[ecrea] Post doc position on 'preparing for a digital future', Dept of Media and Comms, LSE

Postdoctoral Research Officer, Department of Media and Communications

Full-time for two years

£33,450 to £36,520 per annum



The Department of Media and Communication at the London School of 
Economics and Political Science is advertising for a postdoctoral 
researcher to work on a timely and original research project into 
parenting and childhood in the digital era. Applications are invited 
from outstanding candidates with a PhD in the fields of media and  
communications, education, childhood studies or allied social sciences.



The appointee will play a key role in conducting original ethnographic 
and case study research, project management and research dissemination, 
under the direction of Professor Sonia Livingstone. The project, 
‘Preparing for a Digital Future’ is part of the 'Connected Learning 
Research Network' (CLRN) led by the University of California, Irvine, 
together with partner projects across the US, and part of the Digital 
Media Learning initiative funded by the MacArthur Foundation. The main 
fieldwork will comprise a series of qualitative case studies which 
variously examine how parents approach the task of bringing up their 
children in the digital age. Going beyond the question of how they 
manage digital media technologies at home, it will ask more broadly how 
parents conceive of the changes in society since their own childhoods, 
how they manage them, and what vision of a digital future they have for 
their children? The project will also identify relevant international 
projects in order to compare and contrast parenting strategies and 
practices in the digital era. The appointee will also play a key role in 
constructing a lively public face for the research in terms of blog 
posts and social media to engage a wider public of policy-makers, 
parenting groups and youth/learning practitioners.



Candidates should have a developing record of excellent quality 
publications in refereed journals, an ability to write for and 
communicate with a range of audiences and experience of research 
management and administration, including workshop/seminar organisation. 
The other criteria that will be used when shortlisting for this post can 
be found on the person specification which is attached to this vacancy 
on the LSE’s online recruitment system. In addition to a good salary the 
benefits that come with this job include a defined benefits pension 
scheme, generous annual leave and excellent training and development 
opportunities.



To apply for this post please go to ‘www.lse.ac.uk/Jobs at LSE’ and 
select “Vacancies”. The direct link is http://bit.ly/1ogaDaT  
Applications must be received by 4 August 2014 (midnight UK time). 
Regrettably, we cannot accept any applications received after this date. 
Interviews are likely to take place in late August.  Informal queries 
may be addressed to Sonia Livingstone, (s.livingstone /at/ lse.ac.uk)







Professor Sonia Livingstone OBE
Department of Media and Communications
London School of Economics and Political Science

Room S105, St Clements Building, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK

Web http://bit.ly/1tW1wkJ    Twitter @Livingstone_S

Projects: www.eukidsonline.net and http://clrn.dmlhub.net/projects/the-class



Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard

Fellow, President 2007-8, International Communication Association

New books: Children, Risk and Safety Online (2012), Media Regulation 
(2012), Meanings of Audiences (2013)

TEDx talk, How children engage with the internet http://ow.ly/wwWiC



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