Vacancies: Doctoral students in Multimodality and intermediality at LNU and at Örebro university

Linnaeus University Center for Intermedial and Multimodal Studies now announces four salaried positions for doctoral students as part of the graduate school Multimodality and Intermediality: Humanist Research in a Digital World (MIDWorld) in the following subjects: Comparative literature, English literature, French literature, and German literature. IMS research within any of these disciplines also include other media than literature such as film, music, art and computer games. Deadline March 31.

https://lnu.se/en/meet-linnaeus-university/work-at-the-university/?rmpage=job&rmjob=7143&rmlang=UK

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The Centre for Research in the Humanities and in particular the Multimodal Communicationat Örebro University announces five salaried positions for doctoral students to join the graduate school MIDWorld. The five students will be admitted to one of the subject specialisations comparative literature, English, history, rhetoric or Swedish language, all part of the Studies in the Humanities subject at the School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences. Deadline March 15.

https://www.oru.se/english/career/available-positions/job/?jid=20230018 

Vacature: Hoogleraar Journalistiekwetenschap (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

Deadline 10 maart 2023

Meer informatie en solliciteren

De Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen verbindt verschillende vakgebieden: Taal, Literatuur en Communicatie, Kunst en Cultuur, Geschiedenis, Oudheidwetenschappen en Filosofie. Het onderwijs en onderzoek van de faculteit  focussen op actuele thema’s uit samenleving en wetenschap: van kunstmatige intelligentie tot beeldcultuur, van urbanisatie tot slavernijgeschiedenis, van ‘fake news’ in de journalistiek tot communicatie in organisaties. We zetten sterk in op vernieuwend onderwijs en op interdisciplinair onderzoek. De faculteit telt ongeveer 2.000 studenten en er werken ruim 350 medewerkers bij de faculteit. De Faculteit de Geesteswetenschappen kent drie wetenschappelijke afdelingen: Filosofie; Kunst & Cultuur, Geschiedenis, Oudheid; en Taal, Literatuur & Communicatie. De leerstoel valt, zoals in de inleiding al is gezegd, binnen de laatste afdeling.

Functieomschrijving

De nieuwe leerstoelhouder zal actief zijn op het gebied van onderwijs, onderzoek, maatschappelijke valorisatie en bestuur. De bachelor track Media & Journalistiek van de VU is de enige universitaire Nederlandstalige bacheloropleiding die zich expliciet op journalistiek richt. De master opleiding aan de VU onderscheidt zich door de nadruk op het onderzoeken (en oplossen) van fundamentele vraagstukken uit de journalistieke praktijk. De focus richt zich daarbij op (blokkades voor) innovatie, complexe vraagstukken omtrent AI, desinformatie en misinformatie en op de samenhang tussen veranderend informatiegebruik en nieuwe formats, platforms en hun journalistieke impact. De studentenaantallen tonen een stijgende lijn en de ambitie is om deze verder te laten groeien. Qua  onderzoek is de ambitie om de onderzoeksgroep via onderzoeksaanvragen verder uit te bouwen met promovendi en postdocs.

