[ecrea] SNF Doctoral position social media and innovation

Medi@LAB-Genève offers

100 % SNF doctoral position on SOCIAL MEDIA and INNOVATION

International collaboration with Luxembourg and Australia, surveys on 
multinational companies



Doctorate or post doctorate level

Duration: 24 (post-doctoral position) to 36 months (doctoral position), 
full time

Starting date: at the earliest convenience

Place of work: University of Geneva

Language: French / English : French should be the native language; 
Fluency in English

Requirements: Masters degree in the field of 
Management/communication/media (NB other fields are welcome), interest 
in analysing social media and companies. Knowledge of qualitative and 
quantitative survey methods, research, statistical data analysis; if 
possible graph analysis.



Research context: the SMAshIng (Social Media and Innovation) project

Social media (SM) has revolutionized the way organizations interact with 
actors both inside and outside their boundaries. SM makes intensive use 
of web-based and mobile applications to create interactive platforms 
where individuals and communities can share, co-create, discuss, and 
modify user-generated content. SM is an effective way of promoting 
interactions in which heterogeneous actors operate in different social 
spheres in order to foster innovation.

The SMAshIng project proposes to offer answers to the issues related to 
the effects of SM on organizational innovation capabilities. The 
contributions of this research will be twofold, i.e. conceptual and 
managerial. The conceptual contribution lies mainly in the analysis of 
the impact of SM use on innovation processes. The managerial 
contribution involves identifying organizational best practices 
regarding SM use.

Key words: Innovation, Social Media, Social Capital, Management 
practices, Communication, Social Network Analysis.



Description:

The student will do his PhD or post doctoral project within the SMAshIng 
(Social Media And Innovation) research project, under the direction of 
Prof. Patrick-Yves Badillo, Director of Medi@Lab, 
(http://medialab-geneve.ch/), in cooperation with Dr Pierre-Jean 
Barlatier (Centre de Recherche Public Henri Tudor, Luxembourg) with a 
close scientific relation with Prof Emmanuel Josserand (University of 
Technology of Sydney, Australia).



We offer:

The opportunity to collaborate and get a doctorate or a post doctorate 
within an international project (Switzerland, Luxembourg and Australia).

Very good supervision and possibility (in fact the requirement) to 
publish in high-impact peer-reviewed journals.

An FNS annual salary (about 80000 CHF annual gross salary), in 
accordance with the applicant’s qualifications.



Application should include:

Motivation letter, curriculum vitae, certified grade trancripts from 
Bachelor and Master's degree, example of scientific text written by the 
candidate.



PLEASE SEND APPLICATION TO (Patrick.Badillo /at/ unige.ch) (Medi@LAB-Genève 
director)

Faculté des Siences de la Société

Institut des Sciences de la Communication et des Médias

Medi@LAB Genève       http://medialab-geneve.ch/



Thank you very much.


Best regards.




Virginie Zimmerli

Assistante diplômée

Medi@LAB-Genève

Master en Journalisme et Communication

Université de Genève

40, Boulevard du Pont-d’Arve

1211 Genève 4

Bureau 4327

Tél. : 022.379.88.61

Réception sur rendez-vous (mails)

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