[Commlist] Job in Comms and Media at University of Liverpool

The School of the Arts at the University of Liverpool invites 
expressions of interest for the 2025 Leverhulme Trust Early Career 
Fellowship scheme. These awards offer opportunities for outstanding 
early career researchers to strengthen their experience of research and 
teaching in a university environment – further information, including 
eligibility criteria, can be found on the Leverhulme Trust website.
The University of Liverpool is one of the United Kingdom’s leading 
research institutions with an annual turnover of £400 million, including 
£140 million for research. Liverpool is ranked in the top 1% of 
universities worldwide and is a member of the prestigious Russell Group, 
comprising the leading research universities in the United Kingdom.
The Department of Communication and Media has four research groups: the 
‘Culture, Space and Memory’ research group conducts 
cultural/anthropological research around memory and material cultures, 
photography, everyday life, media arts and the spatial humanities, and 
partners with cultural organisations such as museums; the ‘Discourse, 
Data and Society’ research group specialises in multimodal studies, 
artificial intelligence and data analytics, critical discourse studies, 
language and strategic communication; the ‘Media, Politics and Society’ 
research group addresses issues such as the spread and amplification of 
misinformation, online harms, digital news audiences, democratic 
deliberation, human rights and climate change; the ‘Screen and Film 
Studies’ research group carries out research in film and screen, 
including industrial and institutional aspects, stardom and performance 
and encompasses Hollywood, American independent cinema, documentary, 
cult television, animation and virtual reality.
Since 2010, we have been part of the School of Arts, one of four Schools 
in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. The School also 
includes the departments of Architecture, English, Music, and Philosophy.

Those interested in applying for a Leverhulme Trust Early Career 
Fellowship are invited to submit expressions of interest to the Research 
& Impact Team at (sotares /at/ liverpool.ac.uk), by Monday 4th November 2024, 
consisting of:

•	The completed Leverhulme ECF Expression of Interest pro-forma  •	CV (2 
pages max) •	A list of publications (1 page max – please use the 
following headings: ‘In preparation’, ‘Submitted’ and ‘Published’)

You can find more guidance and a downloadable ECF Expression of Interest 
pro-forma on the  University’s Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship 
information page at 
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-and-social-sciences/research/training-and-support/postdoc-fellowship/leverhulme-ecf/ 

The School Research Team will notify selected candidates of the outcome 
by week commencing 16th December 2024. All shortlisted candidates will 
then be invited to attend a Faculty workshop over Zoom, taking place 
during week commencing 6th January 2024, date/time tbc, which will 
include presentations and advice about the scheme.

Following the workshop, candidates will be asked to submit their fully 
developed application outline for final peer-review and selection by a 
cross-Faculty panel by Monday 20th January 2025, by 12pm. The final 
application is to be completed and submitted on the Leverhulme Grants 
Management System in advance to allow time for internal checks and 
approvals) by Thursday 13th February 2025, 5pm.  The deadline for final 
submission to the Leverhulme Trust is Thursday 20th February 2025, 4pm.

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