[Commlist] job at LSE: Assistant Professor at Department of Media and Communications

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*Department of Media and Communications*

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*Assistant Professor*

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*Salary is competitive with Departments at our peer institutions 
worldwide and not less than £58,519 pa inclusive. The full salary scale 
can be found on the LSE website*

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Applications are invited from outstanding candidates in the field of 
media and communications. The successful candidate will join an 
established and successful Department, ranked first in its field in the 
UK’s Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021) and third in the QS World 
University Rankings 2022.

The Department is known for its distinctive interdisciplinary approach 
to the field of media and communications, primarily based in the social 
sciences, but also open to humanities perspectives. You will contribute 
to the intellectual life of the School through conducting and publishing 
outstanding quality research, engaging in high-quality teaching as 
instructed by the Head of Department, and participating in the School 
and wider Department activities.

Candidates will have:

  * a completed PhD in media and communications, or a closely related
    field, by the post start date.
  * expertise and research interests on critical approaches to
    promotional cultures and industries – i.e., with a commitment to
    issues of marginality, inequality and social justice. Within this
    primary area, we are particularly – but not exclusively – interested
    in candidates with a global research approach and/or a focus on the
    Global South, as well as quantitative and qualitative methodological
    skills.
  * a proven ability, as evidenced by existing publications, or
    potential, to publish in top journals or with leading book
    publishers in media and communications; and
  * a clear, well-developed and viable strategy for future outstanding
    research that has the potential to result in world-leading 
publications.

We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave and 
excellent training and development opportunities.

For further information about the post, please see the how to apply 
document, job description and the person specification.

To apply for this post, please go to https://jobs.lse.ac.uk.

If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, 
please use the “contact us” links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page.

Should you have any queries about the role, please email Head of 
Department Professor Bart Cammaerts ((B.Cammaerts /at/ lse.ac.uk)).

The closing date for receipt of applications is 13 March 2023 (23.59 UK 
time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.

The application process for this post will take place through LSE’s 
paper method, where shortlisted candidates will be invited to present a 
paper at the Department of Media and Communications and meet members of 
academic staff. This will take place over the course of May 2023.


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