[Commlist] Post-doc opportunity (Mis)Translating Deceit at Loughborough

Sabina Mihelj is recruiting a post-doctoral researcher for my new AHRC 
project “(Mis)Translating Deceit” – please help me share the word and 
bring it to the attention of any recent graduates you may know! I am 
looking for candidates with qualitative research skills who are fluent 
in one of the following: Arabic, Polish or Serbian. A brief description 
and links to further information are below, deadline 6^th October.

Project website: (Mis)Translating Deceit - (Mis)Translating Deceit: 
Disinformation as a Translingual, Discursive Dynamic 
(mis-translating-deceit.com) <https://www.mis-translating-deceit.com/>

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*Full-time and fixed-term for 12 months, starting 1^st  February 2025 or 
as soon as possible thereafter.*

This is an exciting opportunity to join the (Mis)Translating Deceit 
project, a major interdisciplinary research endeavour aimed at 
developing a new, holistic approach to disinformation, funded by the 
Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK). Events such as the 
Russia-Ukraine war and the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the threat 
disinformation poses to democracy, yet effective responses to this 
global challenge have been hampered by the persistence of simplistic 
approaches that pit democratic ‘truth-telling’ against totalitarian 
‘deceit’ and overlook the impact of home-grown disinformation. The 
(Mis)Translating Deceit project interrogates common misconceptions about 
disinformation, treating it as a transnational, translingual and 
historically mutating phenomenon. It employs a multi-stage 
methodological toolset designed to examine how selected cases of 
historical and contemporary disinformation are produced and 
disseminated, how they acquire the status of disinformation, and how 
their reception shifts as they travel across cultural, linguistic and 
socio-political boundaries.

The post holder will work under the supervision of Professor Sabina 
Mihelj at Loughborough University and focus on the audience research 
strand of the project. They will conduct audience research in either 
Poland, Serbia, or among Arabic-speaking communities in the UK and lead 
on the comparative analysis of audience data collected in all three 
locations. They will also contribute to other joint project activities, 
in collaboration with other team members based at the University of 
Manchester, the University of Leeds, and Chatham House. As this is a 
multi-institutional project, team members from all institutions may be 
involved in all stages of selection.

The post will be based in the Communication and Media Department, School 
of Social Sciences and Humanities, and affiliated with the Centre for 
Research in Communication and Culture. The successful candidate will be 
based in the UK for the duration of the appointment, with short periods 
of fieldwork and travel abroad.

If you are an organised, motivated, and proactive individual, with 
relevant skills and qualifications, this is a great opportunity to join 
the project and contribute to its success.

The post will be based in the Communication and Media Division, School 
of Social Sciences and Humanities, and affiliated with the Centre for 
Research in Communication and Culture.

https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/communication-media/ 
<https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/communication-media/>

https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/crcc/ 
<https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/crcc/>

For more information refer to the* Job Description and Person 
Specification.* <https://vacancies.lboro.ac.uk/jobdesc/REQ240760.PDF>

Informal enquiries should be made by email to Professor Sabina Mihelj 
((s.mihelj /at/ lboro.ac.uk) <mailto:(s.mihelj /at/ lboro.ac.uk)>)

Please follow the link for further details.

Closing date for receipt of applications is *6^th  October 2024.*

Interviews will be held on either *30 or 31* *October 2024.*

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