[Commlist] Postdoc position in ValCon project in Florence

The project “Value conflicts in a differentiated Europe: The impact of 
digital media on value polarisation in Europe” looks for a postdoc 
researcher at Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence. The project examines 
the role of digital social and news media in creating political value 
polarization among citizens and in promoting the rise of populism in 
Europe. It includes a comparative survey in 6 countries and analysis of 
debates conducted through digital media. Asking for trans- and 
crossnational trends in value contestation, the study combines and 
synthesizes public opinion surveys and media content analysis for three 
core value conflicts (freedom of speech; independence of judiciary; 
gender equality) in six EU member states (Ireland, France, Germany, 
Poland, Italy, and Spain).

The position in Florence will be focused on qualitative and quantitative 
digital and social media content analysis for Italian and French cases. 
The adverstisement is below and can also be found following this link: 
https://amministrazionetrasparente.sns.it/bando/assegno-di-ricerca-research-grant-%E2%80%9Cvalue-conflicts-differentiated-europe-impact-digital-media-value-polarisation-europe%E2%80%9D. 
If you have any further questions about the position, please contact 
Prof. Hans-Jörg Trenz at (_trenz /at/ hum.ku).dk_.

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ANNOUNCEMENT OF PUBLIC SELECTION FOR N° 1 GRANT FOR RESEARCH
(Italian law 30 December 2010, n.240, art.22)

Description
The Scuola Normale Superiore announces a selection, based on work to 
date and interview, for a research contract as part of the project 
“Value conflicts in a differentiated Europe: The impact of digital media 
on value Polarisation in Europe”, acronym ValCon, Volkswagenstiftung 
call 2019 “Challenges  for Europe”.
The project will examine the role of digital social & news media in 
creating political value polarization among citizens & in promoting the 
rise of populism in Europe. It includes a comparative survey in 6 
countries & analysis of debates conducted through digital media. Asking 
for trans- and crossnational trends in value contestation, the study 
combines and synthesizes public opinion surveys and media content 
analysis for three core value conflicts (freedom of speech; independence 
of judiciary; gender equality) in six EU member states (Ireland, France, 
Germany, Poland, Italy, and Spain).
Qualitative and quantitative social sciences research methods, 
especially in the fields of digital and social media analysis, will be used.

Estimated duration of the contract: approximately 31 months (estimated 
starting in early February 2021 and mandatory ending date of the 
contract not later than 31 August 2023)

Annual gross remuneration, inclusive of all taxes: € 30,000

Application deadline: the application must be registered online by 23.59 
(Italian time) of January 18th 2021.

Applications received and registered online after the deadline, for 
reasons not attributable to the Scuola, will not be admitted to the 
selection.

Information about the selection procedure can be found below. Candidates 
are invited to read the official announcement (Bando) and to follow 
exclusively its detailed instructions should they decide to apply.

Requisites
Applications are invited from candidates who have completed a PhD in 
Sociology, Political Science, Media and Communication.
Candidates who have completed the aforementioned degrees abroad may also 
apply, if said degrees are recognized as equivalent to Italian degrees.

Knowledge of English and Italian languages is also required to carry out 
the research activity.

Additional competence and/or experience relevant to the choice of the 
researcher: knowledge of French language.

How to apply
Candidates with all the aforementioned requisites who wish to 
participate in the selection process must submit their application using 
exclusively the online procedure (SerSe) available on the Scuola’s 
website at https://serse.sns.it/en/. No other submission method will be 
accepted.
At first candidates shall register themselves in SerSe and then, once 
received a confirmation email to the email address indicated by them, 
they shall select on the homepage the specific call they are interested to.

Candidates having already registered themselves in SerSe shall use the 
same access credentials to enter in the online procedure and submit 
their application.
The email address indicated by candidates during the online registration 
is the official means of communication relating to this selection. Any 
change must be communicated promptly to the email address 
(job.opportunities /at/ sns.it).

The online application must include also the following documents:
a)	the scanned copy of a valid identification document (mandatory – the 
document shall not exceed 1 Mb);
b)	a curriculum vitae containing a detailed description of the studies 
and professional experience (mandatory);
c)	the publications, including also the PhD thesis, and any other 
document that the candidate believes may be useful to the evaluation of 
her/his application;
d)	a list of the submitted publications (mandatory).

For those unpublished texts accepted for publication, the candidate must 
include the relative document in its final form and the publisher’s 
certificate or a detailed substitute statement of affidavit confirming 
that the relative text has been accepted for publication (please use 
attachment A).

In order to submit the documents listed above, candidates shall upload 
them exclusively as PDF files (only PDF format will be accepted). Only 
if direct upload is not possible, exceptionally one or more publications 
can be provided extra online procedure, delivering them by registered 
mail or courier to the following address: Ufficio Protocollo of the 
Scuola Normale Superiore, Via del Castelletto, n. 11, 56126 Pisa (Italy).

After the online application has been received and registered, it will 
not be possible for candidates to change or integrate it with further 
documents.

Interview
Applicants who live permanently outside Italy or are domiciled abroad 
for work/study or research, or who are unable to carry out an on-site 
interview may carry out the interview by videoconference provided that 
they ask for it in the online application and they have the necessary 
and appropriate technical means for the online audio/video connection.
Moreover, without prejudice to the above situations, should the current 
health emergency persist it might be necessary to arrange the interview 
with all the admitted candidates by videoconference, in accordance with 
the scheduling and procedures to be defined by the Committee.
The Committee will indicate also the video conferencing software 
platforms to be used (for instance Skype or Google Meet).
During the interview, applicants must show the identity card or passport 
that they had enclosed in copy with their application, otherwise they 
could not take part in it.
The wrong communication of the contact details, as well as the missed 
connection at the date and time communicated by the Administration and 
the missed presentation of the identity card or passport cause the loss 
of right to participate at the interview and consequentially at the 
selection.
Scuola Normale is not responsible for any technical problems that may 
arise during the interview.

The interview will be focus on the following topics: Italian and French 
politics, media and the public sphere; knowledge of the core literature 
in public sphere theory and theory of democracy with a focus on Europe 
and processes of transnationalisation; competences in qualitative and 
quantitative social sciences research methods, especially in the fields 
of digital and social media analysis;

In case of problems in registering the online application, for 
administrative information or questions, candidates can write an email 
to (job.opportunities /at/ sns.it).



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