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[Commlist] Job offers: Six 3 year PhD positions for digital media research at "Media of Cooperation", University of Siegen Germany
Sat Sep 12 08:23:30 GMT 2020
the cooperative research center “Media of Cooperation” at the University
of Siegen, Germany has six 3 year PhD positions in the field of digital
media, inventive methods, digital praxeology, AI/HCI, platform studies
etc starting from January 2021. The application deadline is Oct 01 2020.
“Media of Cooperation” is an interdisciplinary research group that
explores the cooperative accomplishment of media at the intersection of
STS, HCI and media studies, focusing on infrastructural and public
media. In its second funding period the center focuses among other
things on data practices, data publics and sensor media. More
information can be found here: https://www.mediacoop.uni-siegen.de/en/
<https://www.mediacoop.uni-siegen.de/en/>
Interested candidates can realise their own resaearch project whilst
being part of our internal graduate school which offers in depth
methodological training in the field of digital methods, digital
ethnography and inventive methods.
Please forward the job offers to anyone interested. If you wish to
discuss the position, please do not hesitate to contact me
(carolin.gerlitz /at/ uni-siegen.de) <mailto:(carolin.gerlitz /at/ uni-siegen.de)> or
our scientific coordinator Timo Kaerlein (timo.kaerlein /at/ uni-siegen.de)
<mailto:(timo.kaerlein /at/ uni-siegen.de)>.
The job offers can be found here:
https://jobs.uni-siegen.de/job/Wissenschaftliche-Mitarbeiterinnen-SFB-1187-Medien-der-Kooperation-57072/619352601/
<https://jobs.uni-siegen.de/job/Wissenschaftliche-Mitarbeiterinnen-SFB-1187-Medien-der-Kooperation-57072/619352601/>
And here:
https://jobs.uni-siegen.de/job/Wissenschaftliche-Mitarbeiterinnen-SFB-1187-Medien-der-Kooperation-57072/619356501/
<https://jobs.uni-siegen.de/job/Wissenschaftliche-Mitarbeiterinnen-SFB-1187-Medien-der-Kooperation-57072/619356501/>
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*We are looking for:*
Starting on 1 January 2021, *four doctoral posts* in *cultural and
social studies (media research)* are available at the University of
Siegen in the integrated graduate school (MGK) of the German Research
Foundation (DFG) Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1187 “Media of
Cooperation”, subject to the following conditions:
* 65% = 25,89 weekly hours
* Pay group 13 TV-L
* temporary 31.12.2023
*Your tasks:*
* Independent conception and realisation of a research project in the
thematic area of the CRC, especially invited are ethnographic
research projects of digital practices
* Regular participation and involvement in the events and the training
program of the MGK (colloquia, workshops, summer schools,
methodology workshops, interdisciplinary groups)
* Presentation of preliminary results of the individual research
project within the MGK colloquium and in the context of relevant
(international) conferences
*Your profile:*
* Relevant, above-average degree in one of the following disciplines
participating in or related to the CRC: media studies, anthropology,
geography, history, cultural studies, literary studies, linguistics,
political science, education, sociology, science and technology
studies, or similar (equivalent to a Master’s degree)
* Individual research project in one of the above-mentioned
disciplines within the subject area of the CRC, specifically in the
field of historical or contemporary qualitative research of a
digital practice (project outline of max. 10 pages, including a work
plan; please make explicit the connection to the research framework
of the CRC)
* Interest in methods of media research, particularly praxeological
research approaches and an affinity for working in an
interdisciplinary research environment
* Willingness to participate in the international event program of the
CRC and the MGK
* Good written and spoken German and English language skills
*Our offer:*
* Suport for further academic qualification (doctorate), in compliance
with the Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz
* Many opportunities of co-creating the program of the Integrated
Graduate School
* A number of offers like flexible work hours, university pension
scheme, dual career service, coaching/mentoring and a comprehensive
personnel development program
Applications (letter of motivation, curriculum vitae, copies of
certificates, letter of recommendation by a university lecturer
referring to the intended research project, outline (max. 10 pages) of a
project idea plus bibliography and work plan) are possible until 01.10.2020.
*Contact:*
Dr. Timo Kaerlein
0049 (0)271 / 740 - 5251
*We are looking for:*
Starting on 1 January 2021, *two doctoral posts* in *digital humanities,
(socio-)informatics, human-computer interaction or data science (with a
focus on media research)* are available at the University of Siegen in
the integrated graduate school (MGK) of the German Research Foundation
(DFG) Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1187 “Media of Cooperation”,
subject to the following conditions:
* 65% = 25,89 weekly hours
* Pay group 13 TV-L
* temporary 31.12.2023
*Your tasks:*
* Independent conception and realisation of a research project in the
thematic area of the CRC, especially in the field of development and
ethnographic research of a digital practice (augmented reality,
artificial intelligence, social robotics, machine learning,
sensor-based media, conversational interfaces, among others)
* Regular participation and involvement in the events and the training
program of the MGK (colloquia, workshops, summer schools,
methodology workshops, interdisciplinary groups)
* Presentation of preliminary results of the individual research
project within the MGK colloquium and in the context of relevant
(international) conferences
*Your profile:*
* Relevant, above-average degree in one of the following disciplines
participating in or related to the CRC: digital humanities,
(socio-)informatics, business information science, human-computer
interaction, data science, information systems, or similar
(equivalent to a Master’s degree)
* Individual research project in one of the above-mentioned
disciplines within the subject area of the CRC, specifically in the
development and research of a digital practice with a qualitative
approach (project outline of max. 10 pages, including a work plan;
please make explicit the connection to the research framework of the
CRC)
* Interest in methods of media research, praxeological research
approaches and an affinity for working in an interdisciplinary
research environment
* Willingness to participate in the international event program of the
CRC and the MGK
* Good written and spoken German and English language skills
*Our offer:*
* Suport for further academic qualification (doctorate), in compliance
with the Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz
* Many opportunities of co-creating the program of the Integrated
Graduate School
* A number of offers like flexible work hours, university pension
scheme, dual career service, coaching/mentoring and a comprehensive
personnel development program
Applications (letter of motivation, curriculum vitae, copies of
certificates, letter of recommendation by a university lecturer
referring to the intended research project, outline (max. 10 pages) of a
project idea plus bibliography and work plan) are possible until 01.10.2020.
*Contact:*
Dr. Timo Kaerlein
0049 (0)271 / 740 - 5251
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