[Commlist] An academic position in Information and communication, UCLouvain, Belgium

UCLouvain invites applications for a tenure-track or tenured full-time 
position in Information and Communication

https://jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAcademique/job/An-academic-position-in-Information-and-communication-%281-FTE%29/624645401/ 
<https://jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAcademique/job/An-academic-position-in-Information-and-communication-%281-FTE%29/624645401/>



Context

UCLouvain is a comprehensive university offering, in the context of the 
present position, the opportunity of cross-disciplinary research and 
teaching collaborations. Within the Social sciences and humanities 
sector, the position is attached to the Faculty of Economic, Social and 
Political Sciences and Communication and to the Institute of Language 
and Communication that offer opportunities for diverse and stimulating 
teaching as well as an environment to carry out ambitious research. The 
Louvain-la-Neuve site offers a unique living environment conveniently 
located at the heart of Europe.

Mission

Teaching


The successful candidate will have teaching assignments in the field of 
organizational communication and global communication. He or she should 
be able to intervene in the following teaching areas:

Theories of organizational and strategic Information and communication 
(companies, non-profit organizations, NGOs, institutions, cultural 
industries, etc.)

International communication strategies

Strategic planning and branding strategies

Advertising formats (e.g. storytelling), including on the web

The successful candidate will be based on the campus of Louvain-la-Neuve 
but he or she may also have teaching assignments on the campus of Mons.

Research


The successful candidate will develop and drive a cutting-edge research 
program in communication studies looking at formats and strategies of 
communication for profit and non-profit organizations in an 
international context.

He or she will firstly contribute to The Communication Systems Analysis 
Laboratory of Organizations research program 
(https://lasco.comu.ucl.ac.be), within the Langage & Communication 
Institute.

The successful candidate will also participate in the transversal 
research dynamics around the Media innovation and intelligibility Lab 
platform (MiiL), as well as other research groups in the Communication 
Research Pole.

Function

- Be responsible for teaching courses at all study levels (i.e. 
undergraduate and postgraduate), as well as in programmes of continuing 
education;

- Supervise the final diploma research (i.e. theses) of undergraduate 
and graduate students, as well as PhD theses;

- Be involved in (and/or supervise, promote) research programmes;

- Be available to carry out, in the long term, different service 
activities and take on responsibilities within the University and its 
entities;

- Contribute to the international visibility of the University through 
teaching and research excellence;

- Contribute to activities of the University with a societal impact in 
the fields of the economy, socio-cultural changes or cooperation with 
developing countries.

General conditions

Required Qualifications : the applicant must have

- A PhD degree in Communication sciences or any comparable discipline;

- Either studied abroad for an extensive period or have had substantial 
experience outside his or her university of origin;

- A significant scientific record with international publications;

- Experience in and the aptitude for teaching at university level, 
demonstrated if possible by formal assessments;

- The capacity to work within a team of teachers and to integrate 
research findings into teaching;

- Creativity and must be open to teaching innovation and 
interdisciplinarity;

- The capacities required to undertake high-level academic research: 
capacity to raise research funds, to supervise projects, to animate and 
lead a research team;

- Team management and communication skills, including if possible 
fluency in French and English, spoken and written. Otherwise, the 
applicant will be asked to acquire them within two years after taking 
office, in order to be able to communicate and teach in these languages. 
Knowledge of other languages is an additional asset.

Specific Qualification

Knowledge of different qualitative and/or quantitative methods research 
is required.

Offer


The level of recruitment (appointment to the rank of lecturer or 
professor) will be discussed if a proposal is made to you, in connection 
with your previous academic experience. For more information, see: 
jobs.uclouvain.be.

Our HR policy supports equal opportunities and diversity including in 
the academic career. Attention is also paid to reconciliation of private 
life and professional life.

Practical Information

Application deadline:Monday, November 16, 2020 at noon

Starting date:1stSeptember, 2021

Further information :

Prof. Olivier Servais, Dean ESPO – (doyen-espo /at/ uclouvain.be)

Prof. Fanny Meunier, President ILC – (president-ilc /at/ uclouvain.be)

Localization:Social sciences and humanities sector

Faculty of Economic, Social and Political Sciences and Communication 
(ESPO) (https://uclouvain.be/en/faculties/espo)

Institute for Language and Communication (ILC) 
(https://uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/ilc)





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