Functie-eisen

  • We zoeken een kandidaat die: is gepromoveerd in Communicatiewetenschap, Media Studies of een aanverwante discipline.
  • doet onderzoek naar journalistieke innovatie, en heeft daarbinnen sterke affiniteit met vraagstukken samenhangend met veranderend nieuwsgebruik, journalistieke innovatie, sociale media en AI.
  • heeft een sterk publicatierecord in het vakgebied, blijkend uit peer reviewed publicaties in tijdschriften als Journalism, Digital Journalism, Journalism Studies, New Media & Society en Journalism Practice.
  • heeft een toonaangevende internationale wetenschappelijke reputatie en een dito netwerk.
  • heeft ervaring met het begeleiden van promovendi.
  • heeft aantoonbare ervaring met interdisciplinaire samenwerking en expertise in empirische en innovatieve methodologieën (bij voorkeur kwalitatief en kwantitatief).
  • heeft een sterk netwerk binnen de journalistieke praktijk, blijkend uit goede bekendheid met de belangrijkste spelers in het huidige medialandschap.
  • heeft bestuurlijke ervaring. is een enthousiast en gewaardeerd docent, die beschikt over een BKO en bij voorkeur ook een SKO (dan wel bereidheid een SKO te behalen).
  • is in staat leiding te geven aan een team van jonge, getalenteerde
    wetenschappers.
  • heeft aantoonbaar ervaring met acquisitie van onderzoeksprojecten.
  • de kandidaat heeft ervaring met werken in interdisciplinaire teams en de nodige expertise om complexe vraagstukken wetenschappelijk op te lossen met behulp van relevante inzichten uit o.a. mediastudies, communicatiewetenschap, etnografie, culturele studies en tekstwetenschap.
  • uitstekende beheersing van in elk geval de Nederlandse en Engelse taal.

Wat bieden wij

Een uitdagende functie bij een maatschappelijk betrokken organisatie. Het salaris bedraagt afhankelijk van opleiding en ervaring op voltijdse basis minimaal €6.099 (H2) en maximaal €8.881 (H2) bruto per maand. De functie is ingedeeld volgens UFOprofiel: Hoogleraar 2 en staat open voor ten minste 0,8 fte.

De arbeidsovereenkomst wordt in eerste instantie aangegaan voor een periode van 5
jaar.

Daarnaast beschikt de VU over aantrekkelijke secundaire arbeidsvoorwaarden en regelingen die een goede combinatie van werk en privé mogelijk maken, zoals:

  • 8% vakantietoeslag en 8,3% eindejaarsuitkering,
  • ruime bijdrage aan ABP-pensioenregeling,
  • keuzemodel voor fiscale uitruil van bepaalde arbeidsvoorwaarden

Over de VU

Bijdragen aan een betere wereld door onderscheidend onderwijs en grensverleggend onderzoek, dat is de ambitie van de VU. Een universiteit waar persoonlijke vorming én maatschappelijke betrokkenheid centraal staan. Waar we vanuit verschillende disciplines en achtergronden samenwerken aan innovaties en nieuwe inzichten. Ons onderzoek beslaat het hele spectrum: van alfa, gamma en bèta tot leven en medische wetenschappen.

Aan de VU studeren ruim 30.000 studenten en werken meer dan 5.500 medewerkers. De uitstekend bereikbare VU-campus is gevestigd in het hart van de Amsterdamse Zuidas, een inspirerende omgeving voor onderwijs en onderzoek.

Diversiteit

Diversiteit is een kernwaarde van de VU. Wij staan voor een inclusieve gemeenschap en geloven dat diversiteit en internationalisering bijdragen aan de kwaliteit van onderwijs en onderzoek. We zijn dan ook voortdurend op zoek naar mensen die door hun achtergrond en ervaring bijdragen aan de diversiteit van onze campus.

Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen

De Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen verbindt verschillende vakgebieden: Taal, Literatuur en Communicatie, Kunst en Cultuur, Geschiedenis, Oudheidwetenschappen en Filosofie. Ons onderwijs en onderzoek focussen op actuele thema’s uit samenleving en wetenschap: van kunstmatige intelligentie tot beeldcultuur, van urbanisatie tot slavernijgeschiedenis, van ‘fake news’ in de journalistiek tot communicatie in organisaties. We zetten sterk in op kleinschalig, vernieuwend onderwijs en op interdisciplinair onderzoek.

Werken bij Geesteswetenschappen is bijdragen aan de kwaliteit van toonaangevend onderwijs en onderzoek, in een inspirerend en persoonlijk werk- en studieklimaat. De faculteit telt ongeveer 2.000 studenten en er werken ruim 350 medewerkers.

