[Commlist] Professor in Digital Media at Lancaster University

There’s a vacancy for a Professor in Digital Media at Lancaster 
University which may interest some of you. It’s based in the Sociology 
Department which runs successful BA, MA and PhD programmes in Media & 
Cultural Studies and has a vibrant research culture. And Lancaster is 
situated in a lovely bit of the world!

Closing date 30 Sept.

Details:

https://hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=0327-23 
<https://hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=0327-23>

We welcome applicants with a proven record in the social study of 
digital media at the global scale. We are particularly interested in 
applicants who are working at the intersection of social understandings 
of new media technologies, including video gaming, social media 
platforms and/or mobile media, and who are able to contribute to the 
department’s strategic focus upon inequalities.

You will contribute to the intellectual life of the department and the 
wider university through building on an established international 
research profile and through excellence in teaching. Candidates will 
typically have an excellent profile of high-quality books and journal 
articles, a track-record of securing external funding and engagement 
with international research networks. You must have a PhD in a relevant 
discipline and will be expected to contribute to its interdisciplinary 
research centres, for example, the Centre for Science Studies; the 
Centre for Alternatives for Social and Economic Inequalities and/or the 
Centre for Gender Studies.

The department is a world-renowned hub of interdisciplinary research and 
teaching. It is known for its collegiality and its commitment to 
impactful and creative research, teaching and public engagement. It is 
an internationally-recognised centre of research and teaching excellence 
in media and cultural studies, social work and sociology. In the 2021 
Research Excellence Framework it was ranked 6^th  and is ranked 64^th 
 of sociology departments in the QS World University rankings. The 
department takes very seriously its responsibility to help make the 
world a better place through our research, and to help transform the 
lives of our students. Hence, it focuses upon research and teaching 
activity that is publicly engaged and makes a positive impact on society.

The post will be based in Lancaster, and the successful candidate will 
be expected to be able to commute to the Bailrigg campus.

For further details on the role and its responsibilities, please see the 
job description and person specification. For informal enquiries, please 
contact the Head of Department, Professor Chris Grover 
((c.grover /at/ lancaster.ac.uk) <mailto:(c.grover /at/ lancaster.ac.uk)>).


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