[Commlist] Professor position University of Lund

PROFESSOR IN MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION, LUND UNIVERSITY

We are looking to recruit a Professor in Media and Communication to 
strengthen and extend the existing research in the department in media, 
culture and democracy. MKV at Lund is in the top 100 communication and 
media departments in the world as ranked by the QS World University 
Subject Rankings 2021.

The professor will contribute to the intellectual life of MKV by taking 
a leading role in the research subject, conducting and publishing 
outstanding quality international research, engaging in research led 
teaching as instructed by the Head of Department, and participating in 
the wider activities of the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Candidates should have recognition of outstanding research contribution 
in chosen fields in media and communication, a track record of excellent 
international publications, and extensive experience of leadership in 
research and teaching. The candidate should have high level expertise in 
curriculum design, teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, 
doctoral and post doctoral supervision in media and communication. In 
addition, expertise in media, culture and democracy is needed as part of 
the research strategy.

MKV’s research strategy is connected to four themes: media engagement, 
democracy and cultural citizenship; media industries and creativity; 
gender, health and society; audiences, popular culture and everyday 
life.  Researchers working across these themes are committed to theory 
driven, mixed methods research. Our strategy focuses on quality outputs, 
in line with the overall international research strategy for Lund 
University. See website https://www.kom.lu.se/en/research/mkv/ 
<https://www.kom.lu.se/en/research/mkv/>

MKV’s teaching portfolio includes undergraduate level courses, primarily 
taught in Swedish, with some English language courses. The MSc in Media 
and Communication is taught in English, with courses connected to our 
research themes, e.g. Media Audiences, Media and Diversity. See 
https://www.kom.lu.se/en/education/media-and-communication-studies/international-master-programme-in-media-and-communication-studies/ 
<https://www.kom.lu.se/en/education/media-and-communication-studies/international-master-programme-in-media-and-communication-studies/>

The post comes with a competitive salary, pension scheme, research time 
(50 per cent), a collegial departmental culture and excellent support, 
training and development opportunities.

The person specification for this post includes other criteria used when 
shortlisting candidates, located on the LU online recruitment portal. 
For further information about the post please see 
https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:419017/ 
<https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:419017/>


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