Solliciteren

Ben jij geïnteresseerd in deze functie? Solliciteer dan door middel van solliciteer button op de website uiterlijk 10-03-2023. Denk hierbij aan het uploaden van jouw curriculum vitae en motivatiebrief.

Sollicitaties ontvangen per e-mail worden niet in behandeling genomen.

Vragen

Voor vragen over de vacature kun je contact opnemen met:

Naam: mevrouw M. Maletic
Functie: Directeur bedrijfsvoering
Telefoonnummer:+31 20 59 86001
E-mail: m.maletic@vu.nl

Acquisitie naar aanleiding van deze advertentie wordt niet op prijs gesteld.

 

Vacancy: PhD in Virtual Reality as Empathy Machine (Utrecht University)

PhD in Virtual Reality as Empathy Machine: Critical Media Analysis in Humanitarian Communication (1.0 FTE)

The application deadline is 20 February 2023.
Job description

Virtual Reality is a booming industry and is considered to be a game changer. So far it has mostly been used for entertainment and to give a sense of extraordinary experiences. However, it has also been used effectively in other fields: education, museums, sport, HR, architecture and for climate awareness. In the military field it has been used to enhance training and simulate risk situations, and in the health sector to practice surgical interventions as well as to treat mental disorders and addictions and to aid rehabilitation. In the last decade Virtual Reality has also been increasingly used to think about minority and diversity politics, by making the viewer experience what it is like to face racial prejudice or survive a perilous migration journey. For these reasons VR is widely acclaimed in the humanitarian sector. Would you like to help critically investigate the role of VR for humanitarian appeals by asking how and to what extent humanitarian VR can function as an empathy machine, bridging the distance between viewers and mediated others? Then you have a role to play as a PhD candidate within this broader research project.

The NWO Open Competition Project is looking for two PhD candidates to participate in this project. You will be working with PI Prof. Sandra Ponzanesi, Professor of Media, Gender and Postcolonial Studies at Utrecht University, Department of Media and Culture Studies, within a team of two PhDs, a postdoc and a project assistant. You will also be part of Postcolonial Studies Initiative (PCI)/Graduate Gender Studies Programme and be connected to the UU Focus Areas: Game Research, Migration and Societal Change and Governing the Digital Society and IOS Platform Gender, Diversity and Global Justice.

Virtual Reality is a technology which creates a multisensory, immersive, realistic 3D environment, which can be interactive and has the power to make us experience different worlds. This can affect our cognitive and emotional responses and possibly change our attitudes or behavior regarding issues or realities that are usually remote or removed from our daily existence. For this reason, it has been postulated as the ultimate ’empathy machine’, a technology of feeling that promotes compassion, connection and intimacy by allowing the viewer to experience the lives of those who are distant others, for example migrants or refugees. It has been increasingly used to this effect in humanitarian appeals to solicit donations and renew public engagement.

The aim of ‘Virtual Reality as Empathy Machine: Media, Migration and the Humanitarian Predicament’ is to make an innovative and urgent intervention into the field of VR for humanitarian communication by evaluating the potentialities and pitfalls of immersion and empathy through technological innovation. This project will critically investigate the role of VR for humanitarian appeals by asking how and to what extent humanitarian VR can function as an empathy machine, bridging the distance between viewers and mediated others. The project will critically investigate the impact of VR for humanitarian appeals, in particular concerning issues around migration and refugees. It will do so by contributing to evaluation, methodology, ethics and design in an innovative and interdisciplinary way. For this purpose, the project will combine media analysis and empirical research through a postcolonial approach, with one of the dissemination results also being the creation of an alternative VR projects and collaborative practices. The project draws from different disciplinary fields such as (digital) media studies, postcolonial theory, science and technology studies, psychology, gender studies, anthropology, development studies, conflict studies, game and film studies and humanitarian communication. The project is relevant for the fields of migration, technology and humanitarian appeal, but it has wider implications for society, governance and the industry.

