[Commlist] Postdoc in Media Audiences / Computational Journalism at LMU Munich’s Department of Media and Communication

Postdoc in Media Audiences / Computational Journalism at LMU Munich’s 
Department of Media and Communication

The Department of Media and Communication at LMU Munich offers a 
full-time, 6-month position within the research and teaching unit of 
Professor Neil Thurman as a Postdoc in Media Audiences / Computational 
Journalism.

The teaching requirement with this position is approximately 3.75 
contact hours/ week during the winter semester of 2023/ 24. Should 
additional funding become available, the period of employment could be 
extended to six years.

Professor Thurman’s research and teaching unit focuses on media audience 
research, including the behaviour of newspapers’, magazines’, and TV 
channels’ online and offline audiences. It also hosts projects funded by 
the VolkswagenStiftung on computational journalism. These projects are 
researching topics including: the use of AI in local journalism; 
audiences’ perceptions of automated journalism; and the use of, and 
attitudes to, computational journalism in newsrooms. These projects 
involve collaboration with researchers, publishers, and technology 
providers in Germany and other countries. The unit is also involved in 
comparative journalism research through the Worlds of Journalism Study.

The candidate is expected to:

• teach 3.75 contact hours/ week during the winter semester of 2023/ 24
• Assist Professor Thurman with grant writing
• Time-allowing, get involved in the unit’s research projects

Your qualifications:

• University degree and PhD in media and communication or a related field
• Strong interest in researching media audiences and/ or computational 
journalism
• Fluency in English (written and oral).
• A record of publication in the English language

Benefits:

The successful candidate will join the large and successful Media and 
Communications Department at one of Germany’s highest-ranked 
universities. LMU Munich provides excellent support and conditions for 
early career researchers.

Your application (in English only) should include: a motivation letter, 
your CV with publication list, the names and contact details of two 
references, copy of degree certificates and transcript of grades. Please 
also include a link to your PhD thesis.

Complete applications should be submitted as a single PDF document to: 
(sekretariat-thurman /at/ ifkw.lmu.de) <mailto:(sekretariat-thurman /at/ ifkw.lmu.de)>

More information:

https://job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/171c8f65003b61b2930eaf6fde8c0019c37055c90?ref=homepage 

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