Category: Job Ads

U Luxembourg: Research & Development Specialist in European Migration Network (Luxembourg)

“JobResearch and Development Specialist in the European Migration Network, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Deadline: none listed (but the start date is January 2023).

The overarching task of this position is working for the European Migration Network (EMN), National Contact Point (NCP) Luxembourg on topics of migration, asylum and integration in cooperation with the European Commission. The research and development specialist will work within the research project “EMN” in the Department of Geography and Spatial Planning. Under the supervision of Professor Birte Nienaber, he/she will:

  • Follow the latest developments in the national and European migration policies
  • Research data necessary for various projects
  • Draft and finalise reports in English
  • Work on studies and informs on migration, asylum and integration
  • Support the work on the Annual Report on Migration and Asylum in Luxembourg
  • Support the work on the EMN Glossary in French
  • Organise different types of events

U New Mexico: Race & Communication (USA)

“JobAssistant Professor of Race and Communication (African American Studies and African Diaspora Studies), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. Deadline: 28 November 2022.

The University of New Mexico’s Department of Communication & Journalism, housed in the College of Arts and Sciences, invites applications for a Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Race and Communication effective August 1, 2023. The department seeks a scholar-teacher whose research and pedagogy centers African American Studies and African Diaspora Studies as the analytical framework for the study of Race and Communication. The successful candidate will have an outstanding research record or the promise of such a record in Race and Communication with a focus on African American Studies and African Diasporic Studies that complements and expands the research expertise of the department’s faculty.

Hong Kong Polytechnic: Area Studies & Intercultural Communication (Hong Kong)

“JobResearch Assistant Professor in Area Studies and Intercultural Communication, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. Deadline: 28 February 2023.

The Department of English and Communication within the Faculty of Humanities at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has a long history of conducting cutting-edge research in language and communication and producing high quality graduates for the professional workplace. With a team of around 27 full-time academic staff, the focus areas are professional communication and applied language studies, with teaching to undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes. The Department is now inviting applications for the position of Research Assistant Professor. Priority will be given to applicants whose research expertise and teaching experience are within the Department’s key research areas.

Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2023: Many Temporary Positions (USA)

“JobMultiple temporary positions for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2023, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA. Deadline: 2 December 2022.

The Smithsonian Institution holds a Folklife Festival every summer in Washington, DC, as a way to encourage dialogue across cultural groups from around the country and the world. They are currently hiring dozens of temporary positions for the 2023 Folklife Festival. Just to list a few of the positions, those in media and communications:

  • Social Media Coordinator
  • Graphic Designer
  • Graphic Design Assistant
  • Marketing & Media Relations Manager

Other positions are in administration, visitor services, marketplace, documentation, production, technical operations, etc.

In addition, they are looking for interns year-round, although the bulk of the work is in the summer. In the fall, winter, and spring, interns assist with research and planning for the upcoming Festival’s programs—best suited for students in anthropology, ethnomusicology, and language studies as related to the program. In the summer, they also seek interns to work on event production, technical crew, the Festival Marketplace, social media, web production, graphic design, foodways, curatorial team, the Festival Blog, public relations, accessibility, participant and volunteer coordination, video production, and administration.

Vassar College: Education of Multilingual Learners (USA)

“JobAssistant Professor of Education (linguistics and/or education of multilingual learners), Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA. Deadline: 15 November 2022.

The Department of Education at Vassar College is seeking a candidate that specializes in linguistics and/or the education of multilingual learners. The Department has deep commitments to racial justice and anti-racist work in the mission and curriculum, and the preference is for scholars whose research addresses questions of educational justice and equity. Given the multidisciplinary nature of the department and college, they welcome candidates who may also have expertise in any of the following areas: bilingual education; comparative or international education; critical disability studies; decoloniality in education; educational foundations; educational policy; human rights and peace education; immigration studies; language and literacy; or racial and ethnic studies.

FH Münster: Intercultural Management & Corporate Communications (Germany)

“JobProfessorship in Intercultural Management and Corporate Communications, Institute of Business Administration and Engineering, FH Münster, Germany. Deadline: 20 November 2022.

