees must also have a strong command of English.

Although understanding Finnish is not a requirement at the time of employment, the appointee who is not native speaker of Finnish or Swedish or has not been educated in Finnish or Swedish is encouraged to acquire sufficient skills in the Finnish language to carry out administrative tasks at the department. The Department will support the successful appointee’s studies in Finnish.

Applicants are requested to enclose with their applications the following English-language documents: curriculum vitae, a numbered list of publications, a one-page informal report of the applicant’s scientific activities, a one-page plan on how the applicant intends to carry out the duties of the position and develop the field, a report on teaching skills (max. 3 pages in the form of, for instance, an academic portfolio) and a report on external funding acquired.

The application must be addressed to the Faculty of Social Sciences. The Faculty requests that the application and its enclosures be emailed as a single pdf file to the Registry of the University of Helsinki at (hy-kirjaamo /at/ helsinki.fi). The deadline for applications is 20 November 2014. (The Registry closes at 15.45 local Helsinki time.)

For further information about the position, contact Professor Hannu Nieminen, Hannu.Nieminen at helsinki.fi, or Head of Department of Social Research, Professor Keijo Rahkonen, , keijo.rahkonen at helsinki.fi.

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