[ecrea] Position in Sociology of Film and/or Media at University of Copenhagen

Assistant/associate professorship in Sociology of Film and/or Media

The Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, Faculty of 
Humanities, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, invites applications for 
an assistant/associate professorship in Sociology of Film and/or Media 
to be filled by 1 February 2014 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The Department of Media, Cognition and Communication (http://mcc.ku.dk) 
offers research-driven educational programs within Film and Media 
Studies, Philosophy, Education and Rhetoric. The Department focuses on 
the fundamental aspects of human cognition and communication as they are 
manifested in various institutions and media, and in various historical 
and social contexts.

The assistant/associate professorship will be affiliated with the 
Department´s Section of Film and Media Studies 
(http://mef.ku.dk/forskning/filmogmedie//).

Job content
The position contains research and research-based teaching as well as 
administration and management according to current standard requirements 
at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen. The job 
description includes development, planning and administration at the BA 
and MA programmes in Film and Media Studies as well as teaching within 
one or more of the central areas in these programmes. The appointed 
applicant is expected to teach in Danish and in English.


An associate professorship is a permanent position. The associate 
professor is expected to carry out research at a level corresponding to 
the standards of international research in the field. Furthermore, an 
associate professor is expected to contribute actively to the 
development of a collective research environment. This includes research 
management and PhD supervision. The associate professor is expected to 
be able to take part in all the activities of the Department, including 
examinations and administration, and also to manage research projects, 
provide pedagogical supervision, support assistant professors and 
participate in academic assessment panels.


An assistant professorship is a three-year, fixed-term academic position 
involving research and teaching. The person appointed to the post will 
be obliged to complete a course in university teaching devised 
especially for assistant professors, and is expected to be able to take 
part in all the activities of the department, including examinations and 
administration.

Qualification requirements
The successful candidate must possess documented research and teaching 
qualifications in Sociology of film and/or media. Documented experience 
with for instance analyses of media institutions, digital media 
industries, global and local film markets, interplay between media, 
politics and the wider society as well as experience with a plurality of 
methods (for instance surveys, data mining or observation), will be 
considered an advantage in assessing applicants? qualifications.

With regard to the position as assistant professor, the applicant must 
have a Ph.D. or its equivalent within the area advertised. Furthermore, 
applicants who have teaching experience at university level will be at 
an advantage.

With regard to the position as associate professor, we stress that the 
applicants must have research and teaching qualifications corresponding 
to what can be achieved as part of a successful employment as an 
assistant professor.

All applicants must provide documentation that they are able to plan and 
undertake teaching within one or more of the central modules at the BA 
and MA programmes in Film and Media Studies. The application must 
specify the module(s) in which the applicant is able to teach and 
support this by material indicating ideas and formats of the selected 
module(s).

The duties of the position are evenly distributed on tasks related to 
teaching and tasks related to research (including relevant 
administration and knowledge-sharing). Hence the assessment of 
applicants? qualifications will assign equal weight to documented 
competences in the field of teaching, pedagogy and didactics as in the 
field of research, research collaboration and research organization. In 
addition, the assessment will assign weight to applicants? reflection on 
and experiences with integration of research and teaching activities.

Furthermore, emphasis will be placed on the following:


Research qualifications, which will be assessed in relation to the 
period of active research, the degree of originality, and academic output.
The applicant´s scientific record, academic breadth and depth, rigour, 
thoroughness and accuracy
Teaching qualifications. See also Educational Charter at 
http://www.humanities.ku.dk/about/vision_and_goals/educational_charter/
Documentation of administrative qualifications
Documentation of research management (only relevant for the position as 
associate professor)
Participation in networks - national and international

Within a reasonable period of time (max. 2 years), non-Danish-speaking 
appointees are expected to acquire proficiency in Danish sufficient to 
teach in Danish as well as interact with colleagues and students.

For further information about the position, please contact Head of 
Department, Maja Horst, e-mail: (horst /at/ hum.ku.dk).

Application
Applications must be submitted online in Adobe PDF or Word format.

Please note that each field in the application form must only contain a 
single file of max. 20Mb.

Please click on the "Apply online" icon at the bottom of the page.

The application must be written in English or Danish and include the 
following enclosures:

Application letter/cover letter
Appendix 1: CV.
Appendix 2: Documentation of qualifications (examination 
certificates/PhD diploma, etc.).
Appendix 3: Complete and numbered list of publications. The enclosed 
publications must be marked with *.
Appendix 4: Research plan, including a short description of previous 
research and a plan for the coming years that includes an account of 
involvement in organising research, establishment of research seminars, 
symposia and congresses, etc.
Appendix 5: Documentation of teaching qualifications and research 
dissemination (organisation of classes, materials, courses and other 
forms of teaching).
Appendix 6: Publications. Applicants for the associate professorship may 
submit a maximum of five publications for assessment, of which at least 
three must have been published within the five years immediately 
preceding the deadline for applications. Publication dates must be 
clearly marked on the publication list. The publications selected must 
be uploaded as attachments and listed from 1 to 5.


Applicants for assistant the professorship may submit a maximum of three 
publications for assessment, of which at least two must have been 
published within the five years immediately preceding the deadline for 
applications. Publication dates must be clearly marked on the 
publication list. The publications selected must be uploaded as 
attachments and listed from 1 to 3.

Only material in English, German, French, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish 
will be assessed.

All material will be shredded at the end of the appointment procedure.

Appointment procedure
After the application deadline, the Dean will set up an expert 
assessment committee to evaluate applicants in relation to the 
advertised position. The applicants will be informed about the 
composition of the committee, and will have the opportunity to comment 
on the part of the assessment relating to themselves before the 
appointment is finalised.

Please refer to ministerial order no. 242 of 13 March 2012 concerning 
the appointment of academic staff at universities 
https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=140435 (only in Danish)

Applicants will be continuously informed about the progress of the 
procedure by e-mail.

Further information about the procedure is available from HR and 
Personnel Officer Helle Schæbel tel.: +45 51 29 85 21 or e-mail: 
(VIPadmin /at/ hum.ku.dk).

Salary and conditions of employment
The post will be filled according to the agreement between the Danish 
Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional 
Associations. Additional bonuses may be negotiated on an individual 
basis. A special tax scheme is offered to researcher´s recruited abroad, 
see www.movingtodenmark.ku.dk

The University of Copenhagen wishes to encourage everyone interested in 
this post to apply, regardless of personal background.

The closing date for applications is 23:59 CET, 30 September 2013.

Applications or supplementary material received thereafter will not be 
considered.

Please quote reference number 211-0079/13-4000 in your application.

Apply online

The University of Copenhagen actively influences current and future 
generations through excellent research, education and co-operation. UCPH 
is one of the highest ranked universities in Europe and is Denmark´s 
oldest university, founded in 1479. Today, the University has 37,000 
students and 9,000 employees affiliated across six faculties: 
humanities, law, natural sciences, social sciences, health sciences and 
theology. www.ku.dk/english/.



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