[Commlist] Vacancy: Tenured Professorship "Communication and Media Studies with the focus ‘MediaSociety’" at ZeMKI, University of Bremen

Vacancy: Tenured Professorship - Salary group W2 - in the subject area 
Communication and Media Studies with the focus ‘Media Society’

Application deadline: September 1, 2019

The University of Bremen invites applications for a university 
professorship at the Centre for Media, Communication and Information 
Research (ZeMKI) in Faculty 9, Cultural Studies.

Tenured Professorship
- Salary group W2 -
in the subject area

Communication and Media Studies with the focus ‘Media Society’
Reference number: P902/19

Applicants should have a successful record in the field of empirical 
communication and media research with a focus on social communication 
and the impact of media on social processes. Research should be carried 
out with a cross-media perspective in the following thematic areas: The 
appropriation and use of digital media; cultural, social and economic 
contexts of digital media; chances and risks of digital traces. 
Applicants should be experienced in the use of qualitative methods of 
digital communication research. The successful candidate will be 
expected to participate in the research cluster ‘Media Change’ in the 
Faculty of Cultural Studies, the acquisition of third-party funding, as 
well as in interdisciplinary research cooperation at the Centre for 
Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) and its research 
group ‘Communicative Figurations’ (with the Leibniz Institute for Media 
Research | Hans Bredow Institute and the University of Hamburg). The 
position holder will teach Communication and Media Studies in courses 
offered by the Faculty and, in addition to thematic courses on social 
communication and the media influence of social processes, be able to 
offer foundation courses in the field of communication and media science 
and its methods. Duties will also include participation in the 
development of a structured doctoral program.

The University of Bremen is committed to increasing the share of women 
working in science and particularly welcomes applications from female 
academics. Applications from candidates with a migration background as 
well as candidates from other countries are likewise very welcome. 
Severely handicapped applicants with essentially the same professional 
and personal suitability as other applicants will be given priority.

The University offers a wide range of services to support newly 
appointed professors, such as a Welcome Center, childcare and dual 
career opportunities, as well as personnel development and continuing 
education.

In addition to the legal requirements for civil servants, a 
professionally relevant and outstanding doctorate and other relevant 
academic achievements of outstanding quality are expected, such as a 
successful junior professorship or habilitation-equivalent achievements. 
Suitable pedagogical-didactical aptitude, which should be documented by 
experience in teaching, is prerequisite. Non-German-speaking applicants 
will be expected to reach proficiency in the German-language after a 
period of 2-3 years. The appointment is based on Section 18 of the 
Bremen Higher Education Act (Bremisches Hochschulgesetz) and Section 116 
of the Bremen Civil Service Act (Bremisches Beamtengesetz).

For further information, feel free to contact the leader of the Centre 
for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI), Prof. Dr. 
Andreas Hepp.

Please send your application, stating the reference number and 
accompanied by the usual supporting documents (C.V., list of 
publications, record of teaching and research activities, certificates), 
to the address below or by e-mail to the Dean of Faculty, Prof. Dr. 
Dorle Dracklé (bewerbungenfb9uni-bremen.de) by September 1, 2019.

Further information on appointment procedures at the University of 
Bremen can be found at:
http://www.uni-bremen.de/de/berufungsverfahren.html

Die Dekanin des Fachbereichs 9 – Kulturwissenschaften
Frau Prof. Dr. Dorle Dracklé
Universität Bremen
Postfach 330 440
28334 Bremen
Germany
www.uni-bremen.de

Download: 
https://www.uni-bremen.de/fileadmin/user_upload/fachbereiche/fb9/zemki/news/P902-19-en.pdf


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