You will teach the subject of “Intercultural Management and Corporate Communication” through courses for Bachelor’s and Master’s students. You will promote the factor of interdisciplinary collaboration by working closely and confidentially with your ITB colleagues and ITB technical departments. By acquiring and implementing application-oriented projects, you will also make an important contribution to general research strengths. You will teach in Münster, Steinfurt, and at FH Münster’s study sites, as well as in part-time study programmes (usually on Saturdays).

Georgetown U: Labor, Migration & Racial Capitalism (USA)

“JobAssistant Professor in Labor, Migration, and Racial Capitalism and Provost Distinguished Faculty Fellow, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA. Deadline: 15 November 2022.

Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service invites applications for a Provost’s Distinguished Faculty Fellow and tenure-line Assistant Professor position. They are seeking a scholar whose work addresses connections among labor, migrations and/or displacements, and processes of racialization and/or colonization, on a global scale. The scholar should deploy innovative methodologies to expand understanding of these on-going global processes and connect political economy to processes of racialization at different scales. Applicants are welcomed from a wide variety of disciplines and fields.

The Provost’s Distinguished Faculty Fellowship program is designed to bring in a cohort of new faculty from a wide range of backgrounds who demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Provost’s Distinguished Fellows are on the tenure track and will be exempt from teaching and service duties in the first year of their appointments, devoting their full-time efforts to building their research program. Fellows will be assigned senior faculty mentors. After the first year, the Fellow will then begin as a tenure-line Assistant Professor, with a 2-2 teaching load. The new hire may be affiliated with at least one program housed in the School of Foreign Service based on their areas of research expertise.

Columbia U: Negotiation & Conflict Resolution (USA)

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Associate Professor of Professional Practice/Professor of Professional Practice in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. Deadline: 18 November 2022.

The School of Professional Studies (SPS) at Columbia University invites applications for a full-time position at Associate Professor of Professional Practice or Professor of Professional Practice to teach in the MS Negotiation and Conflict Resolution program. The degree prepares graduates to develop essential skills in negotiation, mediation, collaboration, peacebuilding, conflict, and social transformation, to lead 21st century change. Students learn skills, methodologies, and theories that will allow them to leverage relevant conflict analysis data to improve organizational and community outcomes.

They are seeking high-quality candidates with a graduate or terminal degree in anthropology, human rights, international relations, law, political science, psychology (industrial, organizational, or social), sociology, or other disciplines directly related to negotiation and mediation, conflict resolution, or peacebuilding. The ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders to develop interventions and capacity building is also welcome.

U of Michigan: Anti-Racist Digital Urban Humanities (USA)

“JobProfessor of Anti-Racist Digital Urban Humanities, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Deadline: 15 November 2022.

The University of Michigan Digital Studies Institute and the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning invite applications for a joint (50/50) open rank tenure-track appointment from colleagues conducting leading-edge creative practice and research in anti-racist design and digital culture to begin August 28, 2023. This position is part of a Provost’s Anti-Racist Hiring Initiative led by Taubman College in collaboration with the Department of African and African American Studies and the Digital Studies Initiative and will benefit from a well-established and university-supported anti-racism research infrastructure. Focus areas might include: Digital space, place, and racial identity, i.e. “thick mapping”; carceral digital studies, space, power, and racialized populations; digital storytelling that centers anti-racist approaches to urban space; urban design research, big data, critical speculative approaches, racial inclusion; critical digital studies, spatial justice, urban community-based racial justice research Intersections between structural racism, digital methodologies, Detroit and other “shrinking” cities.

Syracuse U: Communications & Social Difference/Social Justice (USA)

“JobAssociate / Full Professor of Communications and Social Difference / Social Justice, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA. Deadline: 11 November 2022.

The Communications Department at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications is offering a full-time, tenured position at the associate or full professor rank beginning in fall 2023. They seek a multidisciplinary scholar who has a significant, established track record of published research, extramural grant acquisition, and thought leadership in the area of Media and Diversity Issues, broadly defined. This recruitment is part of an ambitious Invest Syracuse Cluster Hire Initiative in the broad area of Social Difference/Social Justice. As an integral part of this investment, Syracuse University will recruit multiple candidates for faculty positions across departments for this cluster. Faculty hired into these positions will build on our existing strengths in the focus area and will participate in an organized research cluster that spans multiple departments in the Newhouse School, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, and the Law School.