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[Commlist] Postdoc position in ValCon project in Florence

Wed Dec 30 23:38:44 GMT 2020





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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