[ecrea] 2 PhD openings: Design of Hybrid Virtual Museum Experiences, IT University of Copenhagen

*2 PhD positions in hybrid virtual museum design*

The IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark, invites candidates to apply 
for 2 PhD positions starting in 31 December 2016 or soon thereafter:
https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=119&ProjectId=180790&MediaId=5#sthash.5dGqp8Ta.dpuf
The positions will form part of a project funded by a grant from the 
EU's Horizon 2020 program, entitled "Meaningful Personalization of 
Hybrid Virtual Museum Experiences Through Gifting and Appropriation (The 
GIFT project)". The GIFT project aims to develop a framework with tools, 
theory and best practice guidelines to guide the development of mobile 
apps for museums that facilitate personalized experiences of both 
digital and physical museum exhibitions, along with two prototypes of 
such applications.
The project includes 5 European research partners beside ITU: Blast 
Theory (UK), NextGame (RS), University of Nottingham (UK), University of 
Uppsala (SE) and Europeana Foundation (NL). In addition, the project 
will work with representatives from 10 museums in 8 European countries: 
Denmark, Sweden, UK, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Italy and Serbia.

For more information, see blogit.itu.dk/gift/ <http://blogit.itu.dk/gift/>.
Candidates for the positions will be expected to contribute to both the 
project's outcome and research goals.
The project's outcome goals include:

   * Formulating a set of best practice guidelines for meaningful
     personalisation of hybrid virtual museum experiences, based on an
     action research process with a panel of museum partners;
   * Contribute to the design of prototypes for hybrid virtual museum
     experiences;
   * Study, validate and evaluate prototypes developed by project partners.
In addition, the project has the following research goals:

   * Develop innovative approaches to the design of playful experiences
     with art and cultural heritage;
   * Formulate new perspectives on pervasive games and other playful
     experiences that incorporate both physical and virtual presence;
   * Propose new approaches for facilitating personalized experiences
     with cultural heritage which aim to bridge or problematize the
     distances between audiences and heritage, e.g. cultural, historical,
     ideological, aesthetic, or other.
*Position number 1: Research through design *
This PhD candidate will be tasked with conducting a practical research 
through design project, aimed at designing games for hybrid virtual 
museum experiences that allow players to playfully appropriate the 
museums' physical and digital space. The candidate's design work should 
support the development of a game prototype developed by the company 
NextGame, one of the partners in GIFT. The candidate will also 
contribute to study and validate prototypes developed by NextGame. The 
PhD project should result in a dissertation incorporating and 
documenting the design and evaluation work, making a contribution to 
research in one of the following fields: Media Studies, Design, Digital 
Arts, Game Studies or other IT-related field.
Qualification Requirements:

   * Candidates should have an MSc (or equivalent) in a field such as
     design, media and communication, computer games, computer science,
     or other cognate area.
   * Candidates should have a high level of oral and written proficiency
     in English.
   * Candidates who can document practical experience with design in the
     field will be prioritized.
*Position number 2: Action research *
This PhD candidate will be tasked with conducting an action research 
project involving the GIFT project's museum partners. The candidate 
should contribute to the process of conducting user experience 
evaluation of the prototypes developed by GIFT partners, based on their 
implementation and use in museum contexts. The candidate will be 
expected to be able to make substantial contributions to the best 
practice framework developed by GIFT. The PhD project should result in a 
dissertation documenting the process and discussing the results as a 
contribution to research in one of the following fields: Media Studies, 
Design, Digital Arts, Game Studies or other IT-related field.
Qualification requirements:

   * Candidates should have an MSc (or equivalent) in a field such as
     design, media and communication, fine arts, computer science, or
     other relevant area.
   * Candidates should have a high level of oral and written proficiency
     in English.
   * Candidates who can document practical experience with action
     research and/or relevant design experience will be prioritized.
*Application *
The application must be in English and must include:

   * A cover letter;
   * A statement of purpose, which includes a project description for the
     PhD project, providing evidence of independent thinking, novelty and
     originality, and a state of the art grasp of the targeted research
     field matching the project description above. This text should be
     maximum 5 standard pages long (ca. 2400 characters per page,
     including spaces and notes);
   * Documentation of academic degree(s); grade transcripts that
     documents outstanding academic achievement;
   * Curriculum Vitae, which must include two professional/academic
     references;
   * Applications may also include one relevant scientific publication
     written by the applicant, and/or a portfolio of design work, and/or
     the applicant's master thesis. Letters of recommendation can also be
     included in the application
It is understood that qualified applicants will satisfy these 
requirements to varying degrees, for example because of differences in 
publication cultures in various research fields.
Early contact with our faculty staff is strongly encouraged.

*General information*
The IT University of Copenhagen (ITU) is a teaching and research-based 
tertiary institution concerned with information technology (IT) and the 
opportunities it offers. The IT University has more than 70 full-time 
Faculty members.Research and teaching in information technology span all 
academic activities which involve computers including computerscience, 
information and media sciences, humanities and social sciences, business 
impact and the commercialisation of IT.

Successful applicants will be employed and enrolled at the ITU 
University for a period of 3 years.

*Salary *
Appointment andsalary will be in accordance with the Ministry of 
Finance’s agreement with the Danish Confederation of 
ProfessionalAssociations (AC).

*Application procedure*
You can only apply for this position through our e-recruitment system. 
Apply bypushing the button "Apply for position" in the job announcement 
on our website: www.itu.dk/About-ITU/Vacancies 
<http://www.itu.dk/About-ITU/Vacancies>

Please read the guidelines for applicants carefully before filling in 
the application form. You can see the guidelines through this link: 
www.itu.en/Guidelines <http://www.itu.en/Guidelines>

Applications must be written in English. All other documents, such as 
transcripts must be accompanied by a translation in English or Danish.

Questions about the positions can be directed to Anders Sundnes Løvlie, 
e-mail: (asun /at/ itu.dk) <mailto:(asun /at/ itu.dk)>, or Miguel Angel Sicart, 
e-mail: (miguel /at/ itu.dk) <mailto:(miguel /at/ itu.dk)>. Questions related to the 
application procedure may be directed to the Personnel Section, Kristina 
Køj-Udsen, (kuds /at/ itu.dk) <mailto:(kuds /at/ itu.dk)>.

The applicant will be assessed according to the Appointment Order from 
the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of 25 April 2008.

*Application deadline: September 20, 2016 at 23:59 CET.*

Applications/enclosures received at ITU after the application deadline 
will not be taken into consideration. If you submit an application, it 
is your responsibility to ensure that it arrives before the deadline so 
please allow sufficient time for upload of publications and other documents.

The IT University invites all qualified researchers regardless of age, 
gender, religious affiliation or ethnic background to apply for the 
positions.


Job announcement: 
https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=119&ProjectId=180790&MediaId=5#sthash.5dGqp8Ta.dpuf



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