Currently two PhD positions are available:

  1. PhD in Virtual Reality as Empathy Machine: Critical Media Analysis in Humanitarian Communication (1.0 FTE)
  2. PhD in Virtual Reality as Empathy Machine: Validation Research on Humanitarian Communication (1.0 FTE) 
    The role of this PhD candidate, in Critical Media Analysis in Humanitarian Communication, will be to offer a media analysis of VR affordances, cinematic and narrative strategies (360-degree videos, installations and documentaries) dealing with migration and refugees. This PhD project will focus on how VR affects the relationship between spectator and distant sufferer through its immersive affordances, cinematic strategies and alternative storytelling techniques.

The role of the other PhD candidate, in Validation Research on Humanitarian Communication, will be to perform empirical research and develop interdisciplinary methods to test and validate the persuasiveness of VR as an ’empathy machine’ and assess whether VR leads to actions and enhanced public engagement. This PhD project will focus on how we can empirically assess the effect of and response to VR for humanitarian purposes.

For more info about the project see: https://vrmigration.sites.uu.nl/

Profile

The ideal candidate has a background and proven interest in media studies, postcolonial critique and humanitarian communication. In addition:

  • You should hold a completed Master’s degree in a relevant field (media studies, social and behavioral sciences, science and technology studies, postcolonial theory, humanitarianism, gender studies or a comparative field of studies).
  • You have a background in media studies, with a specific focus on new, immersive and interactive technologies, such as games and VR.
  • You have demonstrable experience in media analysis, postcolonial critique, discourse analysis.
  • You are fluent in English (you must possess Cambridge Certificate or equivalent at C1 level, unless you have a degree from an English-language university), or you are a native speaker.
  • You are able to work independently and flexibly, taking initiative where needed.
  • You have good interpersonal skills, and you have good written and oral communication skills.
  • You are able to communicate and collaborate effectively in a team setting.
  • You are interested in participating collaboratively in the events, training programmes and activities planned for the duration of the project.
  • You have administrative and organisational skills and are well-acquainted with managing social media.
  • You are willing to live in the Netherlands during the contract period.
  • You are dedicated to completing the PhD research, as well as the contributions to the other project deliverables (expert meetings, conferences, final PhD dissertation), within the allotted time of four years.
  • You preferably have knowledge of Dutch or are ready to learn the basics.

Offer

This is an appointment of 1.0 FTE for the duration of 18 months. In case of good performance and a positive evaluation, the contract will be extended for the remaining period of 30 months (48 months in total). The gross salary starts with €2,541 per month in the first year and increases to €3,247 per month in the fourth year of employment (scale P according to the Collective Employment Agreement of the Dutch Universities) for a full-time employment.

Besides that, you will receive a holiday allowance of 8% and a year-end bonus of 8.3%. Utrecht University also has an appealing package of terms of employment, including the choice for a good balance between work and private (a good arrangement for leave, among other things), possibilities for development and an excellent pension scheme. For more information, please visit working at Utrecht University 

The preferred starting date is 1 June 2023.

About Utrecht University

A better future for everyone. This ambition motivates our scientists in executing their leading research and inspiring teaching. At Utrecht University, the various disciplines collaborate intensively towards major societal themes. Our focus is on Dynamics of Youth, Institutions for Open Societies, Life Sciences and Sustainability.

The Faculty of Humanities  has around 7,000 students and 1,100 staff members. It comprises four knowledge domains: Philosophy and Religious Studies, History and Art History, Media and Culture Studies, and Languages, Literature and Communication. With its research and education in these fields, the Faculty aims to contribute to a better understanding of the Netherlands and Europe in a rapidly changing social and cultural context. The enthusiastic and committed colleagues and the excellent amenities in the historical city center of Utrecht, where the Faculty is housed, contribute to an inspiring working environment.

