Tenure-Track Professor in the field of Media and Communication History

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Tenure-Track Professor in the field of Media and Communication History

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Offer DescriptionJob description:The University of Vienna is internationally renowned for its excellence in teaching and research, and counts more than 7,500 academics from all disciplines. This breadth of expertise offers unique opportunities to address the complex challenges of modern society, to develop comprehensive new approaches, and educate the problem-solvers of tomorrow from a multidisciplinary perspective.At the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Vienna seeks to appoint aTenure-Track Professor in the field of Media and Communication History49 Faculty of Social SciencesWorking hours: 40 | Collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. A2Limited until: permanentReference no.: 3222Where to apply WebsiteRequirementsSpecific RequirementsThe positionThe focus of the tenure track professorship is on the history of media and communication. We are seeking excellent applicants who will cover communication and media in long-term temporal perspective and/or the history of communication studies, ideas, and theories. The tenure track professorship is open to all theoretical and methodological approaches. As the position is located in the Faculty of Social Sciences, applicants are expected to be able to connect to the social science orientation of the research environment. Successful applicants will be willing to engage in interdisciplinary networking and cooperation in the field of media and communication history is desirable.Communication science at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Vienna deals with processes in public communication (via the media) and their infrastructure conditions, as well as their impact on society and individuals. With a strong social and communication science orientation, the focus is on the dynamics and development of organizational forms, types, content, effects and consequences of processes of mediatized social communication in the past and present. Media and communication history has not only been an integral part of our research for a long time but is also an important subject area in teaching. We have a long-standing interdisciplinary cooperation with Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna, in which the cultural studies and social science approaches to media and communication history complement each other ideally.Your academic profile:

• Doctoral degree/PhD
• Two years of international research experience during or after doctoral studies
• Outstanding research achievements, excellent publication and funding record, international reputation
• Gender and diversity competence
• Experience in designing of and participating in research projects, ability to lead research groups and acquire third-party funding
• Enthusiasm for excellent teaching and supervision at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral level

We expect the successful candidate to acquire, within three years, proficiency in German sufficient for teaching in bachelor’s programmes and for participation in university committees.Additional InformationBenefitsWe offer:

• the opportunity to obtain a permanent position and eventual promotion to full professor; the initial contract as Assistant Professor is limited to six years, after positive evaluation of a qualification agreement the contract becomes permanent as Associate Professor; Associate Professors can be promoted to Full Professor through an internal competitive procedure.
• a dynamic research environment
• a wide range of research and teaching support services
• attractive working conditions in a city with a high quality of life
• an attractive salary according to the

(level A2) and an organisational retirement planWork Location(s)Number of offers available 1 Company/Institute Universität Wien Country Austria City Wien Postal Code 1010 GeofieldContact CityWien WebsiteStreetUniversitätsring 1 Postal Code1010STATUS: EXPIREDShare this page

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Wed, 30 Oct 2024 01:55:26 GMT

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