Assistant Professorship in Communication and IT
The Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, invites applications for an assistant professorship in Communication and IT to be filled by 1 August 2012 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Information on Communication and IT is available here (in Danish): http://studier.ku.dk/studier_A-z/kommunikation_og_it/
Job content
An assistant professorship is a three-year, fixed-term academic position involving research and teaching. The person appointed to the post will be obliged to complete a course in university teaching devised especially for assistant professors, and is expected to be able to take part in all the activities of the Department, including examinations and administration. At the end of the three-year period, provided the appropriate funding is secured, a post of associate professor will be advertised for which the assistant professor may apply.
Qualification requirements
Applicants must be able to document research at the PhD level under digital media and communication.
Besides research qualifications in this area, applicants must be able to document an ability to plan and undertake teaching within one or more of the key subject areas of the Communication and IT study programme: Basic Theory of Communication, Empirical Analysis Methods, Audiovisual Communication, Communication in Context, and Theory of Science. Applicants are requested to state in their applications which courses they believe they will be able to teach, and to enclose proposals and ideas for a teaching plan.
Applicants must also be able to teach other study programmes within the Film and Media Studies Section, and in both Danish and English.
For further information about the position, please contact professor Klaus Bruhn Jensen tel: +45-35328104, e-mail: kbj@hum.ku.dk, or Head of the Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, Maja Horst tel: +45-35328853, email: horst@hum.ku.dk.
The following professional qualifications and personal competences are furthermore required:
• Research qualifications, which will be assessed in relation to the period of active research and the degree of originality and production
• The applicant’s scientific record, academic breadth and depth, rigour, thoroughness and accuracy as well as academic relevance in relation to the advertisement for the position
• Documented teaching qualifications, including the ability to conduct teaching in both Danish and English
• Documented administrative qualifications
For further details about the qualification requirements, please refer to Circular no. 9427 of 13 June 2007 concerning the job structure for academic staff http://www.ubst.dk/lovgivning/personalejura-medarbejdere/ny_stillingsstruktur_eng.pdf/view?searchterm=None
Application
The application must be submitted online in Adobe PDF or Word format.
Please note that each field in the application form may only contain a single file of max. 20Mb.
Please click on the “Apply online” icon at the bottom of the page.
The application must include the following enclosures:
Application letter/cover letter
Appendix 1: CV
Appendix 2: Documentation of qualifications (examination certificates/PhD diploma, etc.)
Appendix 3: Complete and numbered list of publications. The enclosed publications must be marked with *
Appendix 4: Research plan, including a short description of previous research and a plan for the coming years that includes an account of involvement in organising research, establishment of research seminars, symposia and congresses etc.
Appendix 5: Documentation of teaching qualifications and research dissemination (organisation of classes, materials, courses and other forms of teaching).
Appendix 6: Publications. Applicants may choose a maximum of three publications for assessment, of which at least two must have been published within the five years immediately preceding the deadline for applications. Publication dates must be clearly marked on the publication list. The publications selected must be uploaded as attachments and numbered from 1-3.
Only material in Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, English, German and French can be expected to be assessed.
All material will be shredded at the end of the appointment procedure.
Appointment procedure
After the application deadline, the Dean will set up an expert assessment committee to evaluate applicants specifically in relation to the advertised position. The applicants will be informed about the composition of the committee, and each candidate will have the opportunity to comment on the part of the assessment relating to themselves before the appointment is finalised. Please refer to ministerial order no. 284 of 25 April 2008 concerning the appointment of academic staff at universities http://www.ku.dk/regel/2/2031.html
Further information about the procedure is available from HR and Personnel Officer Mette Christensen, tel.: +45 35 32 80 87 or e-mail: mec@hum.ku.dk
Salary and conditions of employment
The post will be filled according to the Agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations.
A special tax scheme is offered to researchers recruited abroad, http://ism.ku.dk/taxes.
All applicants are encouraged to apply, irrespective of personal background.
The closing date for applications is 23.59, 20 February 2012, CET.
Please quote reference number 211-0484/-4550 in your application letter.
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