[Commlist] Postdoctoral Fellow on European AI in Creative and Cultural Industries (fixed-term 3 years)

NTNU The Department of Art and Media Studies has a vacancy for a 
Postdoctoral Fellow on European AI in Creative and Cultural Industries 
(fixed-term 3 years)

Apply for this job at 
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/300209/postdoctoral-fellow-on-european-ai-in-creative-and-cultural-industries 
<https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/300209/postdoctoral-fellow-on-european-ai-in-creative-and-cultural-industries>

Deadline 14.5.2026

This is NTNU

NTNU is a broad-based university with a technical-scientific profile and 
a focus in professional education. The university is located in three 
cities with headquarters in Trondheim.

At NTNU, 9,000 employees and 43,000 students work to create knowledge 
for a better world.

You can find more information about working at NTNU and the application 
process here.

About the position

Are you ready to take your research career to the next level? We offer 
an exciting 3-year postdoctoral position that gives you the opportunity 
to develop a strong profile as a researcher. You will also gain valuable 
experience that might be relevant for your further career.

The purpose of a postdoctoral position is to build up a researcher 
profile that qualifies for a position as associate professor. The 
position may also offer additional skills that are relevant to the 
postdoctoral fellow's future career.

Apply for this position to become part of our research environment and 
take the next step in your career with us.

Your immediate leader will be the Head of Department.

About the project

This postdoctoral position is offered in the international research 
project “European AI Commons – Shaping AI for the Creative and Cultural 
Industries” (EAiCCI), funded by Horizon Europe, which works in a 
consortium of nine partners including universities, art schools, and CCI 
companies in Germany, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Spain, 
Portugal and Czechia. EAiCCI’s ambition is to strengthen and transform 
Europe’s creative and cultural industries (CCI) by fostering AI literacy 
rooted in European values, developing technologies that enable new forms 
of artistic expression, and empowering stakeholders with the agency to 
actively shape innovation. Central to this ambition is the role of 
creative and artistic thinking as a driver of cultural, technological 
and economic development, and the imaginative exploration of scenarios 
for European AI.

The postdoctoral position is anchored in two work packages under the 
leadership of NTNU. The main tasks are related to the work package 
“Mapping of the European AI Landscape: Current Realities, Relationships, 
and Future Imaginaries” (WP4), which feeds into further work packages 
within the consortium, as well as the cross-cutting WP 7 “Quality and 
Impact Assurance, Validation and Formal Evaluation” of the project.

Duties of the position

•Contribute substantially to NTNU’s main work package tasks within the 
EAICCI project

•Coordinate and collaborate with the international project partners and 
other work packages

•Carry out research of high quality in a multi-method (qualitative, 
quantitative) research context

•Handle data curation, formal analysis and ontological mapping

•Conduct, code and analyze the collected data (interviews, surveys, 
workshops and AI dialogues)

•Oversee monitoring, validation processes and impact management

•Prepare academic publications, project reports, and industry-facing and 
popular science dissemination

•Participate in international activities such as conferences and/or 
research stays at foreign educational institutions

•Teaching in Film and Media Studies might be added depending on the 
department's needs. If the candidate accepts the teaching duties the 
position will be prolonged accordingly

•Other career-promoting work

Required selection criteria

•You must have completed a doctoral degree in Film Studies, Media 
Studies, or a related discipline. A doctoral degree obtained through 
artistic research or practice-based research in the relevant fields is 
also eligible

•Very good oral and written presentation skills in English

•Knowledge of AI technologies, current discussions on policies and 
ethics for generative AI, as well as state-of-the-art humanities-based 
scholarship on generative AI

•Knowledge of European Creative and Cultural Industries

PLEASE NOTE: For detailed information about what the application must 
contain, see paragraph “About the application”.

If you do not already have educational competence that meets the 
requirements for a position as associate professor in Norway, NTNU will 
arrange for you to acquire such competence during the employment period. 
In such cases, you will also be assigned relevant teaching as part of 
the career-promoting work.

The appointment is to be made in accordance with NTNUs guidelines for 
recruitment positions and Regulations concerning the degrees of 
Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) and Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) in artistic 
research at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) 
for general criteria for the position.

Preferred selection criteria

•Documented prior research, publications or artistic projects on 
generative AI

•Knowledge of and experience with EU-funded research and/or creative 
projects

•Documented prior project management experience

•In addition to English proficiency, good oral and written presentation 
skills in one or more of the languages spoken within the project 
consortium, which includes partners from Germany, Norway, Belgium, the 
Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal and Czechia

Personal characteristics

Working as a Postdoctoral fellow requires that you

•Work structured, set goals and make plans to achieve them

•Present and discuss your research with other professionals

•Work constructively under pressure or in the face of adversity

•Analyze data, assess different perspectives and draw well-founded 
conclusions

Emphasis will be placed on personal qualities.

