[ecrea] New Assistant Professor post - Department of Media and Communications - closes 31st October 2014

Assistant Professor in Media and Communications

Salary is competitive and not less than £50,891 per annum inclusive

Suggested start date: 1st September 2014

Applications are invited from outstanding candidates in the field of 
media and communications. The successful candidate will join an 
established and successful department, ranked very highly in the UK’s 
2008 Research Assessment Exercise.

Applicants should demonstrate research excellence and a commitment to 
developing critical ways to theorise and research empirically the 
relationships between media and communications technologies and the 
social world.

We particularly welcome applications from those with expertise that 
contributes to understanding the social, political, economic and/or 
cultural dimensions of social and technological change in today’s 
complex mediated environment.

We would seek someone who works at the intersection of media policy and 
ethics, especially with regard to issues around public media and media 
policy such as regulation, journalism, governance, and law. They would 
be expected to connect with the Department’s journalism thinktank Polis 
and the Media Policy Project.

You will have (or will have submitted) a PhD in a relevant discipline by 
the post start date. You will also have a proven record of outstanding 
research published in top journals and/or with leading book publishers; 
or evidence that such a record is being developed.

You will also demonstrate the ability to teach on a range of courses 
currently on offer within the Department of Media & Communications and 
to contribute to areas not currently covered.

The other criteria that will be used when shortlisting for this post can 
be found in the person specification which is attached to this vacancy 
on the LSE’s online recruitment system.

To apply for this post please go to www.lse.ac.uk/jobsatlse and select 
“Vacancies”.

We value diversity and are keen to promote equality at all levels



Department of Media & Communications | London School of Economics and 
Political Science | Houghton Street | London WC2A 2AE |  
www.lse.ac.uk/media@lse | twitter.com/medialse




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