[ecrea] University of Bremen - professorship for innovative methods in media and communication research

http://www.zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/news/news/article//stellenaussc-9.html

Job vacancy: Professorship for Innovative Methods in Media and 
Communication Research
Job vacancy at the ZeMKI, Centre for Media, Communication and 
Information Research of the University of Bremen: Professorship for 
Innovative Methods in Media and Communication Research.

The University of Bremen, Faculty 9 Cultural Studies seeks candidates 
for appointment as professor. The professorship is part of the 
institutional strategy to strengthen research and development by 
awarding professorships in dynamic research areas. One of these areas is 
“Media Change”, which investigates the communicative figurations of 
mediatized cultures and societies.

Professorship (W 2/Associate Professor)
Innovative Methods in Media and Communication Research
(temporary civil servant position for five years with tenure option)
Reference number P693/16

Applicants should have expertise in media and communication research 
with a special profile in methodological questions. Expected is 
expertise in quantitative as well as qualitative approaches of media and 
communication research and, in addition, an independent approach to the 
development of research methods. It is also expected that the successful 
candidate will exhibit engagement within the research field “Media 
Change” within the Faculty of Cultural Studies and the acquisition of 
third-party funding, as well as interdisciplinary research cooperation 
within the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research 
(ZeMKI) and its research group “Communicative Figurations”. Teaching is 
dedicated to the BA and MA programs of the Institute for Media and 
Communication Studies (IPKM) and should include, beside various thematic 
modules, courses in methods of media and communication research. An 
interest in the increasing number of postgraduate courses is also expected.

In addition to the pre-conditions of civil service law, a relevant 
doctoral dissertation, as well as other relevant academic achievements 
of outstanding quality, evidenced, for instance, by a junior 
professorship or by a post-doctoral thesis. A further requirement is 
that the successful candidates can evidence their pedagogical-didactic 
suitability by documented teaching experience. Applicants are expected 
to have acquired teaching skills in the German language after a period 
of 2-3 years.

We expect a readiness to cooperate in research with other research areas 
within and outside the University of Bremen. We also expect the 
applicant’s readiness to acquire third-party funds as well as openness 
to innovations in teaching methods. Experience with media-supported 
forms of teaching is desirable as well as the readiness to consider 
gender aspects in research and teaching.

The University of Bremen has received a number of awards for its 
diversity policies. We strive to increase the number of female 
researchers and particularly solicit applications from suitably 
qualified female candidates. International applications and applications 
on the part of academics with a migration background are explicitly 
welcome. Disabled persons with the same professional and personal 
qualifications will be given preference.

The option of a Tenure Track is offered under reservation of a possible 
change of the Bremen Higher Education Act (BremHG).

For further information, please contact the head of the Centre for 
Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI), Prof. Dr. Andreas 
Hepp.

Please send your application including CV, teaching experience, and a 
list of publications by November 9th, 2016, 2016, citing the reference 
number to:

Universität Bremen
Dean of Faculty 9 – Cultural Studies
Prof. Dr. Dorle Dracklé
Postfach 330 440
28334 Bremen
Germany

(bewerbungen.fb9[at]uni-bremen.de)


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