[ecrea] Job opening: Assistant Professor in Media and Communications, LSE

The Department of Media and Communications at London School of Economics 
and Political Science is hiring a new Assistant Professor in Media and 
Communications, to begin September 2019. Applications are invited from 
outstanding candidates in the field of media and communications.


The successful candidate will join an established and successful 
department, ranked first in the UK’s 2014 Research Excellence Framework 
evaluation and third in the QS 2016 world university rankings. The 
Department is known for its distinctive interdisciplinary approach to 
the field of media and communications, primarily based in the social 
sciences, but also open to humanities perspectives.


Candidates must have expertise in one or more of the following areas of 
research: audiences and cultural politics, and/or media for 
development.  Within these primary areas, we are particularly (though 
not exclusively) interested in candidates with research and theoretical 
expertise in the Global South, with a focus on issues of marginality and 
social justice, especially around sexuality, race, class and disability.

In addition to a competitive salary the benefits that come with this job 
include an occupational pension scheme, a research incentive scheme with 
personal reward options, generous research leave (sabbatical) 
entitlement, a collegial faculty environment and excellent support, 
training and development opportunities. Queries about the role may be 
addressed to the Head of the Department, Professor Sarah Banet-Weiser 
((S.Banet-Weiser /at/ lse.ac.uk) <mailto:(S.Banet-Weiser /at/ lse.ac.uk)>).


Applications are now open and close on 22 October. You can find full 
details onLSE Jobs 
<https://jobs.lse.ac.uk/ViewVacancyV2.aspx?enc=mEgrBL4XQK0+ld8aNkwYmN/UXJPVdxXpDt9S1ik81lM/YP5OBgrnHpS1k7IH5jkPT5JPwCtcLUUSFl+Hy1hZO7XDEu2bze8CB0E3SS+AeSgGGRGGUlLPOVHOYuvQMX8yTjY7PEz76PyzA2lqKS4Jtw==>– 
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