We offer

•An exciting job with an important social mission

•Developing tasks in a strong and international professional environment

•Career guidance throughout the postdoctoral program and together with 
you we will prepare a career plan, which contains the skills and 
knowledge you will acquire

•Open and inclusive working environment with committed colleagues

•Favourable terms in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund

•Free Norwegian language training up to intermediate level (B2)

As a Postdoctoral Fellow at NTNU, you will have access to employee benefits.

Diversity

Diversity is a strength, and at NTNU we aim to be an employer that 
reflects the diversity in society and that makes use of the potential of 
the population's collective skills. Our vision is Knowledge for a better 
world and our values are creative, critical, constructive and 
respectful. We believe that an organization that is equal, diverse and 
gender-balanced is essential for us to achieve our goals.

We strive to attract employees with different skills, life experiences 
and perspectives to contribute to even better problem solving of our 
societal mission in research and education.

If you think this position is relevant and interesting, we encourage you 
to apply, regardless of gender, functional ability and cultural 
background, or whether you have been out of work for a period of time.

At NTNU we want to increase the proportion of women in scientific 
positions. We have a number of measures to promote equality.

Salary and conditions

As a Postdoctoral Fellow (code 1352) you are normally paid from gross 
NOK 633 400 per annum before tax, depending on qualifications and 
seniority. From the salary, 2% is deducted as a contribution to the 
Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund.

The period of employment is 3 years.

Planned start date 01.09.2026.

The position is conditional on external funding.

As an employee at NTNU, it is important to keep yourself up to date with 
academic and organizational changes and to adapt to them.

For the necessary professional and social interaction, it is a 
prerequisite that you are physically present and available to the 
institution on a daily basis.

The appointment is carried out in accordance with the principles of the 
State Employees Act, and Export control (legislation that regulates the 
export of knowledge, technology and services). Candidates who, after 
assessment of the application and attachments, are considered to be in 
conflict with the criteria in the latter act, will not be able to be 
employed.

About the application

The attachments (including a description of your scientific work) must 
accompany the application as these documents form the basis of the 
application assessment. The documents must be in English.

Please note: the application will only be assessed on the basis of the 
information we have received by the application deadline. Therefore, 
make sure that your application clearly shows how your skills and 
experience meet the criteria described above.

The application and all attachments must be sent electronically via 
Jobbnorge.no. If you are invited to an interview, you must bring 
certified copies of certificates and diplomas upon request.

The application must include:

•Transcripts and diplomas for Bachelor's, Master's and PhD degrees.

•CV

•A copy of the doctoral thesis

•Academic works related to the topic area - published or unpublished (up 
to 3 items)

•Name and contact information of three referees

If all or parts of your education has been taken abroad, we also ask you 
to attach documentation of the scope and quality of your entire 
education. Description of the documentation required can be found here. 
If you already have a statement from Norwegian Directorate for Higher 
Education and Skills (HK-dir), please attach this as well.

Joint works will be considered. If it is difficult to identify your 
contribution to joint works, you must attach a brief description of your 
participation.

If you have had leave or another break in your career, it is important 
that this is stated in your application so that the selection committee 
can take this into account and that the amount of your research may be 
reduced as a result.

In the evaluation of which candidate is best qualified, emphasis will be 
placed on education, experience and personal qualities. Motivation, 
ambitions and potential for research will also be emphasized in the 
assessment of the candidates.

NTNU recognizes a wide range of academic contributions and is committed 
to follow evaluation criteria for research quality according to The San 
Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment DORA and the obligations in 
CoARA (responsible assessment of research and recognition of a greater 
breadth of academic contributions in accordance with NTNU's social mission).

General information

A public list of applicants with name, age, job title and municipality 
of residence is prepared after the application deadline. If you wish to 
be exempt from entry on the public list of applicants, this must be 
justified. Assessment will be made in accordance with current 
legislation. You will be notified if the exemption is not granted.

If you have any questions about the position, please contact Associate 
Professor Skadi Loist, phone: +47 7355 9209, email: (skadi.loist /at/ ntnu.no) 
<mailto:(skadi.loist /at/ ntnu.no)>. If you have any questions about the 
recruitment process, please contact Martin Jakobsen, email: 
(martin.jakobsen /at/ ntnu.no) <mailto:(martin.jakobsen /at/ ntnu.no)>.

Application deadline: 14.05.2026

For practical information about working at NTNU, please visit this webpage.

The city of Trondheim is a modern European city with a rich cultural 
scene. Trondheim is the tech capital of Norway with a population of 
200,000.The Norwegian welfare state, including healthcare, schools, 
kindergartens and overall equality, is probably the best of its kind in 
the world. Professional subsidized day-care for children is easily 
available. Furthermore, Trondheim offers great opportunities for 
education (including international schools) and possibilities to enjoy 
nature, culture and family life and has low crime rates and clean air 
quality.

NTNU

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The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) creates 
knowledge for a better world and solutions that can change everyday life.

Department of Art and Media Studies

We conduct research and teaching in media studies, film studies, film 
and video production, art history and drama/theatre. Teaching in film 
and media studies and research at the department have a clear humanities 
profile. The Department of Art and Media Studies is one of six 
departments in the Faculty of Humanities.


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