[Commlist] Job: Fully funded 4-year PhD position - Centre for Media and Journalism Studies - University of Groningen, the Netherlands

Job: Fully funded 4-year PhD position - Centre for Media and Journalism 
Studies - University of Groningen, the Netherlands


Fully funded PhD position (1.0 FTE) with the Centre for Media and 
Journalism Studies at the Faculty of Arts, University of Groningen, in 
the project “Tracing sociotechnical imaginaries of digital journalism, 
1995-2025”.


Project description & supervision team

Digital technologies have long shaped the debates on journalism’s 
future. These debates often emphasize technology as a solution for 
journalism’s struggles. In doing so, they have also limited the 
directions in which journalism could actually develop, and elided 
critical reflections on the complex relationship between journalism and 
technology. This project addresses these issues by studying 
sociotechnical imaginaries constructed in the debates about journalism 
and technology between 1995 and 2025 within the geographical context of 
Northern Europe. From the introduction of the web, through to our 
current debates around AI, it studies how journalists, technologists, 
and other actors have engaged in the introduction, negotiation, and 
normalization of new technologies. As different actors with diverging 
interests shape the debate over journalism and technology, the project 
scrutinizes their competing norms and values concerning journalism and 
technology. By critically examining how technology has been presented as 
a necessary and self-evident driver of journalistic change, this 
research offers a critical history of journalism’s recent past.


This PhD project offers a unique opportunity to work in an 
internationally recognized research centre and gain valuable research 
experience at a top-ranked European university. As a PhD candidate, you 
will develop your own research project in consultation with the 
supervisory team. You will conduct independent and original academic 
research and report results via peer-reviewed publications, conference 
presentations, and ultimately a PhD dissertation. The PhD thesis is to 
be completed within four years. You are also requested to teach.


You will work with the following supervisory team:

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    Dr. Frank Harbers

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    Dr. Rik Smit

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    Dr. Scott A. Eldridge II

The deadline for applications is 12 October 2025. For more information 
about the project, the qualifications and application procedure, and to 
apply:

<https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/work-with-us/job-opportunities/?details=00347-02S000BG1P 
<https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/work-with-us/job-opportunities/?details=00347-02S000BG1P>>

For more information about the position and project, contact Dr. Frank 
Harbers <(f.harbers /at/ rug.nl) <mailto:(f.harbers /at/ rug.nl)>>

Dr. Frank Harbers
Associate Professor | Faction Chair Faculty Council  | YAG member
Centre for Media and Journalism Studies, Faculty of Arts
University of Groningen

Working days: Mo-Thu

Email: (F.Harbers /at/ rug.nl) <mailto:(F.Harbers /at/ rug.nl)>
Website: www.rug.nl/staff/f.harbers <http://www.rug.nl/staff/f.harbers>

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