[Commlist] Funded PhD position in Intercultural Communication

Funded PhD position in Intercultural Communication

The Institute for Communication and Public Policy (ICPP), Faculty of 
Communication Sciences, at the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) 
in Lugano, Switzerland, welcomes applications for a doctoral student and 
research assistant position in Intercultural Communication.


The candidate will join the research team of Prof. Jolanta Drzewiecka at 
the ICPP. They must develop and carry forward a doctoral project in the 
area of intercultural communication (specifically public memories, 
migration and critical discourse analysis) (50%) and will assist Prof. 
Drzewiecka in her research, teaching and administrative duties (50%).


Required qualifications: a master’s degree in communication, 
linguistics, cultural studies,

sociology or related disciplines; knowledge of critical and/or cultural 
studies theories and qualitative research methods; fluency in written 
and spoken English.

Desirable qualifications: fluency in one or more Swiss national languages.

The ideal candidate will take ownership of a project and is both a team 
player and independent. They must be flexible, entrepreneurial and 
dynamic. They must enjoy working in a multilingual and multidisciplinary 
environment.


The position is renewable for up to 5 years based on satisfactory 
performance. During this period, the appointee will undertake doctoral 
studies and will have the opportunity to interact with an international 
network of scholars in the field and become an active member of the 
academic community. The research activities will be carried out at USI 
in Lugano.


Deadline

The appointment starts September 1, 2022 or later. For full 
consideration apply by June 15, 2022. The call is open until the 
position is filled.


Contact

Please send your application, incl. a letter of motivation (describing 
qualifications, ideas for a dissertation and how they fit with prof. 
Drzewiecka’s research), detailed CV (with names and contact information 
for 2 references), university transcripts, and a writing sample (5 
pages, in English, from an academic paper), to Prof. Jolanta Drzewiecka, 
(jolanta.drzewiecka /at/ usi.ch)<mailto:(jolanta.drzewiecka /at/ usi.ch)>




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