The Department of Media and Culture Studies supports teaching and research in the fields of film, television, games, new media and digital culture, theatre, dance and performance, gender and ethnicity, musicology and cultural policy. Culture is a dynamic mix of artistic, creative and everyday practices with which people shape their identities and actions, and within which societal structures and institutions take shape. Media (old and new) are crucial factors in these processes.

As PhD candidate you will be member of the Institute for Cultural Inquiry  (ICON). ICON is one of the four research institutes of the Faculty of Humanities. The researchers are working in six different research fields. PhD candidates are also embedded in the Graduate School of Humanities, which offers seminars and courses to improve your academic skills.

Additional information

For more information about this position, please contact Prof Dr Sandra Ponzanesi  (Professor of Gender and Postcolonial Studies) via S.Ponzanesi@uu.nl.

Apply

Everyone deserves to feel at home  at our university. We welcome employees with a wide variety of backgrounds and perspectives.

To apply, please send your application via the ‘apply’ button.

The application should include:

  • a letter of motivation (not exceeding 500 words, in font size 12), explaining why you are a good fit for the position;
  • a full academic CV (max two pages, font size 12);
  • a 1000-word research proposal, connected to the PhD description and including a theoretical framework, methodological approach, possible case studies and references;
  • the names and contact details of two references, including your thesis advisor, who may be approached by the selection committee;
  • a writing sample, such as a thesis chapter (20 pp.) or a published publication;
  • a copy of your Master’s diploma and a copy of your full transcript listing subjects studied and grades received;
  • a proof of language proficiency according to the Utrecht University requirement (Cambridge or Toefl, level C1).

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to participate in either online or in-person interviews, and will be subject to pre-employment checks prior to any appointment. Interviews will be held in mid-March 2023.

Here you can find the link to the other PhD position: PhD in Virtual Reality as Empathy Machine: Validation Research on Humanitarian Communication (1.0 FTE) externe link

The application deadline is 20 February 2023.

Vacancy: PhD in Virtual Reality as Empathy Machine (Utrecht University)

PhD in Virtual Reality as Empathy Machine: Validation Research on Humanitarian Communication (1.0 FTE)

APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Job description

Virtual Reality is a booming industry and is considered to be a game changer. So far it has mostly been used for entertainment and to give a sense of extraordinary experiences. However, it has also been used effectively in the military field to enhance training and simulate risk situations, in the health sector to practice surgical interventions as well as to treat mental disorders and addictions and to aid rehabilitation, in the realms of education, museums, sport, HR, architecture and for climate awareness. In the last decade Virtual Reality has also been increasingly used to think about minority and diversity politics, by making the viewer experience what it is like to face racial prejudice or survive a perilous migration journey. For these reasons VR is widely acclaimed in the humanitarian sector. Would you like to help critically investigate the role of VR for humanitarian appeals by asking how and to what extent humanitarian VR can function as an empathy machine, bridging the distance between viewers and mediated others? Then you have a role to play as a PhD researcher within this broader research project.

The NWO Open Competition Project ‘Virtual Reality as Empathy Machine: Media, Migration and the Humanitarian Predicament’ is looking for two PhD candidates to participate in this project. You will be working with PI Prof. Sandra Ponzanesi, Professor of Media, Gender and Postcolonial Studies at Utrecht University, Department of Media and Culture Studies, and ICON (Research Institute for Cultural Inquiry), and a team of two PHDs, a postdoc and a project assistant. You will also be part of The Postcolonial Studies Initiative (PCI)/Graduate Gender Studies Programme and be connected to the UU Focus Areas: Game Research/Migration and Societal Change/ and Governing the Digital Society and IOS Platform Gender, Diversity and Global Justice.

