[ecrea] Postdoctoral position in the GIFT project on design of museum experiences

Postdoctoral position in the GIFT project on design of museum experiences
The IT University of Copenhagen invites highly motivated individuals to 
apply for a postdoc position starting on 1 September 2017 or soon 
thereafter for a duration of one year, with a possibility for extension.
The position will form part of a Horizon 2020 project entitled 
"Meaningful Personalization of Hybrid Virtual Museum Experiences Through 
Gifting and Appropriation (The GIFT project)", at the Center for 
Computer Games Research. 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 6 European research partners beside ITU: Blast 
Theory (UK), NextGame (RS), University of Nottingham (UK), University of 
Uppsala (SE), European Foundation (NL) and Culture24 (UK). In addition, 
the project will work with representatives from museums in 8 countries: 
Denmark, UK, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Norway, Serbia and the US.
For more information, see the project website: gift.itu.dk 
<http://gift.itu.dk>.
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.

The postdoctoral researcher’s task is to contribute to the development 
of the overall GIFT framework by consolidating knowledge from design 
experiments and action research into design guidelines that can be used 
by museum professionals and designers. The researcher’s main task is to 
help to turn project’s research results into actionable guidelines for 
designers and other practitioners. This may entail both practical design 
work as well as studying and reviewing experimental results from other 
parts of the GIFT project. In addition, the candidate may be asked to 
contribute to developing new proposals for external funding. We seek a 
highly motivated candidate with interest in researching and designing 
for museums and other cultural institutions. Experience with 
applications for research funding is also valued. Technical competencies 
with relevant technologies (e.g. mobile application development, mixed 
reality/augmented reality applications, etc.) is a plus but is not 
necessary. The candidate is expected to do research resulting in one or 
more publications at a high international level, including the project’s 
planned midway symposium, final conference, and anthology. The project 
is based on a strong international team with an ambitious publication 
strategy and great interest in supporting younger researchers to succeed 
with their research. The project team aims to develop several 
high-quality co-authored publications, to which the postdoctoral 
researcher is expected to contribute.
*Qualification requirements *

  * PhD in a relevant field such as design, media, and communication,
    computer games, computer science, arts, museology or other cognate
    areas.
  * Candidates should have a high level of oral and written proficiency
    in English.
  * Candidates who can document practical experience with design and/or
    development in the field are prioritized.
*Application *
The application must be in English and must include:

  * A motivated application, including a cogent argument for how
    qualified you are for the position and a brief statement (1-2 pages)
    of your research plans.
  * A full CV, including name, address, phone number, e-mail, previous
    and present employment and academic background.
  * Documentation of academic degrees (copy of degree certificates etc.).
  * Copies of max. 5 different publications you wish the evaluation
    committee to consider.
  * A numbered list of publications. The enclosed publications should be
    marked with an asterisk (*)
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 computer 
science, information and media sciences, humanities and social sciences, 
business impact and the commercialisation of IT.
*Salary *
Appointment and salary will be in accordance with the Ministry of 
Finance’s agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional 
Associations (AC).
*Application procedure *
You can only apply for this position through our e-recruitment system. 
Apply by pushing the button "Apply for position" in the job announcement 
on our website: http://en.itu.dk/About-ITU/Vacancies
Questions about the position can be directed to Anders Sundnes Løvlie, 
IT University of Copenhagen, e-mail (asun /at/ itu.dk) <mailto:(asun /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.
The IT University may use shortlisting in connection to the recruitment 
process. In the case of shortlisting, the Head of the Center for 
Computer Games Research selects applicants for assessment on the advice 
of the hiring committee after the application deadline. All applicants 
are notified whether their application has been passed for assessment. 
The shortlisting of candidates for assessment is based on the criteria 
in the job posting.
*Application deadline: 6 June 2017, at 23:59 CET. *
**
Applications/enclosures received at ITU after the application deadline 
are not 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.
- See more at: 
https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=119&ProjectId=180865&MediaId=5#sthash.wtiatiBc.dpuf


Anders Sundnes Løvlie
IT University of Copenhagen
(asun /at/ itu.dk) <mailto:(asun /at/ itu.dk)>


H2020 project “Meaningful Personalisation of Hybrid Virtual Museum 
Experiences through Gifting and Appropriation": gift.itu.dk






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