[Commlist] job posting - Professorship at Freie Universität Berlin

  Department of Political and Social Sciences Institute for Media and
  Communication Studies


    University Professor of Media and Communication Studies with a Focus
    on Media Effects Research Salary grade: W3 or equivalent Reference
    code: W3 PuK MWF


      deadline: 08.12.2022

The successful applicant will cover research and teaching in the field 
of media and communication studies.

Appointment requirements are governed by Section 100 of the Berlin 
Higher Education Act (/Berliner Hochschulgesetz/).

Successful candidates must hold an outstanding doctoral degree and 
additional academic qualifications and achievements (as defined under 
Section 100.2 of the Berlin Higher Education Act) in the field of media 
and communication studies or a related social science. They should have 
a research focus on media effects in its full scope. Applicants should 
have expertise in one or more of the following areas: effects and 
societal structures, effects within the context of political 
communication, the theoretical and empirical development of effects 
concepts for digital spheres, emotions and effects, effects within the 
context of entertainment. They should also be able to demonstrate 
exceptional research work through international publications and have a 
background in acquiring and implementing externally funded research 
projects as well as experience with interdisciplinary projects and 
research settings. The candidate should be able to demonstrate a record 
of successful, international teaching in English at the university 
level. Furthermore, we are especially interested in applicants with 
experience in supervising and implementing knowledge transfer 
activities, as well as applicants with prior experience in leading 
(collaborative) research projects and/or degree programs.

Along with the regular official duties of professors listed in Section 
99 of the Berlin Higher Education Act, we expect the appointee to engage 
in the following activities:

The new professor will participate and further develop the degree 
programs run by the Institute for Media and Communication Studies (BA 
and MA), especially the master’s degree program “Media and Political 
Communication.” They will be involved in contributing to and initiating 
future joint research projects within the institute and department (for 
example, the Weizenbaum Institute, Clusters of Excellence, CRCs, 
graduate schools). They will also be expected to help expand 
international joint research projects and to address gender and 
diversity issues in their research and teaching. The appointee should 
also be prepared to fill any gaps in their knowledge of German so that 
within a period of two years they have achieved at least C1-level (CEFR) 
proficiency.

Applications should include a CV, copies of all certificates of academic 
qualification in German or English (please enclose translations where 
necessary), a list of publications, a list of courses previously taught, 
and evidence of teaching aptitude. Please include information on 
involvement in ongoing and future research endeavors, joint research 
projects, and externally funded projects. If necessary, please include 
language certificates. If applicable, please give information on 
partnerships with industry, inventions/patents, and spin-offs.


    Further information:

Please submit all application materials electronically as one PDF file 
(maximum 5 MB) by*December 8th, 2022*. Be sure to include a personal 
postal address and email, as well as the reference code for the 
position. For formal purposes (i.e., for formatting application 
documents), you may use the following postal address, but please send 
your application to the email address below it.

Freie Universität Berlin

Department of Political and Social Sciences

Dean’s Office

Attn: Ms. Mrozek

Ihnestraße 21

14195 Berlin

Email: (dekanat /at/ polsoz.fu-berlin.de) <mailto:(dekanat /at/ polsoz.fu-berlin.de)>

Application materials sent by mail cannot be returned.

Application documents will be deleted from our servers after the legal 
retention period has lapsed.

Application guidelines, general information on the appointment 
procedure, appointment requirements for professorships at Freie 
Universität Berlin, and the regulations defined by the Berlin Higher 
Education Act that are relevant to professorships (Sections 99, 100, 
101, 102a,102c BerlHG) can be found online: www.fu-berlin.de/bbs 
<http://www.fu-berlin.de/bbs>

This call for applications is open to candidates of all genders.

With an electronic application, you acknowledge that FU Berlin saves and 
processes your data. FU Berlin cannot guarantee the security of your 
personal data if you send your application over an unencrypted connection.


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