Virtual Reality is a technology which creates a multisensory, immersive, realistic 3D environment, which can be interactive and has the power to make us experience different worlds. This can affect our cognitive and emotional responses and possibly change our attitudes or behavior regarding issues or realities that are usually remote or removed from our daily existence. For this reason, it has been postulated as the ultimate ’empathy machine’, a technology of feeling that promotes compassion, connection and intimacy by allowing the viewer to experience the lives of those who are distant others, for example migrants or refugees. It has been increasingly used to this effect in humanitarian appeals to solicit donations and renew public engagement.
The aim of ‘Virtual Reality as Empathy Machine: Media, Migration and the Humanitarian Predicament’ is to make an innovative and urgent intervention into the field of VR for humanitarian communication by evaluating the potentialities and pitfalls of immersion and empathy through technological innovation.
This project will critically investigate the role of VR for humanitarian appeals by asking how and to what extent humanitarian VR can function as an empathy machine, bridging the distance between viewers and mediated others.
The project will critically investigate the impact of VR for humanitarian appeals, in particular concerning issues around migration and refugees. It will do so by contributing to evaluation, methodology, ethics and design in an innovative and interdisciplinary way.
For this purpose, the project will combine media analysis and empirical research through a postcolonial approach, with one of the dissemination results also being the creation of an alternative VR projects and collaborative practices. The project draws from different disciplinary fields such as (digital) media studies, postcolonial theory, science and technology studies, psychology, gender studies, anthropology, development studies, conflict studies, game and film studies and humanitarian communication.
The project is relevant for the fields of migration, technology and humanitarian appeal, but it has wider implications for society, governance and the industry.

Currently two PhD positions are available:

1) PhD1: Virtual Reality as Empathy Machine: critical media analysis in humanitarian communication 

2) PhD2: Virtual Reality as Empathy Machine: validation research on humanitarian communication

The role of PhD1 will be to offer a media analysis of VR affordances, cinematic and narrative strategies (360-degree videos, installations and documentaries) dealing with migration and refugees. This PhD project will focus on how VR affects the relationship between spectator and distant sufferer through its immersive affordances, cinematic strategies and alternative storytelling techniques.
PhD1 will have a background in media studies, with a specific focus on new, immersive and interactive technologies, such as games and VR.

The role of PhD2 will be to perform empirical research and develop interdisciplinary methods to test and validate the persuasiveness of VR as an ’empathy machine’ and assess whether VR leads to actions and enhanced public engagement. This PhD project will focus on how we can empirically assess the effect of and response to VR for humanitarian purposes.
PhD2 will have a background in media, psychology or the social sciences, and expertise in validation methods and participant observations.

This position concerns PhD2 Virtual Reality as Empathy Machine: validation research on humanitarian communication.

For more info about the project see: https://vrmigration.sites.uu.nl/

Qualifications

The ideal candidate has a background and proven interest in media studies, postcolonial critique and humanitarian communication. In addition,

  • You should hold a completed master’s degree in a relevant field (media studies, social and behavioral sciences, science and technology studies, postcolonial theory, humanitarianism, gender studies or a comparative field of studies).
  • PhD2 will have a background in media, psychology or the social sciences, and expertise in validation methods and participant observations.
  • Demonstrable experience in media analysis and empirical fieldwork (test and validation studies) is highly recommended.
  • You are fluent in English (you must possess Cambridge Certificate or equivalent at C1 level, unless you have a degree from an English-language university), or you are a native speaker.
  • You are able to work independently and flexibly, taking initiative where needed.
  • You have good interpersonal skills, and you have good written and oral communication skills.
  • You are able to communicate and collaborate effectively in a team setting.
  • You are interested in participating collaboratively in the events, training programmes and activities planned for the duration of the project.
  • You have administrative and organisational skills and are well-acquainted with managing social media.
  • You are willing to live in the Netherlands during the contract period.
  • You are dedicated to completing the PhD research, as well as the contributions to the other project deliverables (expert meetings, conferences, final PhD dissertation), within the allotted time of four years.
  • You preferably have knowledge of Dutch or are ready to learn the basics.

Offer

This is an appointment of 1,0 FTE for the duration of 18 months. Starting June 1, 2023, with the possibility of extension for a further maximum of 30 months after positive evaluation in the first year.
The gross salary starts with € 2,541 per month in the first year and increases to € 3,247 per month in the fourth year of employment (scale P according to the Collective Employment Agreement of the Dutch Universities) for a full-time employment.

Besides that, you will receive a holiday allowance of 8% and a year-end bonus of 8.3%. Utrecht University also has an appealing package of terms of employment, including the choice for a good balance between work and private (a good arrangement for leave, among other things), possibilities for development and an excellent pension scheme. More information on working at Utrecht University can be found here.

About the organisation

A better future for everyone. This ambition motivates our scientists in executing their leading research and inspiring teaching. At Utrecht University, the various disciplines collaborate intensively towards major societal themes. Our focus is on Dynamics of Youth, Institutions for Open Societies, Life Sciences and Sustainability.

The Faculty of Humanities has around 7,000 students and 1,100 staff members. It comprises four knowledge domains: Philosophy and Religious Studies, History and Art History, Media and Culture Studies, and Languages, Literature and Communication. With its research and education in these fields, the Faculty aims to contribute to a better understanding of the Netherlands and Europe in a rapidly changing social and cultural context. The enthusiastic and committed colleagues and the excellent amenities in the historical city center of Utrecht, where the Faculty is housed, contribute to an inspiring working environment.

The Department of Media and Culture Studies supports teaching and research in the fields of film, television, games, new media and digital culture, theatre, dance and performance, gender and ethnicity, musicology and cultural policy. Culture is a dynamic mix of artistic, creative and everyday practices with which people shape their identities and actions, and within which societal structures and institutions take shape. Media (old and new) are crucial factors in these processes.

As PhD candidate you will be member of the Institute for Cultural Inquiry (ICON). ICON is one of the four research institutes of the Faculty of Humanities. The researchers are working in six different research fields. PhD candidates are also embedded in the Graduate School of Humanities, which offers seminars and courses to improve your academic skills.

Additional information

For more information about this position, please contact Professor Sandra Ponzanesi (Professor of Gender and Postcolonial Studies) via S.Ponzanesi@uu.nl.

Apply

Everyone deserves to feel at home at our university. We welcome employees with a wide variety of backgrounds and perspectives. To apply, please send your application via the ‘apply’ button.

The application should include:

  • a letter of motivation (not exceeding 500 words, in font size 12), explaining why you are a good fit for the position;
  • a full academic CV (max two pages, font size 12);
  • a 1000-word research proposal, connected to the PhD description and including a theoretical framework, methodological approach, possible case studies and references;
  • the names and contact details of two references, including your thesis advisor, who may be approached by the selection committee;
  • a writing sample, such as a thesis chapter (20 pp.) or a published publication;
  • a copy of your Master’s diploma and a copy of your full transcript listing subjects studied and grades received;
  • a proof of language proficiency according to the Utrecht University requirement (Cambridge or Toefl, level C1).

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to participate in either online or in-person interviews, and will be subject to pre-employment checks prior to any appointment. Interviews will be held in mid-March 2023.

Here you can find the link to the other PhD position: PhD in Virtual Reality as Empathy Machine: Critical Media Analysis in Humanitarian Communication (1.0 FTE).

The application deadline is 20 February 2023.

Vacatures – Twee Lectoraten AVANS Hogeschool

Het Expertisecentrum Kunst en Vormgeving van Avans Hogeschool start binnenkort met twee nieuwe lectoraten en zoekt daarvoor geschikte kandidaten. De lectoren krijgen de opdracht praktijkgericht onderzoek te doen in opdracht van en in samenwerking met de opleidingen Kunst&Vormgeving (AKV|St.Joost) en Communication & Multimedia Design (CMD). Een succesvol voltooid promotie-onderzoek in een relevant domein is een basisvereiste. De vacaturebeschrijvingen zijn te vinden via:

De sollicitatietermijn sluit op 10 oktober aanstaande.